The Handbook Of Research On Entrepreneurship In
Agriculture And Rural Development
The agriculture sector around the world has experienced profound changes in
recent years. This unique and path-breaking Handbook draws together the best current
research in the area of entrepreneurship in agriculture, food production and rural
development.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Researching Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural
Development
Gry Agnete Alsos, Sara Carter, Elisabet Ljunggren and Friederike Welter
PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE FARMING SECTOR
2. The Development of New Ventures in Farm Businesses
Richard Ferguson and Christer Olofsson
3. Pluriactivity, Entrepreneurship and Socio-economic Success of Farming
Households
Lasandahasi R. de Silva and Sarath S. Kodithuwakku
4. The Family Farm as a Premise for Entrepreneurship
Anne Moxnes Jervell
5. Entrepreneurial Efforts and Change in Rural Firms: Three Case Studies of Farms
Engaged in On-farm Diversification
Jorunn Grande
6. Obstacles to the Development and Strategic Intentions of Forestry SMEs in
Eastern Canada
Etienne St-Jean, Luc LeBel and Josée Audet
7. Entrepreneurial Skills Among Farmers: Approaching a Policy Discourse
Jarkko Pyysiäinen, Darren Halpin and Kari Miko Vesala
PART II: INNOVATIONS IN FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
8. The Determinants of High-growth Entrepreneurship in the Scottish Food and
Drink Cluster
Ross Brown
9. Entrepreneurship First or Last? Biodynamic Enterprise in New Zealand
Kate Lewis, Robyn Walker and Sue Cassells
10. Contextualising Business Model Development in Nordic Rural Gourmet Restaurants
Magdalena Markowska, Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson and Johan Wiklund
11. The Arkansas Delta Produce Marketing Association: Rural Entrepreneurship in
the US Delta Region
Kenneth L. Robinson, Edward Abrokwah, Iris Liang, Scott Sanders, Michael Wang and Kytson
McNeil
12. Why do Farm Entrepreneurs Sell at Farmers’ Markets? Insights from Norway
Asbjorn Veidal and Ola Flaten
13. Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts? Online Latent and Untapped Outlets for
Farmers’ Markets in South East Wales
David Pickernell, Christopher Miller, Julienne Senyard, Brychan Thomas and Richard
Tunstall
PART III: AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ITS SPATIAL CONTEXT
14. The Welfare Effect of Economic Diversity in Rural Regions: An Analysis of
Dutch Municipalities
Sierdjan Koster, Aleid E. Brouwer and Eveline S. van Leeuwen
15. Rural Enterprise and Neo-endogenous Development
Jane Atterton, Robert Newbery, Gary Bosworth and Arthur Affleck
16. Agricultural and Forestry Entrepreneurship: Learning from the Experience of an
Aboriginal Community in Canada
Jean-Michel Beaudoin, Luc LeBel and Luc Bouthillier
17. The Entrepreneurial Farmer in Action: The Use of Different Forms of Capital
Jane Glover
Index
336 pages, Hardcover
