Impacts of changes in the flue-cured tobacco sector on farmers in Ontario, Canada

摘要

Impacts of the forces and processes of agricultural restructuring are described in this paper through an analysis of farmers' 'lived experience' in the tobacco sector of Ontario, Canada. The paper argues that the political and economic changes in the1980s fundamentally altered tobacco farming and the broader rural community. The analysis is based upon a survey of farmers and former farmers, and includes examples of individual case histories. The results show the ways in which farmers' well-being was affected and provides insights into coping mechanisms.