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Productivity And Efficiency Of Individual Farms In Poland: A Case For Land Consolidation

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The article examines productivity and efficiency of Polish individual farms, contributing to the policy debate on excessive fragmentation and the need for land consolidation. Data of a rural household survey conducted in the spring of 2000 show that Polish individual farms in the size range of up to 100 hectares have positive marginal productivity of land and increasing returns to scale. Among the individual farms surveyed, larger farms report higher household incomes from farm and non-farm sources combined. Rural families cultivating larger land holdings are observed to be substantially better off than families with relatively small allotments.

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  • Lerman, Zvi, 2002. "Productivity And Efficiency Of Individual Farms In Poland: A Case For Land Consolidation," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19835, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea02:19835
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.19835
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    1. Csaki, Csaba & Lerman, Zvi, 2001. "Land And Farm Structure In Poland," Discussion Papers 14998, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management.
    2. World Bank, 2001. "Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring," World Bank Publications - Reports 15457, The World Bank Group.
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