New Entrance to Mountain Farming in the Eastern Alps: Actors and their Routes into Agriculture, Motivation, Opportunities and Challenges (SUF edition)

Full edition for scientific use. The aim of this dataset is to outline the results of a mixed-methods research on new entrants to mountain farming conducted in the case study regions Vorarlberg, Tyrol and South Tyrol (Eastern Alps). In a first survey stage, new entrants were identified and their routes into mountain farming as well as the resulting social and spatial impacts were recorded using semi-structured interviews. In the light of a multi-level perspective (MLP), further interviews with experts in local policy, regional planning and agriculture (on local, regional and federal level) provided detailed insights on the challenges and opportunities of new entrants. In a second stage, statistical data on agricultural training (adult education; ger: landwirtschaftliche Fachausbildung) at the agricultural colleges of the study regions and beyond were collected and merged. Both the 32 expert interviews and the 24 interviews with new entrants were recorded, transcribed and analyzed according to the Grounded Theory. Resulting qualitative data is available as interview transcripts and as a codebook. For reasons of research ethics, the data set contains only carefully selected transcripts of expert interviews. In addition to the qualitative and quantitative data outlined above, further information is provided to better understand the findings and data. This includes an anonymization guideline, both interview guidelines, the consent form, hard facts and metadata of all interviews, the current data management plan as well as figures.

供科研使用的完整版数据集。本数据集旨在呈现针对东阿尔卑斯山地区福拉尔贝格州、蒂罗尔州及南蒂罗尔州案例研究区域内山地农业新从业者开展的混合方法研究成果。第一调研阶段，研究团队通过半结构化访谈明确了山地农业新从业者群体，记录其入行路径及由此引发的社会与空间效应。本研究依托多级视角（Multi-level Perspective, MLP）框架，后续又对地方、区域及联邦层级的地方政策、区域规划与农业领域专家开展访谈，深入剖析了新从业者面临的挑战与机遇。第二阶段，研究团队收集并整合了研究区域内外农业院校的农业培训（成人教育；德语：landwirtschaftliche Fachausbildung）相关统计数据。本研究对32场专家访谈与24场新从业者访谈均进行了录音、转录，并依据扎根理论（Grounded Theory）开展分析。最终生成的质性数据以访谈转录文本与编码手册形式对外提供。出于科研伦理规范要求，本数据集仅收录经审慎筛选的专家访谈转录文本。除上述质性与定量数据外，本数据集还附带辅助材料以助力研究结果与数据的解读，具体包括匿名化指南、两份访谈提纲、知情同意书、所有访谈的核心事实与元数据、现行数据管理计划及相关图表。