Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(6):285-298 | DOI: 10.17221/47/2011-AGRICECON

Factors affecting farm succession: the case of Slovenia

Boštjan KERBLER
Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Slovenia, like other developed countries, is characterized by the fact that the number of farm takeovers is decreasing and farms are not being transferred to successors in a timely manner. As an EU member state, Slovenia is entitled to financial incentives intended to halt or at least ameliorate this trend, but the situation is nonetheless not improving. This article proceeds from the hypothesis that economic factors are not the only ones that affect succession on Slovenian farms. The hypothesis was confirmed in a study limited to mountain farms. It was determined that, although economic factors have a significant effect on succession on Slovenian farms, at the same time other factors also affect this. Among these, the factors that stand out the most are those through which tradition or traditional thought and behavioral patterns are expressed, as well as the factors that express the standpoints, perceptions, and opinions of farm owners.

Keywords: farm succession; farm takeover; timing of succession; Slovenia

Published: June 30, 2012  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
KERBLER B. Factors affecting farm succession: the case of Slovenia. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2012;58(6):285-298. doi: 10.17221/47/2011-AGRICECON.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Barbič A. (1993): (Samo)obnavljanje kmečkega sloja v Sloveniji. (Self-reproduction of farming class in Slovenia.) Sodobno kmetijstvo, 26: 258-266.
    2. Blanc M., Perrier-Cornet P. (1993): Farm transfer and family entry in the European Community. Sociologia Ruralis, 33: 319-335. Go to original source...
    3. Corsi A. (2004): Intra-family succession in Italian farms. In: SFER Conference 'Les mutations de la famille agricole: Conséquences pour les politiques publiques', 22-23 April 2004, Paris, France. Available at http://www.child-centre.it/papers/child21_2004.pdf (accessed October 2009).
    4. Čampa L. (1992): Gozd in njegove funkcije v razvoju podeželja. (Forest and its role in rural development.) In: Kovačič M. (ed.): Pristop k razvoju podeželja, pp. 61-79. Družba za razvoj podeželja, Ljubljana.
    5. Černič Istenič M. (2003): Potential of farm women in Slovenia for rural development. In: Silvana A., Peršurić, I. (eds.): Women Perspectives in Family Farming and Rural Development. Institut za poljoprivredu i turizam, Poreč, pp. 52-67; ISBN: 953-97050-8-8.
    6. Fasterding F. (1989): Agrarstruktureller Wandel als Folge der Hofnachfolgesituation. (Agricultural structural change as a result of farm succession situation.) Agrarwirtschaft, 38: 157-160.
    7. Fasterding F. (1995): Hofnachfolge in Westdeutschland. (Farm succession in West Germany.) Landbauforschung Völkenrode, 45: 48-66.
    8. Fasterding F. (1999): Nachfolge in ladwirtschaftlichen Betrieben in Deutschland. (Farm take-over in Germany.) Berichte über Landwirtschaft, 77: 165-183.
    9. Fennell R. (1981): Farm succession in the European Community. Sociologia Ruralis, 21: 19-42. Go to original source...
    10. Fox J. (1997): Applied regression analysis, liner models, and related methods. Sage Publicatons, London, New Delhi, Thousand Oaks; ISBN: 978-0803945401.
    11. Gale F.H. (1993): Why did the number of young farm entrants decline? American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 75: 138-146. Go to original source...
    12. Gasson R. (1986): Part time farming: Strategy for survival? Sociologia ruralis, 24: 364-376. Go to original source...
    13. Gasson R., Crow G., Errington A., Hutson J., Marsden T., Winter D.M. (1988): The farm as a family business: a review. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 39: 1-41. Go to original source...
    14. Gasson R., Errington A. (1993): The Farm Family Business. CAB International, Wallingford; ISBN 9780851988597.
    15. Glauben T., Tietje H., Weiss C.H. (2002): Intergenerational Succession on Family Farms: Evidence from Survey Data. University of Kiel, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies, Kiel. Available at http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/24918/1/cp02ti74.pdf (accessed January 2010).
    16. Glauben T., Tietje H., Weiss C.H. (2003): Agriculture on the Move: Exploring Regional Differences in Farm Exit Rates. University of Kiel, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies, Kiel. Available at http://www.food-econ.uni-kiel.de/Workingpaper/Fe0308.pdf (accessed 10 January 2010).
