Direct Marketing Farms Survey, 1979

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br><p>The main aims of the <span style="font-style: italic;">Direct Marketing Farms Survey, 1979</span> were:</p><ul><li>to establish the structural characteristics of pick-your-own direct marketing enterprises on farms in England;</li><li>to estimate the areas of crops under pick-your-own;<br></li><li>and to measure recent changes in pick-your-own and motives of farmers.</li></ul><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Variables: size of farm, areas of pick-your-own crops 1970-77, main motives for pick-your-own, services provided, impact of pick-your-own on farm business, types of advertising, pricing policy, locational attributes: roads, urban areas