20.500.12556/RUL-183055 Surveying the farmer survey a synthesis of research practices in the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden Research based on farmer surveys is a cornerstone of agricultural economics. Farmer surveys provide unique insights into be-havioural variables—such as values, motivations, attitudes, behaviours, and preferences—that are unavailable in secondarydatasets. However, the decline in farm numbers across most European countries, combined with a growing number of surveys,is posing a threat to farmer survey research. This paper synthesises current practices in farmer surveys in the Netherlands,Slovenia, and Sweden. Our approach is meta-scientific, drawing on a survey aimed at researchers responsible for 34 farmersurveys conducted between January 2019 and August 2024. This analysis is complemented by a document analysis and criticalreflection workshops. We identify three key challenges: (i) limited consistency and standardisation of socio-economic surveyquestions, (ii) long surveys, which are associated with high attrition and low response rates, and (iii) low adoption of open sciencepractices. To address these challenges, we propose a set of best practices to enhance the transparency, comparability, standard-isation, and reusability of farmer survey data. These best practices aim to strengthen the quality of survey-based research inagricultural economics and ensure that farmer surveys continue to support evidence-based policymaking. agriculture attrition meta-science open science response rate survey methodology kmetijstvo ekonomika kmetje raziskave ankete primeri dobre prakse Nizozemska Slovenija Švedska true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-06-03 09:05:07 2026-06-03 09:05:16 2026-06-04 04:11:11 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 460-476 issue 2 Vol. 77 Jun. 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-01-10 631 1477-9552 10.1111/1477-9552.70024 264285187 RAZ_Slijper_Thomas_2026.pdf RAZ_Slijper_Thomas_2026.pdf 1 86D965F5B305FB0F76BB0A1901F865AE c5299d7078c9457fbece5f145ac66da490dace8f89a0d9947a2e78b608bd4bd5 86f9eec5-5f1a-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=234869 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1477-9552.70024 1 38226c15-5f1a-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=234868 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0