@article{Anríquez:289039,
      recid = {289039},
      author = {Anríquez, Gustavo and Bonomi, Genny},
      title = {Long-term farming trends: an inquiry using agricultural  censuses},
      address = {2007-07-18},
      series = {ESA Working Paper 07-20},
      month = {Jul},
      year = {2007},
      note = {FAO Document Repository: <a  href="http://www.fao.org/3/a-ah856e.pdf">http://www.fao.org/3/a-ah856e.pdf</a>},
      abstract = {This paper provides a long-term and global view at current  farming trends by analyzing a specially created database of  farming characteristics of 17 countries across 43 different  agricultural censuses representing the different developing  regions of the world. The study shows that while  agricultural land appears to be a constraint in central and  East Asia, it has been under expansion in Latin America,  Northern Africa, and most of sub-Saharan Africa. We also  estimate that 9 out of 10 farms are 'small' (i.e. smaller  than 2 ha). These farms are more specialized in staple  crops than their larger counterparts, and exhibit slower  productivity growth.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/289039},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.289039},
}