Development and structure of Latvian agricultural farms after joining the EU
2012
Klava, S., Rural Support Service, Talsi (Latvia). Ziemeļkurzeme Regional Agricultural Dept.
The paper analyses the proportion of rented farmland in the total land balance as well as the use of farmland for the period of 2003-2010. According to this analysis, cereal crops in Latvia on average occupy more than 36% of the entire utilised agricultural area (UAA) farmed for crops and range within 14.9-54.4% depending on the region and the farm size group. The role of growing cereals in the agricultural industry is explained in the analysis and as a result, it is concluded that growing cereals is mostly popular among large farms because these farms have specialised in farming one group of crops. It was ascertained in the paper that the single area payments (SAPs) accounted for a significant share in the profit of enterprises. It was proved that without the SAPs, the indicators of financial performance of enterprises would significantly worsen, especially profit that would decrease by 30-40% on average. Among several size groups of farms and in some regions, agricultural enterprises would suffer losses and be put out of business without these support payments. General research methods: creation, structuring and dynamics of time series analysis methods as well as general analysis, synthesis and grouping techniques.
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