Family farm dynamics in Canada and Israel: The case of farm exits

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-79

  Kimhi, Ayal ^a   Bollman, Ray ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farm exit; Farm size; Institutional setup; Off farm work

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY FARM; FARM SIZE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON;

CANADA; ISRAEL;

EID: 0032799205     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(99)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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