Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic

Janovska, Vratislava; Šímová, Petra; Vlasák, Josef; Sklenička, Petr

doi:10.17221/317/2015-agricecon

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“…As the consequence of higher investment and operational subsidies, the credibility and rating of Czech farmers strengthened from the banks' point of view (Hlavsa et al, 2017). However, there are still big differences between small farms and large agricultural companies which are two opposite groups of agricultural enterprises as the Czech Republic has a dual farm structure rooted in the history (Janovska et al, 2017). The Czech Republic has one of the highest average farm sizes in the EU because of large share of large cooperatives and joint stock companies.…”

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Socio-demographic drivers of the risk-taking propensity of micro farmers

Špička

2020

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Purpose Risk attitude is an elementary attribute of entrepreneurial behaviour. Determinants of risk-taking propensity have been widely investigated in the group of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs so far. There is a lack of evidence on determinants of risk-taking propensity in the farming business, which is considered as risky business because of the ongoing climate change and epidemic outbreaks. Alternatively, the risk of lower European Union budget raised the question, how to implement publicly supported financial instruments for micro and small farmers which have lower credit rating. The purpose of this study is to find socio-demographic determinants of the risk-taking propensity of the Czech micro farms, controlling for the type of farming. Design/methodology/approach The survey of 747 micro farmers was processed through ordinal logistic regression. The study is based on the subjective self-assessment of the risk-taking behaviour which is frequently used to measure risk-taking attitude. The results are representative from the type of farming point of view. Findings The model provided clear evidence that age, household size, living with the partner/wife/husband and level of education have a significant relationship with risk-taking propensity. The most risk-tolerant farmers are young with less formal education and living in small households. The risk-taking propensity varies by the type of farming. Specialized crop farms have significantly higher risk-taking propensity than farms with a substantial share of livestock production. Alternatively, gender, feeling about household income and religion are not significantly related to the risk-taking propensity of the Czech micro farms. Research limitations/implications The main limitation of the study is the number of explanatory variables and the use of self-assessment of risk-taking attitude. The risk attitude can be explained by other variables which require in-depth qualitative research, such as past risk experience, the structure of decision problems, market orientation and operation under subsistence conditions. Practical implications The significant determinants of risk-taking attitude of micro farmers are important for banks, the Czech Support and Guarantee Fund for Farmers and Forestry and for policymakers who design the rules for post-2020 common agricultural policy. The study is original and valuable for the Central and Eastern European countries’ implementation of financial instruments as new rules for investment support are being prepared and research on the risk-taking attitude of the most vulnerable segment of farmers has not been conducted. Originality/value The originality of this study is from the perspective of agricultural sector as well as from the micro farms point of view. The results have commercial and political implications. Younger farmers, singles and lower-educated farmers have significantly higher risk-taking propensity and can be potentially risky clients for banks. Such farmers represent the financial gap in the credit market, and their viable development projects could be subject for implementation of financial instruments co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in the forthcoming programming period past 2020.

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Socio-demographic drivers of the risk-taking propensity of micro farmers

Špička

2020

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“…As Swain (1999) puts it, after 1989, the cooperative form of former socialist agricultural holdings was more resilient, which might be one of the reasons for the largest farms on average in the EU. This is a crucial feature because determining the factors which affect the number of agricultural entities and the farm size on the agricultural land is very important for efficiently formulating the environmental policy and agricultural consulting for sustainable land management (Janovska et al 2017).…”

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Assessment of the impact of agricultural support on crop diversity

Kroupová¹,

Čechura²,

Opatrný³

et al. 2023

AGR ECON-CZECH

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This study examines the impact of agricultural support on crop diversity measured by a diversity index. Our results indicate that agricultural subsidies have a limited effect on agricultural biodiversity. By using unique farm-level data, we show that subsidies support the income of farmers rather than the agricultural biodiversity. The results are robust regarding the size, practice management and altitude of the agricultural holdings' operations and various measures of agricultural biodiversity. However, when interpreting the results, the limitations of biodiversity indices should be considered.

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“…Reconfiguring the farmland resolves a structural constraint, and the solution that is provided is generally long term or even definitive. In the literature, the practices of grouping parcels with parcels that are close to the farm's headquarters or of exchanging plots between farmers have been highlighted in Rwanda (Nilsson 2019), France (Francart et Pivot 1998 ;Marie et al, 2009;Saint-Cyr et al 2019), and the Czech Republic (Janovska et al 2017).…”

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Diversity of farmland management practices (FMP) and their nexus to environment: A review

Zangue

Melot

Martin

2022

Journal of Environmental Management

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We examined the environmental impacts of farmland management practices (FMPs), considering FMPs as frequent or single actions that change both land use AND use rights (land and property relations). Based on a review of the international literature in both the social and life sciences and using an analytical framework of landscape agronomy, we explored the links between FMPs and changes in agricultural practices designed for the achievement of environmental goals. The Web of Science (WOS) and SCOPUS bibliographic databases were used to identify references on FMP types and their environmental effects based on the following search equations: 1-" Farmland tenure OR cropland tenure OR farm size and environment " and 2-"Farmland use rights OR farmland property rights AND environment OR pollution OR biodiversity." Ninety references were selected from these databases and read in depth. Google scholar enabled us to identify an additional 20 papers, using the snowball approach. From this analysis, we present a typology of FMPs based on the distinction between bottom-up strategies, which rely on local initiatives from farmers to improve the overall functioning of their farms, and top-down strategies, which originate from public bodies or private organizations. Our results also highlight the environmental impacts of FMPs considered in the literature: tenure arrangements, whether rental or exchange of land parcels, may alter crop succession and reduce phytosanitary pressure without changing cropping plans. Considering the direct agronomic implications of farmers' land dynamics, we conclude that the area of FMPs is a potential tool for reducing the environmental impacts of agricultural activities and protecting natural resources. This is the subject of ongoing research that seeks to explore a particular FMP in greater depth, along with temporary exchanges of plots between farmers as an agri-environmental tool to reduce agricultural impacts on environment.

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Factors affecting farm size on the European level and the national level of the Czech Republic

Cited by 9 publications

References 52 publications

Socio-demographic drivers of the risk-taking propensity of micro farmers

Socio-demographic drivers of the risk-taking propensity of micro farmers

Assessment of the impact of agricultural support on crop diversity

Diversity of farmland management practices (FMP) and their nexus to environment: A review

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