Resumen de Differentiation of farm types in Spain: procedure and results
Jose Antonio Riveiro Valiño, Emilio Rafael Díaz Varela, Manuel Marey Pérez, Carlos José Álvarez López
In this paper, a methodology for the classification of farms into different, representative farm types is presented. This methodology improves a combinatorial method developed in our previous research that was limited to the region of Galicia, Spain. Agricultural census microdata was used as the only source of information, particularly the 1999 census (the latest census available). The combinatorial method was improved by extending its scope to the entire Spanish country and by integrating Principal Component Analysis. The improved procedure and the results for a reference land use type are presented. Applying such a methodology to various censuses would provide, in addition to a static picture for each year, an analysis of the temporal evolution of agricultural production structures.
