Analysing behavioural differences of farm households: An example of income diversification strategies based on European farm survey data

Land Use Policy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 172-184

  Weltin, Meike ^a   Zasada, Ingo ^a   Franke, Christian ^b   Piorr, Annette ^a   Raggi, Meri ^c   Viaggi, Davide ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAP; Cluster analysis; Farm typology; Income diversification; Regional comparison; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVEY;

EUROPE;

EID: 85008395734     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.11.041     Document Type: Article

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