Data on structure and farming practices of French organic vegetable farms, with focus on the use of inputs and the socio-economic context

Antonin Pépin^a,b, Kevin Morel^c,  Hayo M.G. van der Werf^b

CTIFL1 Ctr St Remy, Route Mollèges, 13210 St Remy de Provence, France.

Abstract

Organic vegetable farming systems in France have diverse farm structures, farming practices and socio-economic contexts. From April-July 2019, Pépin et al. [1] surveyed 165 farms using an online form. The questions about farming practices or socio-economic context did not require quantitative responses to make them simple and easy to answer. From a list of practices, farmers were asked which one(s) they used most often. Using decision rules, the answers were transformed into variables that are suitable for multivariate analysis. The data set also contains analysed data, including composite indexes derived from survey answers, as well as the number of the cluster to which each farm belonged, created after multivariate analysis and clustering performed on the data set.

Keywords: Organic farming, Vegetable farms, Farming diversity, Farming practice, Agroecology, Multivariate analysis.