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A comparative analysis of the cost management in cereal production in Croatia and European Union

Given that nowadays the term "agriculture" is no longer considered only a food production activity, the contribution to the wider interests of the community in terms of preserving production, encouraging employment, increasing income and encouraging exports should be considered. Farmers are in serious temptation because of rising costs. Therefore, cost management policy must also be included in the implementation of the concept of sustainable production. The objective of this paper was to show the movement of costs in cereal production in Croatia and European Union using the reactivity coefficient and the economy coefficient, and based on these indicators to compare the competitiveness of this production in Croatia and European Union. Based on conducted evaluation it could be concluded that the production of all cereals, with exception of corn, was competitive, while the production of rapeseed in EU was highly competitive. In Croatia, the production of all cereals except corn and barley was evaluated as competitive, while the lowest competitiveness index was determined for the production of barley. Concerning the importance of agricultural production in all states, improvement of the economic efficiency and increase of the competitiveness of production and processing of agricultural and food products should be economic policy objectives.

agricultural policy ; cereal production ; costs ; reactivity coefficient ; economy coefficient

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