Small-scale farm holdings in many EU countries have shown remarkable resilience in the face of declining real farm incomes and a widening gap between farm and non-farm earnings. This article examines the extent to which favourable off-farm labour market conditions coupled with growth in land...

This paper examines the extent to which favourable off-farm labour market conditions coupled with growth in land values have contributed to the observed resilience of small scale family farms. We use data from Northern Ireland and employ farm household optimisation models to analyse household...