Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.20.4.13
SUCCESSION STATUS OF ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL FAMILY FARMS IN SOUTHWESTERN SLOVENIA
Zarja BOHAK
; Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hoče, Slovenia
Andreja BOREC
; Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hoče, Slovenia
Jernej TURK
; Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hoče, Slovenia
Abstract
To assure long term survival of family farms, well regulated farm
succession is of vital importance. This is a complex process where
many factors influence the final event, the ultimate transfer of family
farm from older to younger generation. In addition, organic
agriculture is also becoming an increasingly important factor for
the future existence of the family farm. The aim of this paper is to
analyse 17 conventional and 30 organic family farms from the
Southwestern part of Slovenia regarding their current succession
status in order to find out which group of farms has better current
succession status. The methodology was based on the decision
analysis technique, DEX, an expert system shell for qualitative
decision modelling and support. The multi-attribute decision model
was developed and applied to the family farms data, obtained
by the use of a standardized questionnaire on the family
farm succession process. The results confirm our assumption and
indicate that organic farms have a better succession situation.
Keywords
family farm succession; organic farms; DEX methodology; multi-criteria decision model
Hrčak ID:
75871
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2011.
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