TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Outside farming, pluriactivity is generally considered as undesirable, whereas agricultural economists tend to recommend part-time farming. This contradiction is to be solved. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approach Linking tax-payer and statistical farm-level data from Norway, the authors tested how profitable part-time farming is for Norwegian farm households.Findings The analysis showed that concentrating on either working on-farm or off-farm generates a higher household income than combining the two.Practical implications Part-time farming may be a lifestyle decision, but apparently is not economically optimal for most farms.Originality/value The contribution solves an apparent contradiction between the discourses inside and outside agriculture.
VL  - 44
IS  - 1
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/IJSE-10-2014-0207
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-10-2014-0207
AU  - Mittenzwei Klaus
AU  - Mann Stefan
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - The rationale of part-time farming: empirical evidence from Norway
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 53
EP  - 59
Y2  - 2021/03/08
ER  -