Sociology and Space, No. 65-66, 1979.
Original scientific paper
Tendencies of Economic Reproduction on Peasant Farms
Josip Defilippis
Abstract
The author presents the results
of research work carried out in
1975 in 4,248 farms selected at
random in the whole of Yugoslavia
(sample 0.16%). The purpose of
the research work was to establish
the tendencies of economic
reproduction on peasant farms.
Depending on whether the farm
was invested in or not during
the last three years, and whether
its cultivable area and amount of
livestock increased or decreased,
all the farms under research were
classified in three types:
»progressive« (increased their
production capacities), »stagnant«
(did not increase or decrease) and
»regressive« (decreased their
production capacities).
It was established that two thirds
(63.5%) of the farms did not
change their production capacities
in the period studied. One fourth
(24.6%) increased, while only every
eighth (12.0%) decreased their
capacities. Farms of the progressive
type are prevalent in all
agricultural regions, republics and
provinces. From this we can
conclude that progressive
tendencies are in general prevalent
in structural changes on peasant
farms.
Research also showed that there is
a high degree of correlation
between tendencies of economic
reproduction and the production
capacities of the farm. With the
growth of the available working
force on the farm, the increase
of the area of cultivable land,
the amount of livestock and the
better equipment of the farm, the
proportion of the progressive type
grows, and the proportions of the
stagnant and regressive types of
farms decrease. As the available
production capacities increase, so does the proportion of farms that
invest in the development of their
production. Increasing production,
they show their resolution to go
on reproducing themselves in
future. That is how the change of
the production structure of peasant
farms takes place. It may be
expected that in future there will
be more and more farms with a
greater production capacity, while
the proportion of farms with
smaller production capacities will
decrease.
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Hrčak ID:
119379
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Publication date:
12.12.1979.
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