Haushaltsstrategien biologisch wirtschaftender Familienbetriebe in Österreich – Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Längsschnittuntersuchung

Manuela Larcher and Stefan Vogel

No DP-37-2008, Discussion Papers from University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute for Sustainable Economic Development

Abstract: The topic of this paper is the long term development of Austrian organic farms. On basis of two serial in-depth interviews with farm families the development of 74 organic farms in Austria was reconstructed over a period of 14 years and 15 distinct farm development patterns were identified. Each pattern can be assigned to one of three empirically derived household strategies of farm families: specializing in milk production, specializing in active marketing and engagement in non-agricultural activities and to one of three directions of development in the period from 1991 to 2004 with respect to organic farming: intensification, stagnation and withdrawal.

Keywords: farm household; family farm business; household strategies in agriculture; organic farming in Austria; rural sociology; farm development; qualitative research; long term perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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