 | Keeping it in the Family: International Perspectives on Succession and Retirement on Family Farms Subjects: Environment and Sustainability; Geography; Social Sciences; Environmental Management; Human Geography; Sociology & Social Policy; Economic Geography; Social Policy; As the largest group of natural resource managers on the planet, farmers are at the interface of the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Typically organised around what might be considered the most basic of social units, for generations the family farm has survived wide-ranging exogenous challenges, frequently preserving the line of succession to the next of kin. Now as we face major questions about how we use land and the impact of our land use on the global environment, farming once again faces a challenging and uncertain future. This book draws on the experiences of farmers in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Japan and the EU to examine the special features of family farms and, in particular, the tradition of succession which has enabled them to continue to have such a strong presence in the world today. Matt Lobley is Assistant Director at the Centre for Rural Policy Research at the University of Exeter, UK, John Baker, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA and Ian Whitehead, Associate Professor in Rural Property Management at the University of Plymouth, UK |
