Essays about: "family farmer"
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6. The role of emotion and economics : A quantitative study of succession intentions in family farms
University essay fromAbstract : Background: Over the last 30 years, Sweden's agricultural industry has changed significantly, with land prices rising and the number of agricultural firms steadily declining as they are replaced by larger farms. In the near future, there will be a considerable increase in the number of ownership transfers initiated in Sweden, this since in 2020 one-third of agricultural entrepreneurs with sole proprietorships were 65 or older. READ MORE
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7. Lönsam mjölkproduktion under svenska förhållanden - en fallstudie inom svensk mjölkproduktionen vid expansion av befintlig verksamhet verksamhet
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Medelåldern av lantbrukarna i Sverige är hög, 2017 var den 58 år, och antalet mjölkföretag har minskat kontinuerligt de senaste decennierna. Däremot har storleken på de kvarvarande företagen ökat samt djurens produktion. READ MORE
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8. The future of farm succession : how alternative financial solutions could facilitate Swedish farm successions
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : This thesis develops an understanding of how Swedish beginning farmers choose between different sources of financing and examine how these preferences could be used in assessing a new alternative financial solution to facilitate farm successions. This has been done through a qualitative case study were six young farmers in the region of Mälardalen, facing a generational renewal, have been interviewed. READ MORE
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9. Sociala kapitalets betydelse för ett familjeföretags generationsskifte : fokus på familjeperspektivet inom den gröna näringen
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : Medelåldern har ständigt vuxit inom lantbruksbranschen. Enligt Sveriges officiella statistik så var år 2016 var tredje lantbrukare med enskild firma >65 år. Från samma rapport visades även att var sjätte lantbrukare var under 45 år. READ MORE
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10. Materialisation of emergent farmers in a Malawian context : a privileged class’ positioning in agricultural transformation
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Emergent farmers have rapidly increased in numbers on the sub-Saharan African continent during the last couple of decades. The main interest in this study lies in how emergent farmers have materialised as a class in a political economic context and historical process and what societal impact they have had. READ MORE