New Players on a Tough Field

Abstract

The pivotal aim of this research is to identify new entrants to mountain farming, their routes into practicing and resulting environmental impacts. Following an actor-network approach, this multi-regional case study was conducted in two remote regions of the Western Austrian Alps and in a bordering Alpine region in South Tyrol (Italy). All data was generated using semi-structured interviews on site and official agricultural statistics.

Keywords

• mountain farming
• new entrants
• newcomers
• tyrol
• socio-technical-network
• eastern alps
• vorarlberg
• east tyrol
• south tyrol