Agricultural development and land concentration in a central European country: a case study of Hungary

Burger, Anna

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“…1). We can observe similar trends elsewhere in the world, for example, in the USA (Schnitkey 2005), Finland (Suomi et al 2003), England (Burton and Walford 2005), and Hungary (Burger 2001). (Bouma et al 1998) the need for composing a method that would assist determining optimal farm size.…”

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The impact of distance to the farm compound on the options for use of the cereal plot

Tamm¹,

Võsa²,

Loko³

2008

AFSci

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In increasingly competitive conditions, the dominant trend of enlarging the production area of farms is causing a growth in transportation costs making the profitability of cultivating distant plots questionable. The aim of this study was to provide a method to evaluate the rationality of using a plot depending on its distance, area and cultivation technology. An algorithm and a mathematical model were composed to calculate the total costs depending on the distance to the plot. The transportation costs of machines and materials, cost of organisational travel and timeliness costs are taken into account in the model to enable determination of the maximum distance or the minimum area of the plot necessary for profitable cultivation. Simulations allow us to conclude that the growth in yield and selling price of the production allow an increase in the limit value of driving costs and, thus, the profitable distance of the plot; on the other hand, it means also an increase of timeliness costs as a limitation for extending distance. Exploitation of more distant plots can be uneconomical in coming years because of increasing fuel costs.

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The impact of distance to the farm compound on the options for use of the cereal plot

Tamm¹,

Võsa²,

Loko³

2008

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“…During the socialist-capitalist transition in Eastern and East-Central Europe, land property 10 structure became highly fragmented and intensity of agricultural use decreased in many regions (Süli-Zakar 1999;Burger 2001). Most landscape change studies in this region focus on changes in forestry practices, forest cover and pattern changes and were mainly performed in the Carpathians, where deforestation, forest and bush encroachment, and changing tree composition were found to be the most common changes (Kuemmerle et al 2007;Main-Knorn 2009).…”

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Drivers of grassland loss in Hungary during the post-socialist transformation (1987–1999)

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The increase in the speed of land-cover change experienced worldwide is becoming a growing concern. Major socio-economic transitions, such as the breakdown of socialism in Europe, may lead to particularly high rates of landscape transformations. In this paper we examined the loss of semi-natural grasslands in Hungary between 1987 and 1999. We studied the relationship between 9 5 potential driving forces and the fate of grasslands using logistic GLMs.Grassland loss was found to be very high (1.31 % per year), which is far higher than either before or after this period. The most influential predictors of grassland loss were environmental and landscape characteristics (soil type, area of remnant grassland patches), and the socio-economic context (distance to paved road, and nearest settlement, human population density). Several 10 processes and relationships can only be understood from a historical perspective (e.g. large extent of afforestation, strong decrease of soil water table). Grassland loss during the study period emerged as a consequence of survival strategies of individual farmers seeking adaptation to the changing environmental and socio-economic conditions, and not urbanization and agricultural intensification which are the main underlying drivers for the ongoing landscape transformations in 15 most parts of the developed world.Though globalization increasingly influences local land use decisions , reconstructing and modelling recent landscape changes cannot be done without a proper understanding of local history and culture. Our analysis shows the importance of large-area yet high resolution landscape change research, which may reveal unexpected patterns of land cover change, undetected at coarser scales. 20Keywords: East-Central Europe, land-cover change, logistic GLMs, proximate and underlying driving forces LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, 28: (5) pp. 789-803. (2013) 3

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“…Swinnen and Vranken (2007) offer an overview of the emergence and development of tenancy markets in Central and Eastern Europe transition countries. Two in-depth works, based on the Hungarian case, show how the land rental market operation allows for a consolidation of the individual farm structure (Burger, 2001) as well as a reallocation of land to households with better farm management abilities . However, as far as we know, the issue of contractual choice has not been explored in these contexts yet.…”

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Reverse tenancy in Romania: Actors’ rationales and equity outcomes

Amblard

Colin

2009

Land Use Policy

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Following the implementation of the land reform in the 1990's, land rentals have developed in Romania, mainly in a reverse tenancy configuration. The paper provides an analysis of contractual practices in this configuration, based on empirical data collected through intensive field work in Transylvania. The paper depicts the reverse tenancy configuration and the conditions of its emergence in Romania, following the implementation of transition reforms in the agricultural sector. Characterizing the negotiation and enforcement of contracts in this configuration shows that in a situation where no effective enforcement mechanism is available, the market structure is such that tenants can choose "very incomplete" contracts or default on their contractual obligations. The analysis of the landowners' perspective, taking into account their perception of the contractual relationship contributes to explain why contractual practices persist in this context. The article concludes with a discussion, from a policy perspective, of the equity-enhancing role of the land lease market in such this reverse tenancy configuration.

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Agricultural development and land concentration in a central European country: a case study of Hungary

Cited by 31 publications

References 3 publications

The impact of distance to the farm compound on the options for use of the cereal plot

The impact of distance to the farm compound on the options for use of the cereal plot

Drivers of grassland loss in Hungary during the post-socialist transformation (1987–1999)

Reverse tenancy in Romania: Actors’ rationales and equity outcomes

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