Agriculture on the move: Exploring regional differences in farm exit rates in Western Germany

Glauben, Thomas; Tietje, Hendrik; Weiss, C.

doi:10.1007/s10037-004-0062-1

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“…For instance, Aldanondo and Ramos (1999) relate agricultural exit to farm succession and farmer retirement and demonstrate the impact of off-farm employment on the stabilization of farms. Glauben et al (2003) reach similar conclusions in their analysis of regional farm exit in Germany. Farm exit is related to retirement and succession in Germany, with lower exit rates being reported in regions where there is a high share of parttime farmers.…”

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Explaining farm succession: the impact of farm location and off-farm employment opportunities

Ochoa

Oliva

Sáez

2007

Span. j. agric. res.

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This paper studies the impact of farm location on family farm succession, using a sample of farm households located at different distances from the urban centre in a rural region of Spain. Aggregated household data and household/child cross section data are used to analyze farm succession from two different perspectives, the father's and that of each of the children. The research considers both the father's expectations for the transfer of the farm to the next generation and, also, the impact of the individual characteristics of each child on the likelihood of his/her entering agriculture. Two estimates, the probit and random parameter ordered probit model, suggest that farm location has a significant effect on the probability of one of the farm operator's children taking on the business. Other important factors that affect farm succession are firm size and farm children's level of education. Then, policy initiatives to foster qualified employment and structural change in agriculture may perhaps help to retain young people in farming.

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Explaining farm succession: the impact of farm location and off-farm employment opportunities

Ochoa

Oliva

Sáez

2007

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…Furthermore, any changes in the macroeconomic environment are likely to have major effects on agriculture, taking as an example the latest global economic crisis (Zawojska 2009). The number of farms in Europe has continuously declined (Glauben et al 2006;Breustedt and Glauben 2007). Farm exits accelerate the growth of the remaining farms by the redistribution of production factors.…”

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Development of farms according to the LFA classification

Lososová¹,

Zdeněk²

2013

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Th e aim of the paper is to assess the situation and development of Czech agriculture by the production and economic ratios of a sample of farms. Th e development is evaluated using a database of farms from the Czech Republic since 2000, divided by the share of land included in the LFA. Th e year 2011 revealed a signifi cant improvement in economic indicators over the previous year. A positive profi t appeared in 95% of enterprises and economic results approached the results of 2007. An important trend is the reduction in the number of workers, when in 2011 the number of workers was equal to 70% to that in 2000, while labour productivity is increasing annually by an average of 7%. In the structure of production, the average farm revealed a revenue growth of crop production, the revenue from livestock production was declining, although the opposite trend appeared in mountain areas. In all categories of farms, there is a growing dependence on subsidies. Although the year 2011 was the second most productive since 2000, the profi t after deducting subsidies was reached by 13% of farms only.

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“…However, when variable region was removed from the model, the presence of a successor showed a slightly negative effect, which is not in agreement with previous studies Gale 2003;Glauben et al 2006). This effect could be explained by the fact that the owner assumes that there is a successor for taking over the farm (56% of the answers); nevertheless the farmer is not preparing to exit and pass on the farm to his/her successor (72% of them said did not want to retire from farming).…”

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“…Farming has been recognized as providing the possibility of being self-employed and having more family members work (FAMLAB) on the farm (Chang et al 2011). It also has been recognized as an activity that allows, and influences, a farmer to pass the business down to the next generation (SUCCESSOR) and keep the farm in the family Lobley et al 2002;Gale 2003;Glauben et al 2006;. We expected these three variables to have a positive association with the decision to stay.…”

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Improving the effectiveness of rural development policy in Chile

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In Chile, agriculture remains a key economic factor for rural development. Accordingly, the Chilean government, through the Agricultural Development Institute (INDAP), provides financial support for fostering entrepreneurship among small farmers to enable them to become more competitive in global markets. Despite this support, a declining number of farmers and an aging population are observed in rural areas. Most rural development programs focus on increasing competitiveness, whereas the stay-exit decision in agriculture is also affected by the characteristics and preferences of farmers and their families, and rural development policy. The overall objective of this dissertation was to provide technical and socioeconomic information for improving the effectiveness of rural development programs, which are seen as the tool for stopping rural migration. To accomplish this objective, first an analysis of the role of socioeconomic variables in the stay-exit decision in farming was made based on efficiency theory, exit barrier theory, and life-cycle theory. The association of potential factors with the stay-exit decision was identified using a probit model. This dissertation suggests that, besides the technical characteristics of the farming, which have been traditionally addressed in developing countries, rural development policies should focus on (i) farmer characteristics, i.e. age, gender, and expectations; (ii) farming system, i.e. multivariate production; and (iii) social aspect of rural society, i.e. membership of farmer associations. In addition, technical, economic, and social data was used to explore the scope for improving the technical efficiency of the sample farms and to identify the variables influencing technical efficiency. Two-stage models were performed to estimate (i) the technical efficiency and (ii) the input-specific technical inefficiency with which these farmers operate, and to identify the association of potential factors with either farm-level technical efficiency or input-specific technical inefficiency. Results for farm-level technical efficiency showed that farmers could reduce their input use by 30%. When measuring input-specific technical inefficiency results showed that the input use can be reduced by 26% (land use) to 37% (livestock use). This thesis also analyzed the effectiveness of existing rural development programs in Chile by comparing the opinions of experts regarding the effectiveness of these programs in achieving the main INDAP goals and the budget allocation among rural development programs. Results showed (i) a discrepancy between the allocation of the INDAP budget and the effectiveness of the rural development programs in achieving the overall INDAP goal; and (ii) that some INDAP programs are less effective in achieving INDAP goals. This suggested possibilities for reducing the current number of professional and technical advice programs and reallocating budget from less effective programs to programs that are more effective in the achievement of INDAP goals. Hence...

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Agriculture on the move: Exploring regional differences in farm exit rates in Western Germany

Cited by 84 publications

References 12 publications

Explaining farm succession: the impact of farm location and off-farm employment opportunities

Explaining farm succession: the impact of farm location and off-farm employment opportunities

Development of farms according to the LFA classification

Improving the effectiveness of rural development policy in Chile

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