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Cross-Country Comparison of Farm Size Distribution

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  • Raushan Bokusheva

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  • Shingo Kimura

    (OECD)

Abstract

This report summarises selected measures of the farm size distribution for fourteen OECD countries: Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom (England) and the United States over the period 1995-2010. The farm size statistics are presented for four major production systems: crop, dairy, cattle and pig farming. The report documents consolidation of agricultural production in large-scale farms in most countries and sub-sectors covered by the report. Nevertheless, farm size growth rates show substantial differences across countries and periods which underlines the importance of country-specific natural, social, and economic conditions and the regulatory and policy environment for the evolution of farm structures. Increased inequality in farm size distributions, as captured using Gini coefficients, indicates a trend towards more polarized farm structures.

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  • Raushan Bokusheva & Shingo Kimura, 2016. "Cross-Country Comparison of Farm Size Distribution," OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers 94, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:agraaa:94-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jlv81sclr35-en
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    Keywords

    agriculture; farm size distribution; structural change;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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