Farm size structure in Greek agriculture
研究了希腊自1960年以来农场规模结构的变化,发现最小规模农场比例未下降,归因于兼业经营和家庭生命周期,并分析了区域平均规模与人口压力、工业化、机械化的关系。
Although the average farm size in Greece has increased since 1960, there has been no decline in the percentage of farms in the smallest-sized group. The continued existence of these small farms can be attributed to part-time farming, and to the farm-family life cycle. In addition, the lack of alternative investment opportunities retards the change in land ownership structure. The average farm size over regions is found to be negatively related to population pressure, positively related to industrialization, and positively related to mechanization. The EC structural policy, presently combined with restrictive price policy, is expected to stimulate average farm-size growth. Copyright 1986 by Oxford University Press.