What Factors Encourage Intrafamily Farm Succession in Mountain Areas? Evidence From an Alpine Valley in Italy

What Factors Encourage Intrafamily Farm Succession in Mountain Areas? Evidence From an Alpine Valley in Italy

Family farming plays a vital role in mountain areas. Its survival is related to multiple factors, including intrafamily farm succession. This study examined data on apple-producing family farms in an Italian Alpine valley, trying to identify which factors foster or discourage intrafamily succession...

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Main Authors: Daniele Cavicchioli, Danilo Bertoni, Federico Tesser, Dario Gianfranco Frisio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mountain Society 2015-05-01
Series:Mountain Research and Development
Subjects:
family farm succession
education
gender
generational turnover
farm survival
family farming
Italy
Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00107.1

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http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-14-00107.1

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