Entrepreneurs and producers: Identities of Finnish farmers in 2001 and 2006

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-30

  Vesala, Hannu T ^a   Vesala, Kari Mikko ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diversification; Entrepreneur; Farmer; Identity; Post productivism; Producer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; EUROPEAN UNION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 74849126534     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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