Effects of the changing structure of agriculture on nonwhite farming in the U.S., the South, and Georgia: 1954–1978

Beauford, E. Yvonne; Miller, Heather M.-L.; Walker, Melvin E.

doi:10.1080/02732173.1984.9981731

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“…The decline in the overall number of smallholder units has been a topic of public and scholarly attention. Concern also exists about the particularly rapid decline in the number of farms operated by blacks, which has led to projections that there would be essentially no black-operated farms by the year 2000 (Beauford et al 1984;Browne 1973;Salamon 1976;USCCR 1982;Wadley and Lee 1974).…”

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The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate¹

Schulman

Newman

1991

Rural Sociology

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Previous empirical studies of black farmers have identified socioeconomic and demographic variables as important to their success and survival. The theories of Lenin and Chayanov also highlight the role of demographic and socioeconomic factors in the differentiation of the peasantry. Panel data from a survey of black small-scale farm operators in the North Carolina Piedmont are used to test hypotheses based upon the Lenin-Chayanov debate. A multivariate analysis shows that black farmers who survived owned tobacco quota, had more on-farm household labor, had smaller households, and had higher gross farm incomes than those who left agriculture. These results point to the need to synthesize Lenin's macro-level focus on class formation and Chayanov's micro-level focus on enterprise formation in order to understand smallholder persistence. Over the five-year period studied, approximately 50 percent of the original respondents were no longer actively operating farms indicating that the future of the black smallholder remains precarious.

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The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate¹

Schulman

Newman

1991

Rural Sociology

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The Black farmer and land in south-central Alabama: Strategies to preserve a scarce resource

Zabawa

1991

Hum Ecol

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Does Race Matter in Landowners' Participation in Conservation Incentive Programs?

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Schelhas

Wheelock

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Society & Natural Resources

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Effects of the changing structure of agriculture on nonwhite farming in the U.S., the South, and Georgia: 1954–1978

Cited by 4 publications

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The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate¹

The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate¹

The Black farmer and land in south-central Alabama: Strategies to preserve a scarce resource

Does Race Matter in Landowners' Participation in Conservation Incentive Programs?

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Effects of the changing structure of agriculture on nonwhite farming in the U.S., the South, and Georgia: 1954–1978

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The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate1

The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate1

The Black farmer and land in south-central Alabama: Strategies to preserve a scarce resource

Does Race Matter in Landowners' Participation in Conservation Incentive Programs?

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The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate¹

The Persistence of the Black Farmer: The Contemporary Relevance of the Lenin‐Chayanov Debate¹