Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic
Extreme differences in agricultural holding size, existing not only among the countries within the EU as a whole but also within the farm structures of the individual countries, create a considerable uncertainty for establishing the optimal political and economic instruments to support sustainable r...
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| author | Vratislava Janovska Petra Simova Josef Vlasak Petr Sklenicka |
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| description | Extreme differences in agricultural holding size, existing not only among the countries within the EU as a whole but also within the farm structures of the individual countries, create a considerable uncertainty for establishing the optimal political and economic instruments to support sustainable rural development. The study explores the determinants influencing the spatial volatility of agricultural holding size at both the EU scale and the national scale of the Czech Republic, the latter of which has the largest mean agricultural holding size in the EU. While some factors are identical for both the EU and the Czech Republic, other effects can only be evaluated at the European or international scale, and still others can be evaluated only at the national scale. The only factor found in this study to be significantly associated with the agricultural holding size on the European scale was the wheat production. On the Czech national scale, land consolidation, unemployment rate, and soil fertility were significantly associated with the agricultural holding size. The study found that in the Czech Republic, the number of farms was increasing, while at the same time the agricultural holding sizes were decreasing. This is an opposite trend in comparison to the EU as a whole, where the number of farms is diminishing and the sizes increasing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9abf5d6961e4c5481377ab9856def992023-02-23T03:25:07ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON)0139-570X1805-92952017-01-0163111210.17221/317/2015-AGRICECONage-201701-0001Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech RepublicVratislava Janovska0Petra Simova1Josef Vlasak2Petr Sklenicka3Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Land Use and Improvement, Prague, Czech RepublicCzech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Spatial Planning, Prague, Czech RepublicCzech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Land Use and Improvement, Prague, Czech RepublicCzech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Land Use and Improvement, Prague, Czech RepublicExtreme differences in agricultural holding size, existing not only among the countries within the EU as a whole but also within the farm structures of the individual countries, create a considerable uncertainty for establishing the optimal political and economic instruments to support sustainable rural development. The study explores the determinants influencing the spatial volatility of agricultural holding size at both the EU scale and the national scale of the Czech Republic, the latter of which has the largest mean agricultural holding size in the EU. While some factors are identical for both the EU and the Czech Republic, other effects can only be evaluated at the European or international scale, and still others can be evaluated only at the national scale. The only factor found in this study to be significantly associated with the agricultural holding size on the European scale was the wheat production. On the Czech national scale, land consolidation, unemployment rate, and soil fertility were significantly associated with the agricultural holding size. The study found that in the Czech Republic, the number of farms was increasing, while at the same time the agricultural holding sizes were decreasing. This is an opposite trend in comparison to the EU as a whole, where the number of farms is diminishing and the sizes increasing.https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/age-201701-0001_factors-affecting-farm-size-on-the-european-level-and-the-national-level-of-the-czech-republic.phpagricultural holding sizefarm structureland consolidationland managementrural development |
| spellingShingle | Vratislava Janovska Petra Simova Josef Vlasak Petr Sklenicka Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON) agricultural holding size farm structure land consolidation land management rural development |
| title | Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic |
| title_full | Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic |
| title_fullStr | Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic |
| title_short | Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic |
| title_sort | factors affecting farm size on the european level and the national level of the czech republic |
| topic | agricultural holding size farm structure land consolidation land management rural development |
| url | https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/age-201701-0001_factors-affecting-farm-size-on-the-european-level-and-the-national-level-of-the-czech-republic.php |
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