VALIDACIÓN DE UN MODELO DE TIPIFICACIÓN DE EXPLOTACIONES AGRARIAS MEDIANTE TÉCNICAS DE ANÁLISIS DISCRIMINANTE

Abstract

Galicia (NO Spain), is an example of agriculture characterized by the existence of a variety land uses, different productive models, dimensional diversity and geographical dispersion of farms, in a highly heterogeneous territory in terms of constraints for farming development. Any action aimed to improve production efficiency in this activity, must fulfill the characterization of the production models, and needs of a methodology for data analysis, and the obtention of technical-economical and financial results based on models developed from representative farms in the various areas. For this reason, a methodology of grouping farms in different types was developed, based on variables from the microdata Agricultural Census, and using a combinatory analysis technique subject to constraints. In this paper, is described the validation process of this methodology by applying Discriminant Analysis techniques on population census of commercial Dairy farms in Galicia, using characterizing variables of production systems.. Keywords: Productive Agricultural Management, Rural Development, Discriminant Analysis, Typologies of farms, modelling of farm production systems.