Agriculture and the generation problem /

Agriculture and the generation problem /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	White, Benjamin, author.
Imprint:	Winnipeg, Manitoba ; Black Point, Nova Scotia : Fernwood Publishing ; Rugby, UK : Practical Action Publishing, [2020]
Description:	xii, 147 pages ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Agrarian change and peasant studies series Agrarian change and peasant studies series.
Subject:	Family farms. Agriculture. Farmers. Youth. Intergenerational relations. Sociology, Rural. Agriculture. Family farms. Farmers. Intergenerational relations. Sociology, Rural. Youth.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12394620

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ISBN:	9781773631677 1773631675
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued also in electronic format.
Summary:	"Despite predictions that they are destined to disappear, smallholder or family farms still number more than 500 million worldwide, and account for more than 90 percent of all the world's farm units and 80 percent of the world's food. However, the world over, smallholder farmer populations are ageing, and many of them have no successor. Some young rural men and women are turning away from farming in favour of more urban livelihoods, but others, who would like to farm, are confronted by the narrowing and sometimes complete closure of access to land, along with other barriers to their entry into farming. This points to the need for attention to the dynamics of intergenerational relations in rural communities. In this unique exploration of relations between the generations in agrarian societies, Agriculture and the Generation Problem examines the dynamics of the transfer of agrarian resources and opportunities between the generations in rural communities, and argues that we must take generational relations seriously if we are to understand the future of farming and the fate of future generations in rural areas."--

Table of Contents:

Generation and gender in agrarian change
Growing up rural: childhood and youth in agrarian societies
Generational dimensions of agrarian transformations
The inter-generational transfer of agrarian resources
Who wants to be a farmer? Agriculture and the next generation.