Manevska Tasevska, Gordana
- Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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.
Keywords
Agriculture; Farm succession; Generational renewal; Young farmers; Decision-making; Europe
Published in
Journal of Rural Studies
2021, volume: 86, pages: 398-409
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Business Administration
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.06.023
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/112810