Efektivnost upravljanja poljoprivrednom mehanizacijom dodatnim angažovanjem u poljoprivrednim gazdinstvima u Republici Srbiji

Abstract

Increasing the effectiveness of agricultural machinery management can be done in several ways. In this paper, author highlight the importance of using agricultural mechanization through additional engagement, and that in the largest and most numerous forms of agricultural production organization in the Republic of Serbia, more precisely within agricultural holdings. In the work, five types of agricultural mechanization were observed, in such a way that they were additionally engaged within the scope of the expansion of the basic activity of agricultural farms, within the framework of the development of rural tourism. The main conclusion reached by the authors of the study is that there is a strong influence of the effectiveness of the use of agricultural machinery, which is additionally used to perform work on agricultural farms. This was confirmed after the analysis carried out on the basis of the obtained samples of N=132, where a comparison was made of two forms of use of agricultural mechanization, i.e. standard use in 52 farms with a new form of use, in 80 agricultural farms, i.e. in agricultural farms that used the same agricultural mechanization for business needs, so-called rural tourism. The views were strengthened based on the obtained results of the comparison of the mentioned two forms of use of agricultural mechanization (p<.05) and indicate the importance of additional use of agricultural mechanization in the overall operation of agricultural farms.