Revitalizing Agriculture : Farming Economically as Starting Ground for Rural Development

By Jan Douwe van der Ploeg. 2000

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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The Uplands after neoliberalism? - The role of the small farm in rural sustainability (2011, methodology): “Following Long’s actor-oriented approach, Van der Ploeg (1993, 2000) developed the concept of ‘farming styles’, viewing structural forces as negotiable and circumventible as farmers develop active strategies and associated technologies to pursue their goals.”
The peasantries of the twenty-first century: the commoditisation debate revisited (2010, background): “2002 , van der Ploeg 2000 ); in developing countries it is often referred to as ‘low external input agriculture’ (Reijntjes et al .”
Exploring the ‘limits to growth’ in UK organics: beyond the statistical image (2004, background): “This farmgate price squeeze2 (see Van der Ploeg, 2000) has, to a very large extent, been associated with the growing dominance of large supermarkets in the organic food retailing chain.”
Sustaining the Family Business With Minimal Financial Rewards (2015, background): “Some studies suggest that reducing costs has become the dominant strategy pursued by many family farms (Van der Ploeg, 2000).”
Converting or not converting to organic farming in Austria:Farmer types and their rationale (2005, unknown): “This type of farmer follows a strategy that is close to the one of “farming economically” described by van der Ploeg (2000), i.e. a strategy based on low level of dependency on external inputs, flexible and multiple use of resources, local innovativeness, and low expenses.”
Rural development through the construction of new, nested, markets: comparative perspectives from China, Brazil and the European Union (2012, background): “Self-provisioning becomes a major feature and can be reinforced by local networking (Altieri 1987, Ploeg 2000, Kinsella et al. 2002, Domı́nguez Garcı́a 2007, Paredes 2010).”