Abstract
Many studies have sought to describe the complexity and diversity among small‐scale farms by means of typologies. Now appropriate methodological techniques must be identified or developed to complement theoretical concerns about heterogeneity among small‐scale farmers. Using data from a panel study on small‐scale tobacco producers from the Piedmont area of North Carolina, an empirically based typology is generated via cluster analysis. Senior agriculturalist, full‐time, and part‐time smallholders are the descriptive names given to the types identified. The value of cluster analysis for typology creation is demonstrated through an analysis of which farm operators left agriculture during the drought and low‐farm‐income crisis of 1981 to 1983. The results show that part‐time farmers are less likely than either senior agriculturist or full‐time farmers to continue as active farm operators.
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