Effect of farm policy on production strategies among French family farmers

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Hum. Ecol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00889034· OSTI ID:6425900

Groeger, L

French farm policy has created incentives for certain production strategies which theoretically require little or no land and which would therefore be particularly suited for small holders. Through credit and subsidies for the construction of pig sties, and through contractual arrangements for the production of hybrid seed corn and tobacco, the government has encouraged these activities. However, because of certain constraints, these activities are more successfully pursued by holders of larger farms. Small holders, because they are small, cannot fully benefit from these strategies which would compensate them for their smallness.

• Research Organization: North Carolina Central Univ., Durham
• OSTI ID: 6425900
• Journal Information: Hum. Ecol.; (United States), Vol. 14:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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