Abstract
A family farm is an important part of the countryside, both economically and especially socially. In recent years, legislative measures have encouraged the development of large farms, ensuring food security while neglecting family farms, which are characterised by a lack of organisation, the absence of proper classification and the absence of measures to encourage their development and protection. In order to identify the premises underlying the development of family farms, and to create a development model for those family farms in a poor economic situation, the BMC method and SWOT analysis of seven family farms considered successful models were used. The development of these types of farms could provide a solution to a major problem facing the Romanian countryside: the depopulation of rural areas. The results of the study show that the development of these types of farms is based on joining an associative form (cooperatives) and/or making investments in the processing/storage line of agricultural products.
Highlights
IntroductionToday’s agriculture in Europe is characterised by technological progress, neoliberalism and the globalisation of agricultural markets, which are directly influencing the expansion of large-scale specialised industrial farms, resulting in a decrease of persons employed in agriculture [1,2]
This topic has been intensively addressed by various authors, aware of the implications that the development of family farms has on the socio-economic development of rural localities
According to the data obtained and analysed from the interviews, the key partners that ensure the development of family farms are the membership of associations that facilitate the sale of products in supermarket chains
Summary
Today’s agriculture in Europe is characterised by technological progress, neoliberalism and the globalisation of agricultural markets, which are directly influencing the expansion of large-scale specialised industrial farms, resulting in a decrease of persons employed in agriculture [1,2]. The industrialisation of agriculture is increasing, small and medium-sized farms will persist because of their multi-functionality [3] and the impact they have both in terms of sustainable development and the harnessing of social potential [4,5]. One of the measures applied for mitigate the variation in prices of agricultural products is to grant and direct payments. Contradictory discussions have arisen about the idea of dependence on subsidies and direct payments favouring large-scale production [7]
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