Sociology and Space, No. 119-120, 1993.
Preliminary communication
Socioeconomic characteristics of family farms in eastern Croatia
Ludvik Purkat
Ivan Štefanić
Abstract
into the socioeconomic
characteristics of family farms is important
for the establishment of a suitable
developmental policy, especially now,
when the Croatian village is adapting to
new conditions. The authors use official
statistical data and the results obtained
from a questionnaire. They analyze
income from outside agriculture, the
ownership structure with regard to the
time when the farm was formed, average
farm size, the land market and land
tenancy, crop structure, breeding stock
and stock production and whether the
basic agricultural products are intended
for the market. They found that the
average size of farms in eastern Croatia is
gently increasing, whereas the average size
of family farms in Croatia as a whole is
decreasing. There are also differences in
crop structure, stock production and the
degree of market production between
Slavonia and Baranja, i.e. eastern Croatia,
and Croatia as a whole.
Keywords
Hrčak ID:
119781
URI
Publication date:
11.6.1993.
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