@article{BrenesMuñoz:126756,
      recid = {126756},
      author = {Brenes Muñoz, Thelma and Lakner, Sebastian and Brümmer,  Bernhard},
      title = {Economic growth of farms: An empirical analysis on organic  farming},
      address = {2012},
      number = {1007-2016-79483},
      pages = {21},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {This article investigates which factors influence the  economic growth of organic
farms. Organic farming has  experienced a substantial growth in Germany since  the
beginning of the 1990s until today. Most organic farms  are concentrated in the
southern region of the country,  Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg. While some of
these farms  have expanded their business size, others have contracted,  reconverted to
conventional or ceased to operate. Using a  panel data of 318 farms and a System
GMM method, the  economic growth of organic farms is analyzed. Regression  results
suggest that organic farms with high revenue from  agriculture are less likely to grow
than smaller farms.  Growth is influenced by livestock intensity, multiple job  holding,
share of grasslands areas, soil quality and  agri-environmental payments for organic
farming.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126756},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.126756},
}