Abstract Our objective was to classify and characterize dairy goat farms on the basis of some socio-economic aspects in two Mediterranean countries, Italy and Turkey. Random samples of 11 farms from the north-eastern part of Italy and of 18 farms from Canakkale province in the west region of Turkey have been used. Farmers were interviewed using 44 indicators related to general farm characteristics based on socio-economic structure. For the classification of farms, Principal Component Analysis and cluster analysis have been performed. Farms have been classified into 4 clusters. Cluster 1 (6 farms, 20.7 %) included “Intensive/Semi-intensive, medium-sized with high owned land area, using technology Italian farms”. Cluster 2 (5 farms, 17.2 %) included “Intensive/Semi-intensive, large-sized with high amount of concentrate feed supply, using technology and with highly cheese production Italian farms”. Cluster 3 (14 farms, 48.3 %) included “Semi-intensive, medium-sized, mostly member of cooperatives, directly raw milk seller Turkish farms”. Cluster 4 (4 farms, 13.8 %) included “Intensive/semi-intensive, large-sized with high land area, member of cooperatives, work with highly hired labour, directly raw milk seller Turkish farms”. Results of this study point out the main differences between Italian and Turkish farms, mostly related to the farmer education level, the use of technology, the marketing and organization structure, and the milk yield. However, the older age of the farmers, their membership of union breeders and their commitment to a second economic activity to provide extra income were the more common features. In conclusion, taking into account this socio-economic variety between countries, outcomes of this study might help to identify some possible requirements for developing new strategies and policies on the dairy goat sector during the EU-harmonization process in Turkey.

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地中海地区奶山羊养殖场的特征和类型：以意大利和土耳其为例

摘要 我们的目标是根据两个地中海国家意大利和土耳其的一些社会经济方面对奶山羊养殖场进行分类和表征。使用了来自意大利东北部的 11 个农场和土耳其西部地区恰纳卡莱省的 18 个农场的随机样本。根据社会经济结构，使用与一般农场特征相关的 44 个指标对农民进行了访谈。对于农场的分类，进行了主成分分析和聚类分析。农场被分为4个集群。集群 1（6 个农场，20.7%）包括“集约化/半集约化、中等规模、拥有高土地面积、使用技术的意大利农场”。集群 2（5 个农场，17.2%）包括“集约化/半集约化、大规格、大量精饲料供应、使用技术和高度奶酪生产的意大利农场”。第 3 组（14 个农场，48.3 %）包括“半集约化、中型、主要是合作社成员、直接销售生奶的土耳其农场”。集群 4（4 个农场，13.8 %）包括“集约化/半集约化、大面积土地面积大、合作社成员、雇佣高薪劳动力、直接销售生奶的土耳其农场”。这项研究的结果指出了意大利和土耳其农场之间的主要差异，主要与农民教育水平、技术使用、营销和组织结构以及产奶量有关。然而，农民年龄较大、他们是联合育种者的成员以及他们致力于提供额外收入的第二次经济活动是更常见的特征。综上所述，