(e) Roles and functions of family members including decision-

 making, use of household labor, and role switching.

 (f) Risk management and the role of risk in small farms.

Management of Resources and Product Marketing

 The central issue here is the small-scale farm family's ability

to realize full benefit from all its resources both farm and non-

farm. To what extent are small farms earning less than their potential

due to inadequate farm management and marketing strategies" Are small

farms actually less efficient than medium or larger units? What

production and marketing practices can improve the farm income of

small-scale farm families?

 Additional questions include the following:

 (a) To what extent can alternative market outlets be developed?

 (b) Effects of labor laws and other government regulations on

 costs of production and on markets accessible to small farms.

 (c) What is the potential for use of forward pricing and contract

 marketing on small farms?

 (d) What is the relationship between the market system and market

 information and the management and marketing strategies

 employed by small farms?

 (e) What farm management strategies are appropriate for the full-

 time small-scale farmers and part-time small-scale farmers?

 (f) What capital and investment strategies are needed by small-

 scale farmers?

 What is essentially called for in the management and marketing

area are subsystems of production and marketing information in at least