Agricultural Change: Consequences for Southern Farms and Rural Communities

by Joseph J. Molnar (Editor)

Overview

This book examines the impact of the rise and fall of new commodities, production technologies, and shifting government policies on individuals and farm families in the rural South and the interrelationship between agricultural change and community change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429712326
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/13/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Molnar, Joseph J.

Table of Contents

Preface -- The Shifting Role of Agriculture in the Rural South -- Quality of Life on the Farm -- Social Consequences of the Economic Crisis in Agriculture -- Dilemmas Facing Minority Farm Operators in an Agricultural Crisis -- After Structural Change: Are Part-time or Full-time Farmers Better Off? -- Quality of Life Perceptions and Farm Structure -- The Decline of Agriculture as a Livelihood -- Trends and Dimensions in U.S. Agricultural Structure -- The Disappearing Middle and Other Myths of the Changing Structure of Agriculture -- Entry into Farming: Implications of a Dual Agricultural Structure -- Determinants of Poverty Among Farm Operators in North Carolina -- Factors in the Success and Survival of Smallholders: A North Carolina Case Study -- Empirical Analysis of Farm Labor and Agricultural Structure Relationships -- Community Changes Stemming from the Agricultural Crisis -- Agricultural and Rural Community Interdependencies -- An Assessment of Community Forces and Agricultural Change -- The Changing Structure of Farmland Ownership in the South -- The Impact of Outside Forces -- Macroeconomic Policy and the Structure of Agriculture -- Technological Diffusion: Effects on Productivity, Structure, Firms, and Markets -- The Need to Rethink Agricultural Policy in General and to Perform Some Radical Surgery on Commodity Programs in Particular -- Conclusion: The Future of Farming in the South