joining the dots: climate change, supply chains, rural restructuring and rural practice change

Post on 16-Jan-2015

3.751 Views

Category:

Technology

1 Downloads

Preview:

Click to see full reader

DESCRIPTION

by Neil Barr Full details see: http://www.ruralpracticechange.org/

TRANSCRIPT

Farmer perceptions of regularly-used advisors Anderson-1974

• Serve farmer’s interests• Sympathetic• Help solve problems• Practical rather than theoretical

Farm financial scaleVictoria 2001

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

<100 100-200 200-400 400+

EVAO segment ($1,000s 1996)

% o

f to

tal

% establishments

Farm financial scale and land area managedVictoria 2001

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

<100 100-200 200-400 400+

EVAO segment ($1,000s 1996)

% o

f to

tal

% establishments % area

Farm financial scale, land area, volume of productionVictoria 2001

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

<100 100-200 200-400 400+

EVAO segment ($1,000s 1996)

% o

f to

tal

% establishments % area % value production

Cash surplus and non-farm family income

Farms less than $100,000 EVAO

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Fa

rm C

as

h In

co

me

($

)

Farm Cash Income Total Non Farm Income

Cash surplus and non-farm family income

Farms $100,000-$200,000 EVAO

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Fa

rm C

as

h In

co

me

($

)

Farm Cash Income Total Non Farm Income

top related