The paper presents how mountain farms in Slovene Alpine and Subalpine areas are spatially distributed with regard to their succession statuses and decisions, and to what extent the spatial distribution ascertained is linked to the economic
to the Slovene Agricultural Census of 2000. The results show that there are three serried areas with a greater share of mountain farms on which succession will not occur, or on which successors will not continue with farming after takeover. Economic development
This paper is based on the hypothesis that the official statistical data does not reflect actual succession status on mountain farms in Slovenia and also on Slovene farms in general, since the census criteria defining succession are still incomplete