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Industrialization in Agriculture: Discussion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Kimberly L. Jensen
Kimberly L. Jensen*
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Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Drabenstott and Davis and Langham both present insightful discussions of the causes and consequences of industrialization in agriculture. Their discussions address industrialization as defined by the Council of Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics (CFARE). According to CFARE, industrialization includes two components, increased consolidation of farms and increased vertical coordination within the marketing channels for food and fiber. Davis and Langham focus primarily on the causes and consequences of increasing consolidation of farms, while Drabenstott focuses on the causes and consequences of vertical coordination. This definition of industrialization should be expanded to include consolidation of firms that provide inputs and services to agriculture and consolidation of firms that handle and process agricultural products.

Type
Invited Papers and Discussions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , July 1995 , pp. 35 - 38
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1995

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