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Since the farming sector consists primarily of family firms, the structural development of the sector and of farm dominated rural areas is the result of numerous micro-level household decisions. The important decisions are often strategic in nature; implying that long-term consequences are considered and that they are not easily reversible. Because of the long-term perspective such decisions are also surrounded by uncertainty. Examples are decisions concern-ing farm exit, decisions to work off the farm, decisions to change production system or deci-sions to invest.
The research objectives in this project are:
- To study recent changes in farm household adjustment regarding production system, investments and on- and off-farm diversification and how these relate to policy changes.
- To analyse the effect of different social and economic factors at the farm household level on strategic decisions (such as exits and expansion) that influence the structural development of the agricultural sector.
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