The ‘myth’ of the family farm: Defining the family farm and assessing its importance in the European community

Hill, Berkeley

doi:10.1016/0743-0167(93)90048-o

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“…In the classical typological debate within academia regarding the significance of ownership (Gasson and Errington, 1993) and labour (Hill, 1993, Djurfeldt, 1996, Djurfeldt and Waldenström, 1996 in family farming, this study and it's typology, situated in the Swedish context, emphasise the importance of the relations of the agrarian labour process. A primary concern in recent decades has been the development, mechanisation and capitalisation of agricultural production, so as to reduce the need for human labour inputs.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Its primary political base of direct implications can be found in the EU agricultural funding system, the CAP. The societal importance of preserving the family-structured agriculture has frequently been raised (Lobao and Meyer, 2001, Lyson et al, 2001, Welsh, 2009, by the European Commission (Hill, 1993) as well as in the Swedish political context (Flygare, 2008). …”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hill, 1993, Gasson and Errington, 1993, Djurfeldt, 1996, Vogeler, 1981, emphasising that the concept "is as much ideological imagery as it is socioeconomic fact" (Bennett et al, 1982). The debate has to a limited extent continued, partly shaped by the diverse contextual development and implication of agrarian change (eg.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gendered time in Swedish family farming

Andersson

Lundqvist

2016

JFBM

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The agricultural sector has undergone extensive changes in the 20-30 years since the peak academic debate on family farming. The size of the CAP component in the EU budget This study contributes to the understanding of spatial-temporal relations of family farm business and organisation in general and in Sweden particularly. It also provides the basis for developing rural and agricultural policies and their goals and practices.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Gendered time in Swedish family farming

Andersson

Lundqvist

2016

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“…The differences in size were compared using the output of farms, the UAA and the ESU. The differences in organisational form were analysed using the definition from Hill (1993) in which a farm is labelled as a family farm if the ratio of family work unit per annual work unit (FWU/AWU) is greater than 0.95. In the FADN database, the definition of external factors is remuneration of inputs (work, land and capital)…”

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Heterogeneous technology, scale of land use and technical efficiency: The case of Hungarian crop farms

Baráth

Fertő

2015

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In this paper, we analyse the technical efficiency (TE) of Hungarian crop farms between 2001 and 2009 using conventional stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and a latent class model (LCM). Our results suggest that technological heterogeneity plays an important role in Hungarian cereal, oilseed and protein (COP) crop producing farms, which are traditionally assumed to use homogeneous technologies. We identify two groups with different technologies using an LCM, and find that the scale of land use is one of the most important factors that differentiates our sample into unique technologies. Our results reveal that in the Hungarian COP sector there is less chance to increase performance through TE improvement than was earlier expected. The estimations also suggest that there is no room to improve productivity by increasing farm size, unless farms switch technologies. Consequently, agricultural policies for increasing productivity should concentrate on technological progress.

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“…Despite technical and industrial developments, the family farm continues to be the primary production unit within the agrarian sector [47][48][49][50]. Friedmann [47] emphasizes that combined labor processes and property relations are specific to the family enterprise in capitalist economies.…”

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Gendered Resource Access and Utilisation in Swedish Family Farming

Andersson

Lidestav

2014

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Gendered relations in resource access and farming are two important intersecting themes of gender studies in a northern rural context. However, conventional analysis and perceptions of the economy conceal the contribution of women within families, in businesses and in the labor market. This article demonstrate the significance of capital to farming women's engagement with agriculture using a Swedish case study, based on descriptive analyses of data from the Federation of Swedish Farmers. To disclose the embodiment of family farming, gendered control of land, business activities and farm incomes is analyzed. On this empirical basis, we argue for reconstitution of farm-related entrepreneurial research, rural development policies and rural gender studies from a new material feminist approach. Access to resources, typically land, together with social forces and embodied experiences constitute the basis of strategic focus and agency. We demonstrate that acknowledgement of access to resources in the research process and in the understanding of social relations, resistance and situated knowledge are essential.

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The ‘myth’ of the family farm: Defining the family farm and assessing its importance in the European community

Cited by 75 publications

References 5 publications

Gendered time in Swedish family farming

Gendered time in Swedish family farming

Heterogeneous technology, scale of land use and technical efficiency: The case of Hungarian crop farms

Gendered Resource Access and Utilisation in Swedish Family Farming

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