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Agricultural Restructuring and Response: Inter‐relationships Between Farm Adjustment Strategies in Waihemo, 1984–1997
Author(s) -
JOHNSEN SARAH
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.1999.tb01552.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , agriculture , variety (cybernetics) , economic restructuring , politics , family farm , unit (ring theory) , economic geography , agricultural economics , geography , business , economic growth , economics , political science , finance , psychology , mathematics education , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , law
Farm households in New Zealand have responded to the changing political and economic environment since the mid‐1980s in a variety of ways. This paper explores the various farm adjustment strategies adopted by farm households in Waihemo (East Otago) and ways in which these influence both the household and enterprise domains of the family farm unit. It examines the complex interrelationships between specific farm adjustments, drawing attention to the ways in which these are redefining the nature of family farming in the area.