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ATTITUDES TOWARDS FARM DIVERSIFICATION: RESULTS FROM A SURVEY OF DEVON FARMS
Author(s) -
Halliday J. E.
Publication year - 1989
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.1477-9552.1989.tb01086.x
Subject(s) - diversification (marketing strategy) , agriculture , mainstream , context (archaeology) , agricultural diversification , agricultural economics , survey data collection , dairy farming , agricultural science , business , economics , geography , marketing , political science , law , biology , statistics , mathematics , archaeology
Evidence from a survey of farmers' reactions to milk quotas suggests that there remains a fundamental divide between policymakers' views of the future farm and those of the farmers themselves. This paper examines this dichotomy in the context of one important milk‐producing county, Devon. Here an emphasis at County Council level on non‐agricultural diversification is found to contrast with the actions and intentions of sampled farmers. These favour instead an increase in farm self‐sufficiency and an exploration of mainstream farming options, particularly an increase in beef and sheep enterprises.