Agriculture and everyday realities on small farms – An entrepreneurial challenge to farmers between the desire for autonomy and a secure existence. Two examples from east and south-east Poland

Szumelda, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.02.008

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“…It is true that traditionally, autonomy is an important argument to enter farming and that the loss of autonomy is often connected to a loss of well-being (Peel et al ., 2019). Nevertheless, there is a major consensus about the existing trade-offs between the autonomy of farmers and what Szumelda (2019) calls a “secure existence” and Key and McDonald (2006) “risk reduction”. The literature of both contract farming and vertical integration in agriculture provides a thick description of this trade-off.…”

Section: Managerial Challenges To the Farmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Farming without farms? Challenges for organisational behaviour research in an upcoming transformation process

Mann

2024

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PurposeThe paper intends to show why farms as we know them today may soon be a thing of the past and that organisational behaviour research has an important contribution to make in assisting the upcoming transformation.Design/methodology/approachTwo strains of literature are reviewed and then synthesised: the literature on robots replacing humans in agricultural production and the literature on vertical integration that shifts decisions to agribusiness. Then the potential contribution of organisational behaviour research is outlined.FindingsIt is shown how the farm is likely to lose both roles for which their geographic entity is important: making decisions and carrying out production. This requires contributions from organisational behaviour research in the realms of decision designs and social systems.Social implicationsIt can be anticipated that the most profitable strategy for farmland owners in the future will be collaboration with contractors. Farms as organisations, are increasingly losing their importance. This not only has grave social implications for farmworkers and landowners but also for scholars in organisational behaviour research.Originality/valueThe paper challenges an organisational unit that is so familiar to us that it is rarely questioned.

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Section: Managerial Challenges To the Farmmentioning

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Farming without farms? Challenges for organisational behaviour research in an upcoming transformation process

Mann

2024

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“…Indeed, many other studies have reported a positive relationship between farm size and the adoption of agricultural technology [24][25][26][27]. The low supply of land for sale or lease, as well as competition from other farmers, investors, and residential users, pushes up land prices [28,29].…”

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Barriers and Drivers Underpinning Newcomers in Agriculture: Evidence from Italian Census Data

Fanelli

2023

Sustainability

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The present study addresses, for the first time, the difference between older and younger farmers (those aged over and under 40 years) and proposes a methodology to identify factors that affect generational renewal in the Italian agricultural sector in positive and negative ways. The study is carried out using data collected by the General Census of Agriculture of 2020. Firstly, a T-test is used to test the hypothesis of differences between farmers aged under 40 and those over 40. Secondly, linear regression models are constructed to address the factors that affect generational renewal in the Italian agricultural sector. The findings highlight some important initiatives that decision-makers can consider for further action in the Italian agricultural sector at a regional level. Large-scale farming is very likely to attract newcomers to Italian agriculture and has a strong impact on generational turnover. In contrast, sustainable agricultural practices are less attractive, as they require specific responsibilities, knowledge, and technical and organisational solutions that young people may not yet have. Similarly, educational attainment increases the probability that young farmers will move from rural to urban areas. Finally, older farmers, with respect to newcomers, have more capital for innovative investments in the agricultural sector and information technology for business management and have more experience with waste management.

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“…It has been noted that credit constraints to which peasants are subjected are not only linked to credit rationing by financial institutions but also to peasants' suppression of their own needs (Kon & Storey, 2003; Petrick, 2004). A number of scholars believe that the most significant factor affecting peasant entrepreneurship is lack of funds, because impoverished people tend to engage in entrepreneurship (Matos & Hall, 2020; Szumelda, 2019). Some studies have found that inclusive financial development in rural areas is more effective in the presence of bank–MFI frauds as indicated by Ho and Mallick (2017).…”

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Inclusive finance and employment: Can financial development improve peasant's entrepreneurship?

Rui-bo

Fan

2021

Manage Decis Econ

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This paper explores the relationship between peasant entrepreneurship and financial inclusion throughout China. Chinese data for the period 2006–2013 and global data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor were analyzed by using descriptive and coupling model. Our results suggest that the degree of coupling between financial inclusion and peasant entrepreneurship is higher in regions of financial underdevelopment than in other regions. This indicates that two distinct types of peasant employment exist as a result of different investment priorities in credit markets. In this paper, we provide new insights on financial breadth in supporting peasant entrepreneurship.

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Agriculture and everyday realities on small farms – An entrepreneurial challenge to farmers between the desire for autonomy and a secure existence. Two examples from east and south-east Poland

Cited by 16 publications

References 5 publications

Farming without farms? Challenges for organisational behaviour research in an upcoming transformation process

Farming without farms? Challenges for organisational behaviour research in an upcoming transformation process

Barriers and Drivers Underpinning Newcomers in Agriculture: Evidence from Italian Census Data

Inclusive finance and employment: Can financial development improve peasant's entrepreneurship?

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