• farm
  Farm
  A farm is an area of land, or, for aquaculture, lake, river or sea, including various structures, devoted primarily to the practice of producing and managing food , fibres and, increasingly, fuel. It is the basic production facility in food production. Farms may be owned and operated by a single...
  
   and non-farm industry.
• economic growth, development
  Rural development
  Rural development in general denotes economic development and community development actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-urban neighbourhoods, remote villages and the countryside...
  
  , and change
• size and spatial distribution of production and household units and interregional trade
• land use
  Land use
  Land use is the human use of land. Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. It has also been defined as "the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover...
  
  
• housing
  Rural Housing
  -Rural housing in the United Kingdom:The lack of affordable housing is one of the most critical issues facing rural communities in the UK.Some of the consequences of this are:...
  
    and non-housing as to supply and demand
  Supply and demand
  Supply and demand is an economic model of price determination in a market. It concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for a particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity demanded by consumers will equal the quantity supplied by producers , resulting in an...
  
  
• migration and (de
  Rural flight
  Rural flight is a term used to describe the migratory patterns of peoples from rural areas into urban areas.In modern times, it often occurs in a region following the industrialization of agriculture when fewer people are needed to bring the same amount of agricultural output to market and related...
  
  )population
• finance
• government policies as to development, investment, regulation, and transportation
• general-equilibrium
  General equilibrium
  General equilibrium theory is a branch of theoretical economics. It seeks to explain the behavior of supply, demand and prices in a whole economy with several or many interacting markets, by seeking to prove that a set of prices exists that will result in an overall equilibrium, hence general...
  
   and welfare analysis, for example, system interdependencies and rural-urban income disparities.

See also

• Agricultural economics
  Agricultural economics
  Agricultural economics originally applied the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock — a discipline known as agronomics. Agronomics was a branch of economics that specifically dealt with land usage. It focused on maximizing the crop yield while maintaining a good soil...
  
  
• Agroecology
  Agroecology
  Agroecology is the application of ecological principles to the production of food, fuel, fiber, and pharmaceuticals. The term encompasses a broad range of approaches, and is considered "a science, a movement, [and] a practice."...
  
  
• Economic development
  Economic development
  Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...
  
  
• Economic geography
  Economic geography
  Economic geography is the study of the location, distribution and spatial organization of economic activities across the world. The subject matter investigated is strongly influenced by the researcher's methodological approach. Neoclassical location theorists, following in the tradition of Alfred...
  
  
• Electrical energy efficiency on United States farms
  Electrical energy efficiency on United States farms
  Electrical energy efficiency on United States farms covers the use of electricity on farms and the methods and incentives for improving the efficiency of that use.U.S...
  
  
• Regional economics
• Rural development
  Rural development
  Rural development in general denotes economic development and community development actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-urban neighbourhoods, remote villages and the countryside...
  
  
• Urban economics
  Urban economics
  Urban economics is broadly the economic study of urban areas; as such, it involves using the tools of economics to analyze urban issues such as crime, education, public transit, housing, and local government finance...
  
  
• Rural sociology
  Rural sociology
  Rural sociology is a field of sociology associated with the study of social life in non-metropolitan areas. It is the scientific study of social arrangements and behaviour amongst people distanced from points of concentrated population or economic activity...
  
  
• RIGA Project
  RIGA Project
  The Rural Income Generating Activities Project is a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Bank, and American University that seeks to contribute to the understanding of the income generating activities, both agricultural and non-agricultural, of rural households...