DECISION MAKING FACTORS ON FAMILY FARMS: A COMPARISON OF MACEDONIAN AND IRISH FARMS
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Radinoska, Elena
Abstract
Family farming is the most common farming model in Europe. However, family
farms vary in terms of their size and available resources, as well as the economic,
agro-environmental and social contexts they operate in. There are many internal
and external factors influencing the decision-making process on family farms, so
often this process is based on boundary rationality. The aim of this research is to
identify and compare the factors that influence the decision-making process of
family farms in two countries with different working environments; Republic of
Macedonia and Republic of Ireland. The research is based on observations of the
agricultural infrastructure in both the R. Macedonia and the R. Ireland; a survey of
family farms in both countries; and lastly informal conversation with the farmers.
The implementation of the survey took place in July 2017, with 30 questionnaires
in total (15 in each country). The results showed differences in general external
factors, whereas specific external factors are more similar in both countries. In
terms of internal factors, differences are most often present in the perception
farmers have for farming as an occupation that they pass on to future generations.
farms vary in terms of their size and available resources, as well as the economic,
agro-environmental and social contexts they operate in. There are many internal
and external factors influencing the decision-making process on family farms, so
often this process is based on boundary rationality. The aim of this research is to
identify and compare the factors that influence the decision-making process of
family farms in two countries with different working environments; Republic of
Macedonia and Republic of Ireland. The research is based on observations of the
agricultural infrastructure in both the R. Macedonia and the R. Ireland; a survey of
family farms in both countries; and lastly informal conversation with the farmers.
The implementation of the survey took place in July 2017, with 30 questionnaires
in total (15 in each country). The results showed differences in general external
factors, whereas specific external factors are more similar in both countries. In
terms of internal factors, differences are most often present in the perception
farmers have for farming as an occupation that they pass on to future generations.
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