Multiple job holdings among dairy farm families in New York and Ontario

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-143

  Weersink, Alfons ^a   Nicholson, Charles ^b,c   Weerhewa, Jeeveka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy farm; Multiple job holding; New York; Ontario

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031920268     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(97)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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