Typology and distribution
of small farms in Europe
Land Use Policy
75 (2018) 784–798
England
FI 3.194
small farms
alternative to large and specialised farms
food security
food sovereignty
local food supply
differ widely
data colection
analyse: advanced cluster procedures
role of small farms
Introduction
family farms
world 90%
Europe 67%
roles: food provider & etc
typology
focus on farming system
focus in rural types
defining small farms / smallholder
less than 5 ha
consider other criteria
fine grained typology
AWU: labour force
ESU: economic size units
objective
develop a map of Europe
where small farms have different degrees of importance
M&M
data source
indicators calculated
data analysis
distribuition UAA / NF
cluster analysis
notched box plots