The dominance and persistency of family farms in industrialized nonsocialist countries can only be explained by the theory that farm households organize agricultural and household production, and also very often off-farm employment, efficiently. The organizational unity of farms and households...

Farms are seen and analyzed by contemporary agricultural economics as firms producing farm products only. Although most farms in western countries are managed by farm families, the economics and economic implications of family farms as the dominant institution in agriculture are neglected almost...