Strategic Categorization of Dairy Cow Farms in Croatia using Cluster Analysis

Abstract

The milk processing sector in the Republic of Croatia faces numerous challenges. It is a distinctly bipolar structure, with some entities resembling the largest milk producers in the EU, while many small and medium-sized dairy farms struggle to remain competitive and achieve further progress. To formulate effective policy, it is important to differentiate between these types and address their key challenges.

Keywords

• cluster analysis
• typical farms
• dairy sector
• mathematical programming
• farm model
• c38
• q13