ERIC Number: EJ731305
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Publication Date: 2004-Jan
Pages: 17
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Agricultural Adjustment and the Diversification of Farm Households and Corporate Farms in Central Europe
Chaplin, Hannah; Davidova, Sophia; Gorton, Matthew
Journal of Rural Studies, v20 n1 p61-77 Jan 2004
Survey evidence from three Central European Countries (Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland) is analysed to identify the degree of non-agricultural farm diversification and the factors facilitating or impeding it in individual and corporate farms. The effect of diversification on rural job creation and household incomes is investigated. The results indicate that the level of diversification is relatively small and enterprise diversification by farmers is unlikely to generate sufficient new jobs to solve the problem of high rural unemployment. The attempt to transpose the West European model of agricultural diversification to the associated countries via the SAPARD programme is questionable, as non-farm centric rural policies appear to be more appropriate.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Development, Rural Areas, Family Income, Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture, Public Policy, Unemployment
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Czech Republic; Europe; Hungary; Poland
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