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PART‐TIME FARMING AND FARM SIZE
Author(s) -
GASSON RUTH
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
sociologia ruralis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.005
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-9523
pISSN - 0038-0199
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9523.1967.tb00552.x
Subject(s) - livelihood , amenity , agriculture , position (finance) , agricultural economics , competition (biology) , business , economics , geography , ecology , archaeology , finance , biology
Summary Part‐Time Farming and Farm Size British agricultural policy is to support farm incomes so that farm businesses above a certain size can provide a reasonable living. Many farms in south‐east England above this level are in fact run by part‐time farmers with additional sources of income, while some judged to be inadequate to employ one man full‐time nevertheless provide the sole livelihood of their occupiers. Full‐time farmers often endeavour to improve their income position by buying more land when the opportunity arises. Here they may be in competition with prospective part‐time farmers who are attracted by the farmhouse and regard the land as an amenity. This conflict could be resolved by selling the farmhouse with a small plot of land separately from the remaining farm land.