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Viable Farms and Agricultural Transformation
Milan Župančić
Sažetak
The author discusses some basic issues in
the development of the agrarian structure
in peasant agriculture. In the past the
evolution of the ownership structure was
negative, and for almost a hundred years
the average size of Croatian farms
constantly decreased (unlike the case in
developed countries).
The preconditions for market agriculture
of high productivity include a different
ownership structure, larger farms and a
more professional and educated labour
force. The experiences of EC counties on
this plane are presented for the sake of
comparison, showing that structural
reform in agriculture is very complex and
demands long-term agrarian policy
synchronization, bearing in mind a variety
of regional specifics, but also integral
rural development.
About 10 per cent peasant farms in
Croatia satisfy conditions for modern and
efficient agricultural production, and this
is where the nucleus of the future viable
sector in peasant agriculture should be
sought.
However, western rural sociologists
caution that the introduction of industrial
agriculture has many unwanted
consequences, destroying numerous social
structures in rural environments. This
means that radical changes in agriculture
also bring radical social effects that we
cannot always accept.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
119826
URI
Datum izdavanja:
8.12.1995.
Posjeta: 1.110 *