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A REASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF COUNTY COUNCIL SMALLHOLDINGS
Author(s) -
Hodge I. D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1988.tb00580.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , position (finance) , economics , land grant , land tenure , business , agricultural economics , geography , political science , agriculture , finance , public administration , archaeology
County Council smallholding estates were established early this century, reaching a peak in terms of numbers of tenants and area of land at about the time of the Second World War. Since then there has been a gradual reduction in their area and a rapid decline in the numbers of tenants. Debate about their role is concentrated on the inevitable conflict embodied in a policy which operates to resist market forces and yet which expects smallholders to achieve an adequate income within a market context. The declining numbers of tenants and the escalating land costs of providing smallholdings, especially where further output price reductions are anticipated, reemphasises the need to examine the position and prospects for smallholdings. A potential future role is outlined in relation to the wider issues of rural land use.