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Farm diversification strategies in response to rural policy: a case from rural Italy

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  • De Rosa, Marcello
  • McElwee, Gerard
  • Smith, Robert

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Entrepreneurial turns, serendipitous events, entrepreneurial skills and values are critical to the success of rural SMEs. Likewise, ‘Resource Orchestration’ is an important element of strategic, entrepreneurial activities. An analysis of a case study of a rural family farm business in Italy is provided demonstrating an innovative model of ‘rural entrepreneurship’ focused on farm diversification to valorise full employment of family members and increased productivity as a direct response to rural policy. The analysis shows how collective family entrepreneurship can exploit ‘clusters of opportunities’ through updating entrepreneurial skills. ‘Serendipitous acts’ are integrated into localised diversification strategies.

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  • De Rosa, Marcello & McElwee, Gerard & Smith, Robert, 2019. "Farm diversification strategies in response to rural policy: a case from rural Italy," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 291-301.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:lauspo:v:81:y:2019:i:c:p:291-301
    DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.11.006
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