Can a pursuit of productivity be reconciled with sustainable practices in small-scale farming? Evidence from central and eastern Europe

Czyżewski, Bazyli; Kryszak, Łukasz

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137684

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“…However, in small-scale farming, which quite often is semi-subsistence, farmers can continue agricultural activities despite unprofitable production. This phenomenon, originally observed by Czajanow (1966), has survived to some extent to this day (Czyżewski & Kryszak, 2023;Davidova et al, 2012), and in the EU is especially present in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Small farms (called peasant farms) usually do not maximise profit but optimise income per family member and leisure to meet basic family needs.…”

Section: Causes Of the Rent Gap In Agriculturementioning

confidence: 63%

Integrating the rent gap into the ground rent theory. Measurement and implications for different models of agriculture

Czyżewski,

Lis,

Czyzewska

2024

BGSS

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The aim of this paper is to establish a conceptual framework for the rent gap theory in agriculture and to identify potential implications of the rent gap for socio-economic processes occurring in agriculture and rural areas. From an empirical perspective an attempt was made to determine the state and dynamics of the rent gap phenomenon in agriculture in Poland, considering the regional division. The authors used income approach and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) for estimating the capitalization rate. It was found that rent gap is a permanent phenomenon in Polish agriculture, the dynamics of which largely depends on macroeconomic factors. A widening rent gap may result in the withdrawal of land from farming and a decline in total factor productivity in agriculture. Thus, the implications of the rent gap may relate to food security. Measuring the rent gap can be a step towards determining the quasi-market value of environmental amenities of land.

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Section: Causes Of the Rent Gap In Agriculturementioning

confidence: 63%

Integrating the rent gap into the ground rent theory. Measurement and implications for different models of agriculture

Czyżewski,

Lis,

Czyzewska

2024

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Importance of women empowerment for eco‐efficiency of small farms in the context of other social factors: Building sustainable agriculture in Central and Eastern European countries

Czyżewski,

Prędki,

Brelik

2024

Sustainable Development

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It is widely assumed that women's empowerment plays a key role in achieving sustainability in agriculture. However, there is a lack of empirical analysis to support this claim and operationalise the concept of women's empowerment. Furthermore, it has not been formally demonstrated through which farming practices women's empowerment can contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture, or whether gender empowerment is indeed meaningful compared with other well‐documented social drivers. We calculated frontier eco‐efficiency, taking into account specific environmental pressures (i.e., soil biodiversity loss) and public goods (i.e., plant diversity) as desirable outputs in small crop farms, which dominate in Central and Eastern European countries (Poland, Romania, Serbia and Moldova), based on a survey conducted in a sample of 1630 units. We estimated the impact of different levels of women's and men's empowerment on eco‐efficiency in the context of other time‐invariant socio‐economic factors (i.e., succession, age, education and specialisation) in a two‐stage double‐bootstrapped Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. A set of four levels of gender empowerment was defined, taking into account social participation and decision‐making power. We then assessed the degree of input and output inefficiency associated with each level of gender empowerment. The general conclusion is that lower levels of women's empowerment have a negative impact on eco‐efficiency. Therefore, the issue of gender empowerment, not only in terms of equality, decision‐making and access to resources, but also in terms of social participation, should be emphasised in sustainable agriculture policies, on a par with the issue of ageing farmers and farm succession.

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Does internet use improve eco-efficiency of agricultural production? Evidence from potato farmers in China

Lun,

Sauer,

Gao

et al. 2024

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Can a pursuit of productivity be reconciled with sustainable practices in small-scale farming? Evidence from central and eastern Europe

Cited by 6 publications

References 61 publications

Integrating the rent gap into the ground rent theory. Measurement and implications for different models of agriculture

Integrating the rent gap into the ground rent theory. Measurement and implications for different models of agriculture

Importance of women empowerment for eco‐efficiency of small farms in the context of other social factors: Building sustainable agriculture in Central and Eastern European countries

Does internet use improve eco-efficiency of agricultural production? Evidence from potato farmers in China

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