Socio-Economic Determinants of Small Family Farms’ Resilience in Selected Central and Eastern European Countries
| Autor: | Goran Lalić, Michał Borychowski, Milena Žuža, Jan Polcyn, Aleksandra Tošović-Stevanović, Dragan Ćalović, Sebastian Stępień |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Geography
Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Lietuva (Lithuania) Sustainable development small-scale family farms GE1-350 Moldova (Moldavija Republika Moldova Moldavia) Socioeconomics Ekonominė politika. Globalizacija. Integracija / Economic policy. Globalisation. Integration agriculture media_common sustainable development Environmental effects of industries and plants Agriculture 021107 urban & regional planning Eastern european Scale (social sciences) Psychological resilience Rumunija (Romania) Atsparumas Serbia Market integration Serbija (Serbia) media_common.quotation_subject Small-scale farming TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Žemdirbystė resilience Economic stability 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Resilience Romania Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Lithuania Building and Construction Moldova Environmental sciences Smulkūs ūkiai Lenkija (Lenkijos karalystė Rzeczpospolita Polska Kingdom of Poland Poland) Position (finance) Poland Business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 10362, p 10362 (2020) Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 24 Sustainability (Basel) 2020, 12, 10362 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su122410362 |
| Popis: | We investigated the resilience of small-scale family farms because of the contemporary importance of both the farms&rsquo resilience and the role of these farms in five countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The authors addressed a research gap concerning cross-sectional research on the resilience of farms by combining determinants from various fields. Thus, the primary goal of this article was to identify microeconomic and political factors and links to markets that affect the resilience of small-scale family farms in Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania and Serbia. Using a database of over 3500 farms, the resilience of the farms was calculated, and then the impact of selected factors on that resilience was determined. The research showed that the production scale was the key determinant of the resilience of farms. To achieve higher benefits, increasing the production should be combined with strengthening the market integration of agricultural producers. The position of the producer in the food supply chain determined the income situation of the farm (economic stability). This shaped the quality of life of the family members (social stability). Identifying the effects of those dependencies may provide recommendations for the policy of supporting small-scale family farms in the analysed countries. |
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