Is there a future for semi-subsistence farm households in Central and southeastern Europe? A multiobjective linear programming approach

Fritzsch, Jana; Wegener, Stefan; Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Curtiss, Jarmila; Paloma, Sergio Gómez y

doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.10.005

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“…Kostov and Lingard, 2002, 2004; Abele and Frohberg, 2003; Mathijs and Noev, 2004; Petrovici and Gorton, 2005; Davidova et al. , 2009; Fritzsch et al. , 2011).…”

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Semi-Subsistence Farming: An Elusive Concept Posing Thorny Policy Questions

Davidova¹

2011

Journal of Agricultural Economics

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The massive expansion of semi‐subsistence farming in the European Union after the Eastern enlargements poses a real challenge to rural development. The problems of semi‐subsistence farms are low cash incomes and incidence of poverty, sub‐optimal use of land and labour, a lack of capital and poor contribution to rural growth. However, they play an important welfare function in some rural areas in Europe; they manage more than 11 million ha of agricultural land and deliver ecosystem services. The Common Agricultural Policy will have to accommodate this now widespread production system, through existing or new policy packages. Particularly important is support for commercialisation to incentivise and smooth the transition to commercial agriculture, and agri‐environmental payments to compensate the semi‐subsistence farmers for the provision of ecosystem services.

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“…Kostov and Lingard, 2002, 2004; Abele and Frohberg, 2003; Mathijs and Noev, 2004; Petrovici and Gorton, 2005; Davidova et al. , 2009; Fritzsch et al. , 2011).…”

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“…Research on Central and Eastern Europe has developed since this phenomenon became apparent following the transformations in the 1990s (e.g. Lingard, 2002, 2004;Abele and Frohberg, 2003;Mathijs and Noev, 2004;Petrovici and Gorton, 2005;Davidova et al, 2009;Fritzsch et al, 2011).…”

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Semi-Subsistence Farming: An Elusive Concept Posing Thorny Policy Questions

Davidova¹

2011

Journal of Agricultural Economics

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“…For the 2008-2014, statistics show that the employment rate in rural areas shrunk in all age groups, with the mention that it was stronger in the younger categories (5% for people aged 25-34, and over 7% for those aged [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. There was an increase by about 20% (19.84%) in the number of salaried personnel in agriculture and forestry, which reached 18,843.…”

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“…Research by Fritzsch et al (2011) [22] shows that semi-subsistence farms do not come as a consistent group. Four types of households are identified within the semi-subsistence farms: diversifiers, pensioners, farmers and job-starters.…”

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Rural Economy and Bioethanol Production

Ştefănescu-Mihăilă

2016

Sustainability

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Biofuels are considered part of the potential sources of mitigation for the serious threat of global warming, by reducing human reliance on oil imported from unsafe sources at ever increasing costs. For the classic fuel supplier countries, biofuels are a source for the future, as local materials are used in their production. They generate jobs for the local population and do not require the importation of costly equipment and relevant expertise. A pioneer in the use of biofuels, Brazil has eliminated all oil imports and become energy independent. Recognising the positive effects of biofuel use, the EU and other countries are rapidly developing potential sources of their own biofuels. One of these sources could be agricultural cultures that are able to be developed under optimum conditions by endorsing and using modern and sustainable means and techniques in the rural economy. The sustainable use of the resources and the maintenance of the ecosystems in a good working order claims both the protection of the environment itself and the success of the farmers via the provision of fertility and productivity of the agricultural ecosystems, which will give them the leverage of competitiveness on the market and food safety in the long term. The paper herein intends to point out at a sustainable manner of having the economy's engine function-i.e., agriculture-by means of advocating for the efficient use of the resources within the farms and their associations, along with the support for the transition to a low-carbon economy, thanks to the progress in the bioethanol production.

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“…European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2007. Several theoretical and empirical studies have been carried out in relation to semi-subsistence farming in different European countries Lingard, 2002, 2004;Mathijs and Noev, 2004;Petrovici and Gorton, 2005;Latruffe et al, 2008;Davidova et al, 2009;Davidova, 2011;Fritzsch et al, 2011;Davidova et al, 2012). Davidova (2011) estimates that in 2007 in the current 27 EU Member States, there were 5.9 million farmers who used more than 50% of output for household consumption.…”

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A Quantile Regression Analysis of the Effect of Farmers’ Attitudes and Perceptions on Market Participation

Kostov¹,

Davidova²

2012

J Agricultural Economics

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The objective of this study is to investigate the subjective determinants of farmers’ participation in output markets in five EU New Member States (NMS) characterised by large semi‐subsistence sectors. It employs quantile regression to model market participation reflecting the heterogeneity amongst farmers. The study also uses the Bayesian adaptive lasso to simultaneously select important covariates and estimate the corresponding quantile regression models. The empirical results show that only two variables affect all quantiles, while their effect varies across quantiles. Some of the remaining variables affect the share of output sold at the lower quantiles (i.e. for subsistence‐ and semi‐subsistence‐oriented farmers) only, whereas other variables are only significant at the upper quantiles (i.e. for more commercially oriented farms). Advisory services, and particularly agricultural business advice, and information and advice on markets and prices can facilitate the market participation of subsistence‐oriented farms.

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Is there a future for semi-subsistence farm households in Central and southeastern Europe? A multiobjective linear programming approach

Cited by 8 publications

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Semi-Subsistence Farming: An Elusive Concept Posing Thorny Policy Questions

Semi-Subsistence Farming: An Elusive Concept Posing Thorny Policy Questions

Rural Economy and Bioethanol Production

A Quantile Regression Analysis of the Effect of Farmers’ Attitudes and Perceptions on Market Participation

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