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Socio-economic characteristics of family farms in Brod-Posavina County

Family farms are the organizational units in agriculture and they are based on private ownership of land, as well as on other means of production. The foundations of these units are families or households, which are the basic social communities in which a succession of generations and realization of economic activity necessary for the survival of those communities take place. This paper presents the results of a study focusing on socio-economic characteristics of family farms in the municipalities Klakar, Sibinj, and Oriovac located on the territory of the Brod-Posavina County. The study was conducted on 108 family farms during the months of March and April of 2011. Particular attention was paid to the sociodemographic characteristics of family farms, such as the age, gender, education, employment, and professional status of the household members, as well as to the basic characteristics of the farm, such as land and equipment used in the production. Based on the data collected in this study the possibility of family succession, as well as the economic survival of family owned farms, has been estimated.

family farm ; successor ; Brod-Posavina County

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