Farm profitability and structural challenges: geographical patterns in the Danish agricultural economy

TY - JOUR

T1 - Farm profitability and structural challenges

T2 - geographical patterns in the Danish agricultural economy

AU - Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård

AU - Kristensen, Inge Toft

N1 - Published online 24 May 2013

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - The objective of the paper is to demonstrate a methodology to establish data for analysing the geographical patterns in the economic performance of farms. The methodology combines population-based agricultural register data on physical activity levels with sample-based farm economic accounts data. Using a least-squares approach, the method estimates economic figures for each farm in the population conditional on farm size, land allocation and number of different types of livestock. The method is used for describing the spatial patterns in economic returns to agriculture, using Denmark as an illustrative example. Economic contribution/hectare is relatively stronger in western parts of the country. This is associated with high livestock density in these areas, but the high livestock density also poses future economic challenges to farms in these areas to a higher extent than in the rest of Denmark.

AB - The objective of the paper is to demonstrate a methodology to establish data for analysing the geographical patterns in the economic performance of farms. The methodology combines population-based agricultural register data on physical activity levels with sample-based farm economic accounts data. Using a least-squares approach, the method estimates economic figures for each farm in the population conditional on farm size, land allocation and number of different types of livestock. The method is used for describing the spatial patterns in economic returns to agriculture, using Denmark as an illustrative example. Economic contribution/hectare is relatively stronger in western parts of the country. This is associated with high livestock density in these areas, but the high livestock density also poses future economic challenges to farms in these areas to a higher extent than in the rest of Denmark.

KW - Former LIFE faculty

KW - GIS-data

KW - farm economic account data

KW - rural development

KW - spatial microsimulation

U2 - 10.1080/00167223.2013.778549

DO - 10.1080/00167223.2013.778549

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0016-7223

VL - 113

SP - 39

EP - 52

JO - Geografisk Tidsskrift

JF - Geografisk Tidsskrift

IS - 1

ER -