Adjustment strategies revisited: Agricultural change in the Welsh Marches

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Evans, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment strategy; Agricultural restructuring; Elements of adjustment; Family farms; Welsh Marches

Indexed keywords

AGRARIAN CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RURAL ECONOMY;

EID: 64149131461     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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