    17. Glauben T., Tietje H., Weiss C.H. (2004): Succession in Agriculture: A Probit and Competing Risk Analysis. In: Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economist Association (AAEA). Denver, 2004. Available at http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/20067/1/sp04gl03.pdf (accessed January 2010).
    18. Goetz S.J., Debertin D.L. (2001): Why farmers quit: a country-level analysis. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 83: 1010-1023. Go to original source...
    19. Hennessy T. (2002): Modelling succession on Irish dairy farms. In: X th EAAE Congress Exploring Diversity in the European Agri-Food System' 28-31 August 2002, Zaragoza. Available at http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/24953/1/cp02he34.pdf (accessed January 2010).
    20. Hennessy T. (2004): Examining the Factors that Affect Intergenerational Transfer in Irish Farming: An Application of Limited Dependent Variable Models. Typescript, Dublin.
    21. Hribernik F. (1993): Vpliv vrednotenja izobraževanja in vrednotenja poklicev na šolanje kmečke mladine. (The impact of evaluation of the education and professions on the schooling of the farm youth.) Sodobno kmetijstvo, 26: 251-258.
    22. Hribernik F. (1994a): Proces zapuščanja kmetijstva se nadaljuje. (The process of leaving of agricultural activities continues.) IB revija, 28: 26-34.
    23. Hribernik F. (1994b): Sklepanje in razveljavljanje zakonskih zvez v Sloveniji s posebnim ozirom na kmečko prebivalstvo. (Marriages and divorces in Slovenia and farmers' participation.) IB revija, 28: 34-45.
    24. Hribernik F. (1995): Nekateri vidiki socio-demografskega položaja kmečkih družin v Sloveniji. (Some socio-demographical aspects of farm families in Slovenia.) Socialno delo, 34: 203-216.
    25. Hribernik F. (1996): Ali lahko kmetije v Sloveniji zagotavljajo primerno socialno varnost kmečkemu prebivalstvu? (Could farms in Slovenia provide adequate social security to farm population) Socialno delo, 35: 15-30.
    26. Juvančič L. (2002): Model odločanja o zaposlovanju na kmečkih gospodarstvih v Sloveniji. (Modelling of employment decisions on farm households in Slovenia.) [Thesis PhD.] University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Animal Science, Ljubljana. Go to original source...
    27. Juvančič L. (2006): Determinants of farm survival and growth in Slovenia (1991-2000). In: 96th EAAE Seminar Causes and impacts of agricultural structures. 10-11 January 2006, Tänikon, Switzerland.
    28. Kerbler B. (2003): A conception of developmental typology of mountain farms: a case study of the municipality Ribnica na Pohorju. Acta geographica Slovenica, 43: 87-120. Go to original source...
    29. Kimhi A. (1994): Optimal timing of farm transferal from parent to child. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 76: 228-236. Go to original source...
    30. Kimhi A., Bollman R. (1999): Family farm dynamics in Canada and Israel: the case of farm exits. Agricultural Economics, 21: 69-79. Kimhi A., Nachlieli N. (2001): Intergenerational succession on Israeli family farms. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 52: 45-58. Go to original source...
    31. Kovačič M. (1995): Funkcije kmetijstva v prihodnjem razvoju podeželja. (Functions of agriculture in the future rural development.) In: Kovačič M. (ed.): Izhodišča, sestavine in problemi celovitega razvoja podeželja v Sloveniji. Skupina Narava in Človek, Ljubljana, pp. 61-73; ISBN 961-6190-01-6.
    32. Laband D.N., Lentz B.F. (1983): Occupational inheritance in agriculture. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 65: 311-314. Go to original source...
    33. Liao T.F. (1994): Interpreting Probability Models: Logit, Probit, and other Generalized Linear Models. Sage cop., London, New Delhi, Thousand Oaks; ISBN: 0-80394999-5.
    34. Markeš M. (1998): Vloga kmetijstva v razvojnem programu Triglavskega narodnega parka. (The role of agriculture in the development program of the Triglav National Park.) In: Rečnik M., Verbič J. (eds.): Kmetijstvo in okolje: zbornik posveta. Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, pp. 91-96; ISBN: 961-6224-16-6.
