Segmentation of the EU countries in terms of the sheep production
2018
Rokicki, T., Warsaw Univ. of Life Sciences (Poland) | Ratajczak, M., Warsaw Univ. of Life Sciences (Poland)
The main objective of the studies was to recognize changes taking place in sheep population on the country level in the European Union with special consideration of differentiation present before, during and after the economic crisis the climax of which took place in 2009. Studies have been performed on group included all the countries which belonged to the EU as of 31.12.2013, these were 28 Member States. Data assumed for studies concerned years 2007−2013. In the years 2007−2013, the periods of stabilization (2007−2008), economic crisis (2009−2010) and economy reconstruction (2011−2013) took place that allowed to observe changes as a consequence of stronger stimuli. The sources of the materials were literature, data and statistical analyses from EUROSTAT and FAMU/FAPA. For the purposes of the analysis of the materials, authors used segmentation methods: Ward's method, k-Means, logistic regression model based on the so-called cumulative logits, Random Forests, Gradient Boosting. For materials presentation, authors used descriptive, tabular and graphical methods. Studies carried out allowed to show specific mechanisms of agricultural activity relocation and factors which influence on it. Sheep farming measured with the sheep population was subject to gradual relocation from the countries of the highest agricultural as well as social and economic development to the areas less developed within the scope was confirmed.
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