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In farm economics it is realized that among farmers there is a large variation in capacity and willingness to reach the economic optimal organization of production. This behavioral aspect influences farm structure by the production technology chosen from current options (static situation) and also by differences in the time taken to the adoption of innovations (dynamic situation). In sociology, the resulting differences in farm organization under similar natural, social-economic and technical conditions are referred to as “styles of farming”. The present paper focuses on the assessment of different styles of farming among arable farmers in the Netherlands and their viability perspectives considering two scenarios of technical and institutional changes.
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Van Niejenhuis, J.H., Wossink, G.A.A. (1994). Review and Application of the Farming Styles Concept: The Case of Dutch Arable Farming. In: Struik, P.C., Vredenberg, W.J., Renkema, J.A., Parlevliet, J.E. (eds) Plant Production on the Threshold of a New Century. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1158-4_9
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