Criteria for defining of family farms in selected countries

Authors

  • Mirosław Drygas Autor jest pracownikiem naukowym Instytutu Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa PAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53098/wir.2015.1.1.166.1/01

Keywords:

year of the family farm, family farms, family farms delimitation criteria

Abstract

The paper presents definitions of family farms functioning in different countries and on different continents as well as proposed by various international organizations. It was emphasized that it is not possible to develop universal definition for the whole world.

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Drygas, M. (2015) “Criteria for defining of family farms in selected countries”, Wieś i Rolnictwo. Warszawa, PL, (1.1 (166.1), pp. 11–22. doi: 10.53098/wir.2015.1.1.166.1/01.

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