Competitiveness of farms in new European Union member states

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the competitiveness of farms in new EU member states against the background of the so-called 'old Union' countries in the years 2014-2016. The research was carried out using the EU FADN database. As a measure of competitiveness, partial productivity indicators of production factors (land, labor, capital) were adopted. The research has shown the unfavorable competitive position of agricultural holdings in new member states in terms of land and labour productivity. Capital productivity less differentiated the countries studied, and the distance separating them from the EU-15 countries was not as large as in the case of the other two factors of production. The results obtained should be explained, among others, by relatively lower production potential of farms and low investment expenditures. The average value of these outlays per 1 ha of agricultural land in 13 EU countries in the analyzed years was 44% lower than in the EU-15 countries.

A Comprehensive Study on the Competitiveness of Governing Structures of Bulgarian Farming

“…The question of a proper understanding and evaluation of the levels and factors of competitiveness of governing structures of farming activities (farms of different type), have been among the most topical academic, ago-business, and policies issues (Falciola et al, 2020;Dresch et al, 2018;Westeren et al, 2020;Wisenthige and Guoping, 2016). There are numerous publications on the competitiveness of farms of different sizes (Alam, et al, 2020;Giaime et al, 2016;Котева, 2016;Latruffe, 2013;Mmari, 2015;Ngenoh et al, 2019;Orlowska, 2019), in major agrarian industries (Alam et al, 2020;Ngenoh et al, 2019;Benson, 2007;FAO, 2010;Иванов et al, 2020;Kleinhanss, 2020;Marques et al, 2015;Oktariani et al, 2016;Zietara and Adamski, 2018), diverse farming systems (Marques et al, 2015;Oktariani et al, 2016;Zietara and Adamski, 2018;, specific geographical and ecological regions (Lundy et al, 2010;Ngenoh et al, 2019;Marques et al, 2015;Nowak, 2019), its key driving factors (Giaime and Mulligan, 2016;Mmari, 2015;Ngenoh et al, 2019;Oktariani et al, 2016;OECD, 2011), etc.…”

Comparative and Absolute Competitiveness of Governing Structures in Bulgarian Farming

“…The question of a proper understanding and evaluation of the levels and factors of competitiveness of governing structures of farming activities (farms of different type), have been among the most topical academic, ago-business, and policies issues [1][2][3][4]. There are numerous publications on the competitiveness of farms of different sizes [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], in major agrarian industries [5,11,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19], diverse farming systems [17][18]20], specific geographical and ecological regions [9,11,17,21], its key driving factors [6, 10-11, 18, 22], etc.…”

Holistic assessment of competitiveness of Bulgarian farming enterprises

“…Despite its importance and long-term lively discussions, there is still no consensus on: what is the competitiveness of farming enterprises, how to measure the competitiveness of different organizations in agriculture, what is the absolute and comparative competitiveness of different types of farms, which are critical factors for increasing the competitiveness, etc. Numerous studies have emerged in recent years on various aspects of the competitiveness of farms of different sizes [1][2][3][4][5], in selected countries [1,[5][6][7][8][9], subsectors [1,4,6,[10][11][12][13], farming systems, such as organic, vertically integrated, greenhouse [2,5,11], regions [8] and chain producers [4], comparative studies in different EU countries [9,10,13], etc. To date, however, there is no widely accepted and comprehensive framework for understanding and assessing the competitiveness of farms in different market, economic, institutional and natural environments.…”