given a constant relative risk aversion utility framework. We find that expected outlays favor large farm operations and are …

proximity to consumer markets influences certification among producers that farm using organic practices was estimated in this …

This study empirically examines the effects of farm organization (separation of ownership and control) on farmer effort … and farm success using a structural equation model and data from the 2005-2010 Agriculture Management Resource Survey … probability of farm success, and their operators supply more labor effort than combined ownership and control farms. The results …

Off-farm work accounts for a substantial and growing share of household income among smallholder farmers in most of Sub …-Saharan Africa, but evidence on the effects of these earnings on farm investments remains sparse. We use panel data from a sample of …, agricultural wage labor on other farms, and combined off-farm sources. We compare effects among three types of crops: a major food …