Farmers' motives for diversifying their farm business - The influence of family
Farmers' motives for diversifying their farm business - The influence of family
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jrurstud.2013.07.002
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发表时间：
2013-10-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Rantamaki-Lahtinen, Leena
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作者：
Hansson, Helena;Ferguson, Richard;Rantamaki-Lahtinen, Leena
本研究考察了农民决定在传统农业之外开展新企业的动机，并评估了农民家庭状况在制定这些动机中的重要性。这项研究基于从309名瑞典农民那里获得的定量数据，这些农民自我报告说，他们除了经营农业生产企业外，还经营其他企业。因子分析揭示了一个在传统农业之外创业的结构有两个潜在动机，即“为了降低风险和利用闲置资源而进行商业发展”和“为了社会和生活方式而进行商业发展”。所获得的因素得分与农民配偶参与计划和管理新企业的措施以及家庭考虑在更普遍水平上的重要性有关。结果表明，开办新企业的动机取决于农民家庭的情况，但所确定的两组指标以相反的方式影响这些动机。这些发现显然引起了农村发展政策制定者的兴趣。(C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
This study examined the motives underlying decisions by farmers to start new ventures outside conventional agriculture and assessed the importance of the farm family situation in formulating these motives. The study was based on quantitative data obtained from 309 Swedish farmers who self-reported that they ran other ventures in addition to their agricultural production enterprises. Factor analysis revealed a structure with two underlying motives for starting a venture outside conventional agriculture, namely 'business development for reasons to reduce risk and to use idle resources' and 'business development for social and lifestyle reasons'. The factor scores obtained were related to measures of involvement of the farmer's spouse in planning and managing the new venture and the importance of family considerations at a more general level. The results showed that the motives for starting new ventures were dependent on the situation of the farm family, but that the two groups of indicators identified influenced these motives in opposite ways. These findings are of obvious interest for rural development policy makers. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.