COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE SMALL AND FAMILY FARMS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND ROMANIA

Aleksandra Tošović-Stevanović; Dragan Ćalović; Goran Lalić; Milena Žuža; Gorica Cvijanović

doi:10.5937/ekoPolj2003667T

Authors

Aleksandra Tošović-Stevanović Faculty of Business, Economics and Entrepreneurship, Belgrade http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-0579
Dragan Ćalović Faculty of Contemporary Arts, University Business Academy (Novi Sad, Serbia), Belgrade http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1072-3256
Goran Lalić Faculty of Social Sciences, University Business Academy (Novi Sad, Serbia), Belgrade http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4643-4993
Milena Žuža Megatrend UniversityFaculty of Biofarming, Megatrend University (Belgrade, Serbia), Belgrade http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5275-753X
Gorica Cvijanović Science Advisor,University of Kragujevac,Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9473-0116

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj2003667T

Keywords:

agricultural holdings, small and family farms, features of small farms, incentive measures, comparative analysis

Abstract

The authors provide an overview and the analysis of the situation of agricultural holdings in the Republic of Serbia and Romania, with special emphasis on the importance and role of small and family farms in creating economic and social sustainability. The paper analyses three thematic research areas – the roll and definition of small farms in the Republic of Serbia and Romania with their basic features the policy on agricultural, national and from foreign funds incentive measures, as well as statistical presentation of the state of agricultural holdings. The purpose of this study is to recognize how small and family farms are significant for the national economy and to compare the situation in the Republic of Serbia and Romania. Published papers and statistical data were used for the statistical review and comparative analysis of their advantages, potentials, and limitations of agricultural holdings in the Republic of Serbia and Romania.

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