Recruitment in agriculture in Iceland and effects distance from Reykjavík (Translated by Webmaster)

• Main Author: Karlsson, Vífill
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: School of Social Sciences 2018
• Subjects: Nýliðun; landbúnaður; landfræðilegur breytileiki; aldur bænda; panelgögn; New entry; farming; spatial disparity; farmers age; panel data; Halda; Reykjavík; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tf/article/view/3783

A continuous decline in the number of farmers and a weakening of rural communities in Iceland has been a problem for those who like a dispersed population. Net new entries in the sheep and cattle farming of Iceland is the focal point of the present study, i.e. the relationship between the net new en...