enterprise diversification. The results suggest that quantifying the impacts of socioeconomic factors on variability of net farm …-section data, increases in interest costs, age, and diversification were found to have positive relationships with net income … variability. However, only the diversification variable was significant when deviations below mean net farm income were used as …

of the household are also very important factors that impact on the diversification level of the households. …

Dramatic increases in concentration in the seed business, coupled with aggressive efforts to vertically integrate the …