Private farming is the dominant mode of agricultural production in most European countries. Not all farmers are equally successful, economically, which is usually explained by different levels of production factors, i.e. land, labour and capital. This article analyses whether social capital is...

Successful structural change in agriculture depends on several preconditions, some of which are only indirectly linked to the farming sector. The rural non-farm economy is known as one important driver of structural change because it offers alternative employment. However, little is known about...

European politicians encourage the income diversification of rural households through various measures. Although a knowledge of farm households’ potential for non-farm income diversification seems important for finely targeting such policy measures, thus far no attempt has been made to...