Abstract
Agricultural activity in Galicia, North West Spain, is carried out on farms that are characterized by a diversity of land use and production models, a variety of farm sizes, and considerable geographical dispersion. Any attempt of Agricultural Production Planning aimed at characterizing production models requires a method of analysing data and obtaining technicaleconomic results from farms in the different areas. Models based on average statistical data are limited because they represent farms that do not exist in reality. This study develops a methodology to characterize and group dairy farms into different types according to the following basic variables: land use, size classes and production systems. The information used in this study was microdata from the 1999 Census of Agriculture. The methodology developed was also applied to microdata from the 1989 Census of Agriculture, thus obtaining significant information about the evolution of agricultural activity. The tools used in the analysis were Microsoft Access and Excel, and an application that was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic. The methodology presented can be used to analyse the evolution of the sector or to model future trends.
Highlights
Agricultural activity in Galicia, North West Spain, is carried out on farms that are characterized by a diversity of land use and production models, a variety of farm sizes, and considerable geographical dispersion
This study aims to develop a systematic process for determining different types, production sizes, production systems and locations of farms based on data from the Census of Agriculture (Table 2)
In 1999, the forage base on farms in Galicia was focused on production of annual or multi-annual pasture crops that are transformed into silage or, to a lesser extent, into hay for consumption over the whole year
Summary
Agricultural activity in Galicia, North West Spain, is carried out on farms that are characterized by a diversity of land use and production models, a variety of farm sizes, and considerable geographical dispersion. This study develops a methodology to characterize and group dairy farms into different types according to the following basic variables: land use, size classes and production systems. The methodology developed was applied to microdata from the 1989 Census of Agriculture, obtaining significant information about the evolution of agricultural activity. Cualquier intento de ordenación productiva agraria para caracterizar los modelos productivos en las distintas áreas territoriales necesita disponer de una metodología de análisis de datos y obtención de resultados técnico-económicos a partir de las explotaciones existentes. Las herramientas utilizadas fueron Microsoft Access y Excel, además de desarrollar una aplicación utilizando Microsoft Visual Basic. La metodología expuesta puede ser usada para analizar la evolución del sector o para modelizar tendencias futuras
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