Deconstructing the 'young farmer problem in Europe': Towards a research agenda

L Zagata, LA Sutherland - Journal of Rural Studies, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper we assess the evidence for a 'young farmer problem'in Europe, deconstructing
the underpinning arguments through a review of recent literature and statistical analysis of …

Farmers' climate change beliefs and adaptation strategies for a water scarce future in Australia

S Wheeler, A Zuo, H Bjornlund - Global Environmental Change, 2013 - Elsevier
Climate change is likely to require irrigators in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin to cope with
less water, which will require ongoing farm adjustment. Possible incremental adjustment …

Community resilience and land degradation in forest and shrubland socio-ecological systems: Evidence from Gorgoglione, Basilicata, Italy

C Kelly, A Ferrara, GA Wilson, F Ripullone, A Nolè… - Land use policy, 2015 - Elsevier
Assessing the resilience of communities is assuming greater importance at a time of global
economic upheaval, climatic and socio-demographic changes. The past 10–15 years have …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding farm generational renewal and its influencing factors in Europe

I Coopmans, J Dessein, F Accatino, F Antonioli… - Journal of Rural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the complex process of generational renewal (GR) in agriculture is essential
for supporting the continuation of farming. This paper demonstrates how multiple factors …

Policy drivers of farm succession and inheritance

B Leonard, A Kinsella, C O'Donoghue, M Farrell… - Land use policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Farm succession and inheritance is increasingly considered a complex phenomenon which
not only affects core dimensions of farm family life but also the agricultural sector more …

Farm persistence and adaptation at the rural–urban interface: Succession and farm adjustment

SM Inwood, JS Sharp - Journal of Rural Studies, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite assumptions that agriculture will automatically go into a mode of decline at the Rural
Urban Interface (RUI), official statistics suggest that agriculture as a whole remains a strong …

Understanding farm succession as socially constructed endogenous cycles

H Fischer, RJF Burton - Sociologia ruralis, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
European agriculture is experiencing a recruitment crisis that threatens the continuation of
both family farming and associated rural communities. Conventionally, researchers and …

Financial imperative or conservation concern? EU farmers' motivations for participation in voluntary agri-environmental schemes

GA Wilson, K Hart - Environment and planning A, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Based on a large transnational research project that involved questionnaires with 1000 farm
households in nine EU countries and Switzerland, this paper investigates factors influencing …

Farm succession and retirement: some international comparisons

M Lobley, JR Baker… - Journal of Agriculture …, 2010 - foodsystemsjournal.org
The increasing age of farmers and the reluctance to transfer management from the owning
generation to the successor generation has been well documented by several studies. In …

[HTML][HTML] Key steps and dynamics of family farm succession in marginal extensive livestock farming

D Bertolozzi-Caredio, I Bardaji, I Coopmans… - Journal of Rural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Succession trends in agriculture have been downward in many European regions,
especially in the less favoured and mountainous areas of southern Europe. This article aims …