Using Contribution Analysis to Assess the Influence of Farm Link Programs in the U.S.

This paper examines 12 U.S. farm link programs (FLPs) using a type of program evaluation called contribution analysis (CA) to determine if FLPs are effective in facilitating farmland transfers between retirement-aged farmers without family successors and new farmers beginning their career. CA guided...

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Main Authors: Angela Hersey, Michelle Adams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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Online Access:https://www.foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/524