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SKALICKÝ, R. ROGALSKA, E. PIETRZAK, M. ZINECKER, M. MELUZÍNOVÁ, J.
Originální název
Optimal Farm Size and Effectiveness of Agriculture in the EU: The Case of Wheat Yields
Typ
článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp
Jazyk
angličtina
Originální abstrakt
The article concentrates on the relationship between the size of a farm and its efficiency in relation to wheat production in the European Union (EU). The issue is not new, however fundamental from the point of view of the agricultural policy, as the appropriate shape of the agrarian structure affects the economic rationality in agriculture and significantly improves the productivity. We analysed data for the period between 2004 to 2016 while using the Farm Accountancy Data Network. The fixed effects model was used to identify the explanatory variables for farm size and wheat yields. We calculate the yields per hectare as the ratio of the sum of input costs per hectare to the cost of producing a unit of yield per hectare. Using the 1st derivative, we then estimate the marginal cost of the inputs for each of the farm size categories. Our main conclusion is that with the growing size of a farm, there is a continuous increase in yields of wheat per hectare. This result is achieved by increasing the specific crop costs, a significant part of which are fertilizers and crop protection products, both with respect to the cultivated area and the production achieved. When evaluating the efficiency of production, the optimal size of the economic unit (according to the FADN categorization) is 5. Up to the size category 5, there is an increase in production with respect to the monetary value of production inputs. In the case of larger farms, the ratio is declining.
Klíčová slova
Farm efficiency; farm size; farming intensity; production input; productivity; wheat yields; the EU agriculture.
Autoři
SKALICKÝ, R.; ROGALSKA, E.; PIETRZAK, M.; ZINECKER, M.; MELUZÍNOVÁ, J.
Vydáno
14. 2. 2022
Nakladatel
Vilnius University
Místo
Vilnius/Lithuania
ISSN
1648-4460
Periodikum
Transformations in Business&Economics
Ročník
20
Číslo
3C (54C)
Stát
Litevská republika
Strany od
653
Strany do
669
Strany počet
17
URL
http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/54c/article/opti
BibTex
@article{BUT177503, author="Roman {Skalický} and Elzbieta {Rogalska} and Michał Bernard {Pietrzak} and Marek {Zinecker} and Jana {Meluzínová}", title="Optimal Farm Size and Effectiveness of Agriculture in the EU: The Case of Wheat Yields", journal="Transformations in Business&Economics", year="2022", volume="20", number="3C (54C)", pages="653--669", issn="1648-4460", url="http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/54c/article/opti" }