Farm size and digitalization: Quantitative approach

Abstract

This paper takes into consideration the physical dimension impact of the quantitative description at the farm level over its economic performance. It is obvious that the dimension, if centred on different statistical intervals, generates different results, initiating the different types of potentiality that characterize the certain economic entity. The impact's capture was made through the registered data analysis, relevant for the enhancement of their quantitative characteristics. Dimensional phenomenon was studied considering the data from the National Institute of Statistics (INSSE) of Romania, as well as statistical and economic analysis methods, proving that the dimension, in its actual structure, on different types of farms, can influence in a positive way the production and financial results. It is a generally accepted fact that, the physical dimension could be seen as the production capacity of the farm. Economic dimension or farm size is also an expression of farms' profit or turnover. In this condition the size is linked to economic performance. Economic dimension is usually characterized by inverse relation. Factors that determine a peculiar level of performance are usually specific in line to internal farm environment, respecting the used crops intensity or management under the factors of production. Besides, level of digitalization represents another factor that have an important contribution to increase of farms' economic performances. Its influence represents the value generator at the farm level. So certain results derived from previously conducted survey related to farmers' awareness towards the digitalization or, its presence at farm level was also done.

Increasing sustainability of food production and ensuring human health through agriculture digitalization

“…Identifying the degree of farmers' perception regarding the digitalization of agricultural activities is a topic of concern in the field. Thus, a case study was conducted on a sample of 52 farms in Romania, of different types, physical and economic dimensions and various production activity (Dobre et al, 2021). The preponderance of the units participating in the survey is given by the type (societies and physical persons), with areas between 11 and 50 hectares and over 50 hectares (40.4%, respectively 44.2%), with specialized activity in cereal production.…”

“…In the first case, the entire activity (production obtained, expenses incurred, income generated) is to be "managed" by computer, so the producer has the opportunity to verify, at any time, the results of the farm he runs. In the second case, monitoring can be done through computerized accounting networks at the county level, which take over the data from each farm (Dobre et al, 2021).…”