The Importance of Next Generation Farmers: A Conceptual Framework to Bring the Potential Successor into Focus

Geography Compass

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 300-312

  Chiswell, Hannah Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FAMILY FARM; POPULATION GROWTH; SMALLHOLDER;

EID: 84899799061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12131     Document Type: Article

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