期刊名称：Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Agrarökonomie
印刷版ISSN：1815-1027
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
页码：157-157
出版社：Facultas
摘要：Unsatisfying economic performance, continuous
work overload or the entrance of the younger
generation are often the starting point for reorientation
of the farm’s organisation in order to increase the
farm’s efficiency. Theoretically, farmers are faced
with two main options when looking for a viable farm
strategy: diversification or specialisation. Based on a
quantitative and qualitative survey of 39 farms, the
results show that the decision to either diversify or
specialise is usually a multi-dimensional issue. Only
the analyses of the interactions between many different
factors may help to understand the decision processes
on farms. One central result of the study is that
the personality of the farmer is the key driving factor
in the decision on specialisation or diversification. The
study also reveals that, whereas cost reduction is
observed to be a valuable strategy in conventional
farming, it seems to be of very limited relevance in
organic farming in Germany.
