Introduction to the special issue “small farms: decline or persistence?”
这篇导言介绍了关于小农场衰落或持续问题的特刊，包含九篇论文，研究小农场的定义、多元化趋势及其融入全球食品链，强调农业政策对小农场未来的影响。
Abstract This issue of Agricultural Economics contains articles from a seminar entitled “Small Farms: Decline or Persistence?” held at the University of Kent. This issue includes nine papers selected from more than 50 papers presented at the seminar. Articles published use a range of econometric and simulation methods to provide a suite of case studies. Topics studied range from such fundamental issues as what constitutes a small farm to recent trends in the diversification of small farms and their integration into modern globalized food chains. Several papers emphasize the link between agricultural policy development and the future of small farms.