Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33128/s.71.1-2.1
ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TABLE EGG PRODUCERS IN CROATIA
Ana Crnčan
orcid.org/0000-0002-9320-8550
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Lari Hadelan
orcid.org/0000-0002-8499-0771
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Igor Kralik
orcid.org/0000-0001-8172-6070
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Jelena Kristić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4465-2900
; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta J.J. Strossmayer u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
The aim of this research was to analyze the production and organizational structure of agricultural family farms specialized in production of eggs, in order to determine their development perspective. Data on production and organizational characteristics were collected by a survey. The survey involved table egg producers entered in the Register on laying hens’ farms in Croatia. The greatest number of farms, 38.10%, produces eggs as an independent economic unit based on the ownership and on usage of production resources, i.e. as an agricultural family farm. Out of four analyzed systems, cage-keeping system was the main source of household income for 70.83% of the surveyed egg producers. Free-range hens' keeping and egg production is the most represented supplementary source of household income, with a portion of 47.06%. Agricultural farms that organize egg production in alternative systems, i.e. in free-range indoor system, in aviaries or in organic system, direct their development strategy towards the diversification of business venture. By combining several different production systems and by providing services, agricultural farms can achieve a variety of income sources and assure constant income inflow, thus reducing the business risks.
Keywords
egg production; agricultural family farm; diversification of business venture
Hrčak ID:
185905
URI
Publication date:
25.8.2017.
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