Taking the Leap and Sustaining the Journey: Diversification on the Irish Family Farm

A range of push and pull factors encourage Irish farmers to diversify their operations, but they remain largely reluctant entrepreneurs, wedded to productivist models of agriculture. This paper is based on a study which involved intensive inter-views conducted throughout Ireland in 2013 with a sampl...

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Main Authors: Aisling Moroney, Seamus O'Reilly, Mary O'Shaughnessy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/436