Plenary paper 2:Large-scale and small-scale farming in Hungarian agriculture: Present situation and future prospects
探讨匈牙利农业从大规模农场向家庭农场转型的现状与前景,分析小规模与大规模耕作共生的历史成效及未来需建立的新基础。
Hungary's economy, including its agriculture, is undergoing fundamental changes. The process is in its initial stages only. So far as agriculture is concerned there is basically general agreement that a reform of ownership and organizational structure should be introduced, with a much greater scope for private farming of the family farm type. Obviously, the role of large-scale farms, which are currently overwhelming in Hungary's agricultural structure will decrease. The methods to be adopted for the transformation are still to be considered. Small-scale farming has been present in Hungary's agriculture so far. A combination or symbiosis of small and large-scale farming brought significant results in a supply-dominated domestic food market with substantial agricultural exports. However, the ’Hungarian agricultural miracle‘ turned out to be short-lived. The relations between large- and small-scale farms must be laid upon new qualitative foundations relying on mutual interests and equality.