onsdag 16 apr, 2025
13:15 - 14:15
Kronan Room, SLU building, at 13:15.
Title: Synthesising farmer survey practices in agricultural economics
Abstract: Farmer surveys play a crucial role in agricultural economics. Surveys offer valuable insights into farmers’ values, motivations, and decision-making that are not available in secondary datasets. However, researchers are facing growing challenges, including declining response rates, survey fatigue, and inconsistencies in survey design. Additionally, we observe that the number of farmer surveys increases while the number of farms declines. We believe we need to reflect on how surveys are conducted to address these issues using a meta-scientific approach. We summarise key issues identified in 34 recently conducted farmer surveys from the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Sweden. We will discuss how to address low response rate, the need for greater standardisation in socio-economic questions, and the importance of open science practices in making survey research more transparent and reproducible