TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - Case study research was undertaken as an initial step towards studying the critical factors that influenced the adoption of agritourism as an additional enterprise by small farmers in North Carolina. The unit of analysis in this study was the principal operator of the farm that provided agritourism services. Human factors such as age, gender, household income before taxes, and ethnicity and educational background of principal operator were perceived to be the most common elements. Production variables such as total acreage deemed unsuitable for crop production, the farm organization, economic situation of the farm and the geographic location of the farm and access to internet were also deemed to be common features. The need to generate additional income was often cited among the goals of operators in adding agritourism to their farm operations. Most operators charged activity-based fees and cited weather and liability issues as the principal challenges to their agritourism enterprises. They had a more positive outlook for their individual agritourism business than they had for the industry as a whole in the state.
AU  - Yeboah, Anthony K.
AU  - Owens, John Paul
AU  - Bynum, Jarvetta
AU  - Okafor, Ralph
DA  - 2015-10-01
DA  - 2015-10-01
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.229824
DO  - doi
EP  - 14
EP  - 1
ID  - 229824
KW  - Agribusiness
KW  - Case Study
KW  - agritourism
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229824/files/NCAT_Agritourism_YeboahK.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229824/files/NCAT_Agritourism_YeboahK.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229824/files/NCAT_Agritourism_YeboahK.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229824/files/NCAT_Agritourism_YeboahK.pdf
N2  - Case study research was undertaken as an initial step towards studying the critical factors that influenced the adoption of agritourism as an additional enterprise by small farmers in North Carolina. The unit of analysis in this study was the principal operator of the farm that provided agritourism services. Human factors such as age, gender, household income before taxes, and ethnicity and educational background of principal operator were perceived to be the most common elements. Production variables such as total acreage deemed unsuitable for crop production, the farm organization, economic situation of the farm and the geographic location of the farm and access to internet were also deemed to be common features. The need to generate additional income was often cited among the goals of operators in adding agritourism to their farm operations. Most operators charged activity-based fees and cited weather and liability issues as the principal challenges to their agritourism enterprises. They had a more positive outlook for their individual agritourism business than they had for the industry as a whole in the state.
PY  - 2015-10-01
PY  - 2015-10-01
SP  - 1
T1  - Case Studies of Agritourism among Small Farmers in North Carolina
TI  - Case Studies of Agritourism among Small Farmers in North Carolina
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/229824/files/NCAT_Agritourism_YeboahK.pdf
Y1  - 2015-10-01
ER  -