The impact of the size of farmers' farms and the type of farming on the land use efficiency in Lithuania
2006
Makuteniene, D.(Lithuanian Univ. of Agriculture, Akademija, Kauno reg. (Lithuania). Faculty of Economics and Management. Dept. of Economics) | Makutenas, V.(Lithuanian Univ. of Agriculture, Akademija, Kauno reg. (Lithuania). Faculty of Economics and Management. Dept. of Economics)
Economical results of the farming activity in separate groups of farmers' have been compared during the research according to the total land area and the type of farming. The comparative analysis of farming activity carried out according to the data of respondent farmers' farms showed that the economical results of farming activity for one ha of agricultural farming lands in Lithuania in the group of the smallest farms (up to 10.1 ha) were much more better than those from the group of the largest farms (over 150.0 ha) during the period of 2001-2003. The index of pecuniary incomes for one ha of agricultural farming lands was the highest in the farms occupied in horticulture and permanent crops and reached only approx. 70 per cent of the country's mean in the combined farms occupied in field crops and grazing livestock and mixed cropping. The most part of gross and net profit was received in the farms occupied in horticulture and permanent crops. The largest farms received the largest sums of investment support (SAPARD). The research results showed that in Lithuania the land is used much more intensely in small farmers' farms. For the carrying out the research, the system of the respondent farmers' farms data from the Farm Accounts Data Network (FADN) has been used.
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