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| Vandermersch, Mieke; Mathijs, Erik. |
| To assess the performance of a farmer and to identify best practice among a group of farmers, the assumption is often made that all farmers maximize profits and thus share the same business goals. However, performance differs due to personal characteristics, objectives and strategies. A survey carried out among 73 Belgian dairy farmers revealed that for only 34% of the farmers "profit maximization" is a primary objective. A regression analysis revealed that self-declared profit maximizers only obtained a higher farm income per liter, not per labour unit. Through cluster analysis, four main groups of farmers were found with similar objectives and management ideas: (A) risk-taking and progressive cow farmers, (B) riskaverse and progressive labour savers, (C)... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm management; Farmers' objectives; Farm performance; Dairy; Extension; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24832 |
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| Petrick, Martin; Spychalski, Grzegorz; Switlyk, Michal; Tyran, Ewa. |
| The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of farm-level data collected in a survey of 464 Polish farms in 2000. Performance indicators of farms in three Polish voivodships are compared with farm accountancy data from two German Länder. The results show that Polish farms are much less profitable than their German counterparts. The gap in income levels is much higher between persons employed in the agricultural sector than between average working persons in the two countries. Living standards of the Polish farm population in the north-west exceed those in the south-east of the country. The analysis suggests that the lower profitability of farms has two major reasons. First, farms in the German regions receive much higher levels of subsidies. Second,... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Farm performance; Survey data; Poland; Germany; International Development. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98251 |
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| Lerman, Zvi. |
| The rural sector in nearly all the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has undergone a shift from predominantly collective to more individualized agriculture. At the same time, most of the land in the region has shifted from state to private ownership. These two shifts – a shift in tenure and a shift in ownership – were part of the transition from a centrally planned economy to a more marketoriented economy that began around 1990 in the huge post-Soviet space stretching from Prague to Vladivostok. The transition reforms in the region were unprecedented in their scope and pace. Some 150 million hectares of agricultural land transferred ownership in these countries in just one decade of reform... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Land reform; Farm performance; Europe; Asia; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120260 |
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| Petrick, Martin; Spychalski, Grzegorz; Switlyk, Michal; Tyran, Ewa. |
| The aim of this paper is to present an analysis of farm-level data collected in a survey of 464 Polish farms in 2000. Performance indicators of farms in three Polish voivodships are compared with farm accountancy data from two German Länder. The results show that Polish farms were much less profitable than their German counterparts. The gap in income levels is much higher between persons employed in the agricultural sector than between average working persons in the two countries. Living standards within the Polish farm sector decline from the north-west to the south-east. The analysis suggests that the lower profitability of farms is a consequence of pronounced structural deficiencies due to a quite unfavourable workforce-land ratio on Polish farms and... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Agriculture; Farm performance; Survey data; Poland; Germany; Farm Management; Q12; C81; P32. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/14894 |
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| Bell, Rosalyn; Gali, Jyothi; Gretton, Paul; Redmond, Ineke. |
| The flexibility of farms to respond to changing economic or environmental conditions has received attention in recent years, particularly in the context of changes in the availability and pricing of irrigation water. This study uses a new unit record data set of Australian farms and a generalised profit-function framework to assess the links between farm performance and water use practices, involvement in water trading and other farm characteristics. Amongst other findings, the study provides experimental estimates of the responsiveness of the demand for irrigation water to price changes and the impact of farmers either buying or selling water on farm profits, after controlling for other factors. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm performance; Irrigation; Water trade; Price elasticity; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9454 |
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