Coopmans, Isabeau and Dessein, Joost and Accatino, Francesco and Antonioli, Federico and Bertolozzi-Caredio, Daniele and Gavrilescu, Camelia and Gradziuk, Piotr and Manevska Tasevska, Gordana and Meuwissen, Miranda and Peneva, Mariya and Pettit, Andrea and Urquhart, Julie and Wauters, Erwin
(2021).
Understanding farm generational renewal and its influencing factors in Europe.
Journal of Rural Studies. 86
, 398-409
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Abstract
Understanding the complex process of generational renewal (GR) in agriculture is essential for supporting the continuation of farming. This paper demonstrates how multiple factors, simultaneously and through their mutual interactions, influence GR and related individual decision-making processes. Results originated from 155 in-depth interviews performed on 85 farms in eleven European regions, and were triangulated with the literature. Our analysis, combining inductive and deductive approaches, revealed three conceptual phases (successor identity formation, farm succession process, and farm development) and fourteen factors important to understand GR. We elaborate how these factors interact, hence exert their impact on (one of) the phases in a complex and variable way. Implications highlight potential pitfalls and opportunities for attracting people into agriculture. Although policy-makers should be aware of their limited ability to affect GR by targeting the first phase, we propose some ideas that would complement current existing measures acting on the third phase.
Authors/Creators: | Coopmans, Isabeau and Dessein, Joost and Accatino, Francesco and Antonioli, Federico and Bertolozzi-Caredio, Daniele and Gavrilescu, Camelia and Gradziuk, Piotr and Manevska Tasevska, Gordana and Meuwissen, Miranda and Peneva, Mariya and Pettit, Andrea and Urquhart, Julie and Wauters, Erwin | ||||
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Title: | Understanding farm generational renewal and its influencing factors in Europe | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | Journal of Rural Studies | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2021 | ||||
Volume: | 86 | ||||
Page range: | 398-409 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||
ISSN: | 0743-0167 | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Agricultural Science (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 502 Economics and Business > Business Administration | ||||
Keywords: | Agriculture, Farm succession, Generational renewal, Young farmers, Decision-making, Europe | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-112810 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-112810 | ||||
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ID Code: | 25100 | ||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 30 Aug 2021 12:25 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2021 12:31 |
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