The highly variable economic performance of European agriculture

Giannakis, Elias; Bruggeman, Adriana

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.12.009

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“…Weiss [20] investigated the off-farm labour market behaviour of Upper Austrian farm households, and found that the transition of a farm operator from the lowest to the next level of farm education decreases the likelihood of off-farm work by 1.65%. Farm training improves the knowledge and skills of farmers, fosters the adoption of new technologies, and positively contributes to the economic performance of the agricultural sector [36,37]. Our analysis shows that the size of the farm household positively affects the participation in off-farm work.…”

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confidence: 74%

Off-Farm Employment and Economic Crisis: Evidence from Cyprus

2018

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Off-farm employment is an important strategy for complementing farm household income and maintaining rural livelihoods. A multilevel logistic regression model was applied to investigate the effect of farm-level and regional-level factors on off-farm employment in Cyprus during the recent economic crisis period. The performance of nonfarm sectors positively affects off-farm employment; a one-percent increase in the share of the secondary and tertiary sector employment increases the likelihood of off-farm work by 9.5 times. The importance of location was also identified. Farm households located in rural areas are 70% less likely to engage in off-farm work than households located in urban areas. The positive effect of educational attainment and the negative effect of farm training confirmed the importance of human capital characteristics on off-farm labour participation. Farm structural factors are also significant determinants of off-farm employment. A one-hectare increase in the farm size decreases the odds of off-farm labour participation by 50%. Operators of crop farming holdings are 4.2 times more likely to work off the farm than operators of livestock and mixed-farming holdings. The results reveal the importance of adopting a multilevel and integrated approach for the analysis of off-farm employment.

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Off-Farm Employment and Economic Crisis: Evidence from Cyprus

2018

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“…The value of farmer training and farmer retention is mentioned throughout the literature. Giannakis and Bruggeman (2015), for example, have found that high economic performance is almost nine times greater for countries with a highly-trained farm population, using Bulgaria's aging farm population as one of the worst-case scenarios. In many of the CEE countries young and economically active individuals have left in large numbers in search of better paid occupations, further contributing to cropland abandonment (Müller et al, 2013).…”

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Climate Change Influence on Agriculture and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Central and Eastern European Countries

Kantor

McLean²,

Kantor

2017

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The Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus concept has great potential for understanding a region's vulnerability to climate change. This paper examines individual components that form the supporting pillars of the nexus in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. An overview of specific CEE political environments that govern economic and environmental policies are examined to select several domains representing higher risks to society, environment and economies of selected countries, together with evaluation of extant interlinkages between climate change, agriculture and the WEF nexus. While a variety of studies quantify and analyze climate change impacts on water availability, crop yields, yield variability, or alternative energy needed to mitigate global warming effects, this paper shows there is no clear evidence of a nexus-based integration to help manage or mitigate extreme future climate change-related events in the region. The study provides a model for supporting WEF pillars and advances recommendations for consideration of the nexus approach in relation to climate adaptation.

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“…These fundamental changes are accompanied by greater market volatility, which increased competitive pressure on farmers. However, there is a substantial potential for improvement of the agriculture and an opportunities to adopt new practices and strategies (Giannakis and Bruggeman, 2015). One of them is the agricultural production for energy purposes, including agricultural biogas production, and energy from biogas.…”

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The role of energy policy in agricultural biogas energy production in Visegrad countries

Chodkowska‐Miszczuk

Kulla

Novotný

2017

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series

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Abstract.Energy production by agricultural biogas plants has recently recorded considerable growth in Visegrad countries. The development was enhanced by European Union's efforts to increase the proportion of energy produced from renewable sources. The paper aims to assess the role of energy policy in the development of agricultural biogas energy production in Visegrad region. Conducted studies have shown that among various forms of support for energy production from renewable energy sources, the price system prevails, including the support by feed in tariffs and bonuses. Feed in tariffs were adopted in Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Another kind of support system -a quota system -was adopted in Poland, what includes tendering and certificate systems. The results confirm the adoption of legal framework was necessary step to enable agricultural biogas energy production in Visegrad countries, but itself it was not enough to stimulate development of agricultural biogas energy production significantly. Rapid development in each country was recorded only after the certain financial support systems took effect, what made production of agricultural biogas energy economically efficient for investors. The production of energy from agricultural biogas grew the most in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where the financial support was the highest. Nevertheless, the protracted process of changes in legal framework and transformation of energy policy, certain measures including state-controlled price-making systems, risk regarding with auction system might hamper agricultural biogas energy production further development.

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The highly variable economic performance of European agriculture

Cited by 135 publications

References 34 publications

Off-Farm Employment and Economic Crisis: Evidence from Cyprus

Off-Farm Employment and Economic Crisis: Evidence from Cyprus

Climate Change Influence on Agriculture and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Central and Eastern European Countries

The role of energy policy in agricultural biogas energy production in Visegrad countries

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