In recent times, the global debate on the environment has been centered on CO2 emissions.
This gas is the major cause of the “greenhouse effect” and people are more concerned with …

Viable farm households contribute to the resilience of agricultural and food systems. Farm
income is a policy-relevant proxy for this viability. Here, we address three key aspects of …

This study evaluates the labor response of rural households participating in the Grain for
Green program in China, the largest payments for ecosystem services program in the …

We estimate the impact of diversification on the performance of farm businesses using
measures of economic viability among farms in Scotland and Sweden. We derive indicators …

The transition from precision agriculture to big data opens a variety of concerns among both
farmers and ag data service providers about the privacy, ownership and use of farm data …

The paper analyzes the relationship between off-farm labor allocation and on-farm
enterprise diversification as farm household income stabilization strategies with census data …

With the 1996 Farm Act, the United States introduced payments that were designed to be
“decoupled.” Labor allocation choices are likely to be affected by receipt of payments, and …

We model the interaction of off-farm work and adoption of agricultural technologies and the
impact of adopting these technologies on farm household income from on farm and off-farm …

The objective of this study is to determine the effect of credit constraints on production for
farm and nonfarm sole proprietorships. A propensity score‐matching estimator is employed …

For the past two decades there has been much debate about the future of family farming.
The basic question on which this debate has turned is whether current pressures on family …