The holding of a seminar on the future for ‘small farms’ requires us to consider what is meant by a ‘small farm’. This … is not as straightforward as might be imagined. It presupposes an unambiguous definition of what constitutes ‘a farm’ and … larger farms. This in turn presupposes an accepted measure of farm size (or amalgam of such measures) and adoption of an …

This paper examines what, precisely, is meant by a 'farm' and considers various attributes of farms relevant to an … assessment of the structure of European agriculture. A measure of average farm size is proposed to cope with the uncertain count …

The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. For complete …

The IFAMR is published quarterly by the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association. www.ifama.org …

this region, with arenaceous soil, called Arenito Caiuá, is having a significant growth in the agribusiness. This economic …

farm management practices designed to reduce discharges to water and greenhouse gas emissions. The first report had the … purpose of expressing the results as the financial cost to the case study farm per kg of nutrient discharge reduction achieved …. The results in terms of Nitrogen discharges (kg N) were then incorporated into farm financial models to determine the …

models of the hydrological, irrigation, farm and financial systems over the 1973 – 2000 period. The results show that there …