Agricultural adjustment and the diversification of farm households and corporate farms in Central Europe

Survey evidence from three Central European Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) is analysed to identify the degree of non-agricultural farm diversification and the factors facilitating or impeding it in individual and corporate farms. The effect of diversification on rural job creation an...

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Published in:Journal of rural studies 2004, Vol.20 (1), p.61-77
Main Authors: Chaplin, Hannah, Davidova, Sophia, Gorton, Matthew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agricultural education
Agricultural labor
Agricultural Occupations
Agricultural policy
Agricultural sector
Agriculture
Central Europe
Corporate farms
Czech Republic
Economic conditions
employment opportunities
Europe (Central)
extension education
Family Income
farm corporations
Farm households
Farm income
farm operator households
Foreign Countries
household income
Households
Hungary
Job creation
Job Development
logit analysis
Non-agricultural diversification
Poland
Public Policy
questionnaires
Rural Areas
rural development
rural economics
rural policy
Unemployment
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Summary:Survey evidence from three Central European Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) is analysed to identify the degree of non-agricultural farm diversification and the factors facilitating or impeding it in individual and corporate farms. The effect of diversification on rural job creation and household incomes is investigated. The results indicate that the level of diversification is relatively small and enterprise diversification by farmers is unlikely to generate sufficient new jobs to solve the problem of high rural unemployment. The attempt to transpose the West European model of agricultural diversification to the associated countries via the SAPARD programme is questionable, as non-farm centric rural policies appear to be more appropriate.
ISSN:0743-0167
1873-1392
DOI:10.1016/S0743-0167(03)00043-3