Process of Differentiation in Small-Scale Agricultural Family Enterprises in Pelarco, Chile (2nd Wave, 1988) and Supplementary in Chilean Municipalities

Process of differentiation of beneficiaries of the agrarian reform
after the allocation of land in Palerco (Chile).

Topics: manner of land acquisition; size of own land under
cultivation; size of leased land; size of additionally leased land;
total surface area; size of land under cultivation, irrigated, not
under cultivation and yet to be used; income from leasing; expenditures
for leasing; water rights; availability of electricity; type of water
supply; type of sewage disposal; value of fencing, size of house; age,
condition and value of house; value of all buildings as well as of
machines and equipment; parents´ age and length of their schooling;
parents´ ability to read and write; childrens´ average length of
schooling; number of children living on one´s property; extent of work
activities by father and children on one´s own land; pension or
provision for old age; amount of subsidies; number of work days of
family members off the property as well as the amount of income; number
of work days of workers employed on one´s own land and the cost
thereof; number of work days without productive activity; time of last
participation by head of household in a course for further education;
technical aid received; credit; area of productive surface for selected
agricultural products; size of orchard, meadows and cultivated surface;
proportion of cultivated surface to surface that could be cultivated;
proportion of cultivated surface to total surface area; rotation of
crops and sequence; use of seeds, fertilizer and disinfectants;
relation of intermediate products to cultivated land; expenditures for
harvest machinery; value of agricultural production; value of products
sold; value of self-sufficiency; number of cultivated products; size of
agricultural area for self-sufficiency; proportion of land for
self-sufficiency to cultivated land; number of horses and number of
animals; value of animals and livestock; number of cows for milking;
length of milking period; level of milk production and amount of milk
sold; value of production from livestock breeding; income from the
sales of livestock; value of self-sufficiency with products from
livestock breeding; amount of total expenditures for the farm land;
earnings from part lease; negotiated debts; value of capitalized land,
orchard, artificial meadows; amount of capital available and not
available; total capital; number of work days per anum; gross income;
total expenditures; income; balance surplus; membership and leadership
position in a production community; wealth at the time of commencing
farming; value of fundamental investments made.

The respondents´ information on capital, working hours, gross income
and expenditures as well as balance surplus are additionally put in
relation to the size of the land (expressed in hectare equivalent) and
to the size of the cultivated land.

Additionally encoded was: place of the interview.

Beyond this the data set contains the encoding of open questions on
technical production knowledge and ability in the area of business
management.

The answers were given points between 1 (bad) and 10 (good).