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Farmers and Daughters - Case Studies of Female Succession in New Zealand Farming

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  • Gow, Neil G.
  • Rooney, Kerry

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Traditionally management of family farms in New Zealand has been a male preserve and inter generational transfer from father to son has been well documented. The process involving women as successors has however received little attention. This study used the qualitative method of grounded theory, in a case study format, to investigate both the characteristics of daughters as family farm successors, and the female succession process.lt was found that women as successors have a unique blend of characteristics which make the transfer process different from that of father to son. The women in this study were less concerned with total farm ownership than men and did not see it as being necessary before becoming "the farmer”, neither did they see major changes in management as being vital to their status as a farmer. The process of succession is further coloured by women's dual roles in family and farm, differences in personal priorities, and lack of opportunity.

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  • Gow, Neil G. & Rooney, Kerry, 1997. "Farmers and Daughters - Case Studies of Female Succession in New Zealand Farming," 11th Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997 346393, International Farm Management Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifma97:346393
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346393
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    Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital;

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