Importance-Performance Analysis Of Organic Sheep And Goat Farmers: A Study In Six European Countries

Summary

The aim of this paper is to analyse the performance of organic sheep and goat farms through a set of indicators of multi-dimensional sustainability (MDS) classified in four categories: Financial, Innovation, Market and Resources. Data refer to 42 organic farms across six European countries and consider meat, dairy and dual purpose farms. Farm performance and the respective importance paid for each MDS indicator are analyzed through Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA). Results show a differentiated situation both in terms of farm types and of MDS indicators: Financial aspects show the worst performance, while Market aspects the best ones. Resources are scored positively for Goats and Dairy farms, while Innovation is generally considered as not relevant for most of farm types.