Open AccessHomo Economicus and the Shepherd: the Traditional Sheep Farmer Facing the Modernisation (or Intensification) of European Livestock
Author(s) -
Raúl de Arriba,
Maja Barac
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
eastern european countryside
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.45
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2300-8717
pISSN - 1232-8855
DOI - 10.2478/eec-2018-0009
Subject(s) - agrarian society , modernization theory , agriculture , livestock , economics , homo economicus , point (geometry) , agricultural economics , economic system , economic growth , geography , microeconomics , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , forestry
The economic importance of sheep farming is somewhat reduced from a macroeconomic point of view and only makes up a small part of agrarian income and employment. The quantitative macroeconomic evidence shows that the activity of traditional sheep farming is not profitable enough, while the trends seem to be moving toward a reduction in the number of farms, in their concentration and in their intensification. The paper presents the research results with the focus on voactional motiations of farmer.