The commercialisation of subsistence farms: Evidence from the new member states of the EU |
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| Institution: | 1. Swedish National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen), Stockholm, Sweden;2. School of Economics, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NP, UK;3. Newcastle University Business School, 5 Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4SE, UK;4. Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) Theodor-Lieser Str. 2, 06120 Halle, Saale, Germany;1. Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;2. International Institute of Social Studies, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam, Kortenaerkade 12, 2518AX The Hague, The Netherlands;1. Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas, Departamento de Estudios Organizacionales y Desarrollo Humano, Av. Ladrón de Guevara E11-253, CP170413, Quito, Ecuador;2. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici Z, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain;1. Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, Vilnius, 03105, Lithuania;2. Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, 08303, Lithuania;3. Department of Economics and Management, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy;1. ETH Zurich, Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, Zurich, Switzerland;2. Wageningen University and Research Center, Netherlands;3. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | For selected regions of five EU Member States (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia), this paper examines the determinants of the commercialisation of (semi)subsistence farms. While subsistence farming has become an important feature of the EU, there is a lack of evidence on its spatial distribution, importance and reasons for persistence. The analysis utilises cross-regional survey data and qualitative interviews. Results suggest the absence of a subsistence poverty trap driven by either farmer perceptions or transactions costs although capital endowment appears to play a significant part. On the other hand the degree of market engagement depends on access costs, which vary with location, households’ productive assets, specialisation, and risk propensity. Implications for land use policy are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Subsistence agriculture Small-scale farming European union Cross-regional comparison Quantitative and qualitative methods |
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