Pluriactivity as a livelihood strategy in Irish farm households and its role in rural development

By J. Kinsella, Susan C. Wilson, F. D. Jong, H. Renting. 2000

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Entrepreneurship in the Agricultural Sector: A Literature Review and Future Research Opportunities (2018, background): “McGehee and Kim (2004) reported the desire to fully utilize resources and educate consumers as farmers’ primary motivations, while Kinsella et al. (2000) found socio-cultural and emotional reasons to be a main motivator, depicting entrepreneurship as a livelihood strategy in agriculture.”
Deconstructing the ‘young farmer problem in Europe’: Towards a research agenda (2015, background): “Research demonstrates that young people are increasingly being given freedom to decide whether to become a farmer (Kinsella et al., 2000; Rossier, 2010).”
Reconnecting nature, farming and society: environmental cooperatives in the Netherlands as institutional arrangements for creating coherence (2001, background): “Pluriactivity, once conceived as an indication of ‘insufficient agriculture’ (Etxezarreta, 1985), is increasingly recognized as a persistent phenomenon that may hold important clues for new viable and sustainable livelihood strategies (Kinsella et al., 2000).”
The peasantries of the twenty-first century: the commoditisation debate revisited (2010, background): “2000 ), for others it is a means for ‘getting started’ (Hedley 1982 , 78), and for yet another group it allows them to continue farming in a relatively autonomous way.”
Rural Development: From Practices and Policies towards Theory (2000, background): “It provides a useful overview of the evolving inter-relationships between the capabilities and capital that exists at farm household level, the institutions and measures that interact with them, and the wider political, economic and social context (Kinsella et al. 2000).”
Unfolding Webs: The Dynamics of Regional Rural Development (2008, background): “pluriactivity and hobby farming illustrate that agricultural activities are frequently driven by non-commercial motivations like the appreciation of rural values, the desire to live in attractive, green residential spaces, and the wish to contribute to preserving rural landscapes (Gasson 1988; Jerve”