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Small Farms and Sustainable Development: Is Small More Sustainable? Discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Mark S. Henry
Mark S. Henry*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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In their paper, “Small Farms and Sustainable Development: Is Small More Sustainable?” D'Souza and Ikerd examine the potential linkages between two streams of analysis—“sustainable development” and “small farms.” This is a worthwhile objective, as there has been little effort to link the two together. This is—as the authors note—a surprising gap in the thinking about forces that might lead to long-term sustainability in agricultural production. The authors are right to bring the issue to our attention.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , July 1996 , pp. 84 - 87
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1996

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