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Cluster Analysis in Assessment of Organic Farms Sustainability. Part II Results of Research Cover

Cluster Analysis in Assessment of Organic Farms Sustainability. Part II Results of Research

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|Mar 2020

Abstract

A modern model of agriculture is based on three orders - organic, social and economic. An attempt was made in this paper to apply cluster analysis for assessment of economic and organic sustainability of organic farms. Factors that statistically influenced a decision on which farms should be recognised as sustainable were indicated. Analyses allow the following conclusion: 1) in organic farming, animal production including cattle breeding and rearing must be based on a high acreage of permanent grasslands; 2) neither the performed production processes nor the level of their automation rate or the level of organic balance do not decide on the production effectiveness, but factors of the surrounding including social factors.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2020-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2449-5999 | Journal ISSN: 2083-1587
Language: English
Page range: 79 - 89
Submitted on: Dec 1, 2019
Accepted on: Jan 1, 2020
Published on: Mar 30, 2020
Published by: Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Maciej Sporysz, Maria Szczuka, Sylwester Tabor, Krzysztof Molenda, Maciej Kuboń, published by Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering
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