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', the criteria for the inclusion of individual farms in a … farm size are examined and a relatively novel measure of average farm size proposed to cope with the possibly uncertain …

is characterized by cultivation by producers working with various farm sizes. By combining plot and farm databases, the … distances to respective field plots from potential holders in different farm size classes are examined using the model. The … impact of land resource scarcity on farm size is explained by interpreting the distance effect. Results clarify that field …