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Social stratification and multiple enterprises: Some implications for farming systems research
Abstract The basic thesis of this paper is that the socioeconomic characteristics of household economies delimit the range of viable agronomic alternatives. Agricultural technologies have salient socioeconomic characteristics, which make them appropriate or inappropriate. This varies in ways which are known or knowable, and it is precisely the covariation of the socioeconomic characteristics of farming households, agricultural enterprises and appropriate technologies which can help orient farming systems programs to specific consitituencies. This thesis is developed with respect to three strata of smallholders. Several aspects of fanning systems are considered, including the organisation of crop and livestock production, the marketing of agricultural inputs and products, and the storage of grain for seed. Characteristics of appropriate technologies are identified. A chart summarises the discussion, thereby permitting comparison of the socioeconomic characteristics of appropriate technologies across strata and enterprises.
Social stratification and multiple enterprises: Some implications for farming systems research
Abstract The basic thesis of this paper is that the socioeconomic characteristics of household economies delimit the range of viable agronomic alternatives. Agricultural technologies have salient socioeconomic characteristics, which make them appropriate or inappropriate. This varies in ways which are known or knowable, and it is precisely the covariation of the socioeconomic characteristics of farming households, agricultural enterprises and appropriate technologies which can help orient farming systems programs to specific consitituencies. This thesis is developed with respect to three strata of smallholders. Several aspects of fanning systems are considered, including the organisation of crop and livestock production, the marketing of agricultural inputs and products, and the storage of grain for seed. Characteristics of appropriate technologies are identified. A chart summarises the discussion, thereby permitting comparison of the socioeconomic characteristics of appropriate technologies across strata and enterprises.
Social stratification and multiple enterprises: Some implications for farming systems research
Garrett, Patricia (author)
Journal of Rural Studies ; 2 ; 209-220
1986-01-01
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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