Farmers' motives for diversifying their farm business - The influence of family

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 32, Issue , 2013, Pages 240-250

  Hansson, Helena ^a   Ferguson, Richard ^a   Olofsson, Christer ^a   Rantamäki Lahtinen, Leena ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diversification; Factor analysis; Family business; Farms; Motives; Rural policy; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; RURAL POLICY; SMALLHOLDER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84882774110     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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