Cross-country comparison of farm size distribution / Raushan Bokusheva, Shingo Kimura
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: OECD. OECD food, agriculture and fisheries papers ; no. 94Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing, 2016Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 47 Seiten) : IllustrationenSubject(s): Genre/Form: DOI: DOI: 10.1787/5jlv81sclr35-enOnline resources: Summary: This report summarises selected measures of the farm size distribution for fourteen OECD countries: Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom (England) and the United States over the period 1995-2010. The farm size statistics are presented for four major production systems: crop, dairy, cattle and pig farming. The report documents consolidation of agricultural production in large-scale farms in most countries and sub-sectors covered by the report. Nevertheless, farm size growth rates show substantial differences across countries and periods which underlines the importance of country-specific natural, social, and economic conditions and the regulatory and policy environment for the evolution of farm structures. Increased inequality in farm size distributions, as captured using Gini coefficients, indicates a trend towards more polarized farm structures.PPN: PPN: 87642499XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-13-SOC | ZDB-13-SOC-ebookNo physical items for this record