In Austria, by far the majority of farms can be identified as family farms as the basis for agricultural production and the supply of public goods subsumed under the term of multi-functionality. Other types of ownership-status like personal communities (natural persons) or legal entities (coopera...

"Nature and Life in Bregenzerwald" – LEADER II Bregenzerwald is a region in the federal province "Vorarlberg" of the Western part of Austria. It consists of 24 communities with about 30.000 inhabitants. All villages are situated in the mountain area between 600 and 1500 meter sea level. The eco...

Due to the topographical circumstances – 70 % of the territory is categorized as mountain area – Austria's agriculture is largely based on small scaled family farms. Average farm size is about 22 ha UAA and about 36 ha cultivated area including forest (2014). Corresponding to these figures, A...