    35. Natek M. (1983): Gospodarstvo hribovskih kmetij na vzhodnem delu Dobroveljske planote. (The economy of mountain farms on the eastern Dobrovlje plateau.) Savinjski zbornik, 5: 220-253.
    36. Natek M. (1989): Kmetije kot činitelji in jedra gospodarske in socialne preobrazbe hribovskega sveta. (Farms as a factor of the economic and social transformations of the mountain area.) Dela, 6: 196-207. Go to original source...
    37. Natek M. (1992): Prebivalstvo hribovskih kmetij na Pohorju. (Population of the mountain farms on Pohorje.) Geographica Slovenica, 23: 279-297.
    38. Pesquin C., Kimhi A., Kisley Y. (1999): Old age security and inter-generational transfer of family farms. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 26: 19-37. Go to original source...
    39. Pfeffer M.J. (1989): Part-time farming and the stability of family farms in the Federal Repubilc of Germany. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 16: 425-444. Go to original source...
    40. Pietola K., Väre M., Lansink A.O. (2003): Timing and type of exit from farming: farmers' early retirement programmes in Finland. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 30: 99-116. Go to original source...
    41. Pinterič L., Černič Istenič M., Vrtačnik J. (2006): Kmečka družina na prehodu od tradicionalnosti k post modernosti. (Transition of farm family in Slovenia from tradition to postmodernity.) Acta agriculturae Slovenica, 88: 101-116. Go to original source...
    42. Potter C., Lobley M. (1992): Ageing and succession on family farms: the impact on decision-making and land use. Sociologia Ruralis, 32: 317-334. Go to original source...
    43. Potter C., Lobley M. (1996a): Unbroken threads? Succession and its effects on family farms in Britain. Sociologia Ruralis, 36: 286-306. Go to original source...
    44. Potter C., Lobley M. (1996b): The farm family life cycle, succession paths and environmental change in Britain's countryside. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 47: 172-190. Go to original source...
    45. Robič T., Anko B., Cizej D., Germek V., Meze D. (1988): Razvojni cilji kmetijsko nerazvitih območij. (Development goals of the agricultural undeveloped areas.) Raziskovalna skupnost Slovenije, Ljubljana.
    46. Rosenzweig M.R., Wolpin K.I. (1985): Specific experience, houshold structure, and intergenerational transfers: farm family land and labour arrangements in developing countries. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 100: 317-334. Go to original source...
    47. Stiglbauer A.M., Weiss C.R. (2000): Family and non-family succession in Upper-Austrian farm sector. Cahiers d'economie et sociologie rurales, 54: 5-26. Go to original source...
    48. Tietje H. (2003): Hofnachfolge in Deutschland - Eine empirische Analyse von Querschnittsdaten auf Kreisebene. (Farm succession in Germany - an empirical analysis of cross sectional data at the county level.) Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies, University of Kiel, Kiel. Available at http://www.food-econ.uni-kiel.de/Workingpaper/Ewp0301.pdf (accessed January 2010).
    49. Tietje H. (2004): Hofnachfolge in Schleswig-Holstein. (Farm succession in Schleswig-Holstein.) Institut für Ehnärungswirtschaft und Verbrauchslehre der ChristianAlbrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel.
    50. Treven S. (1998): Management človeških virov. (Farm Succession in Schleswig-Holstein.) GV, Ljubljana; ISBN 86-7061-173-2.
    51. Väre M., Weiss C.H. (2003): Farmers' succession considerations and realization of succession plans. Avalaible at http://www.mm.helsinki.fi/~hsmakine/nova/Vare.pdf
    52. Väre M., Weiss C.H., Pietola K. (2005): Should one trust a farmer's succession plan? Empirical evidence on the intention-behaviour discrepancy from Finland. In: Paper prepared for the presentation at the XIth Congres of the EAAE The Future of Rural Europe in the Global AgriFood System. 24-27 August 2005, Copenhagen. Available at http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/24622/1/pp05va02.pdf (accessed January 2010).
    53. Vrišer I. (1995): Agrarna geografija. (Agricultural Geography.) Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography, Ljubljana.
    54. Weiss C.R. (1999a): Zum Ausscheiden landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe: Eine empirische Analyse. (Farm exits: An empirical analysis.) Agrarwirtschaft, 48: 202-209.
    55. Weiss C.R. (1999b): Farm growth and survival: econometric evidence for individual farms in Upper Austria. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 81: 103-116. Go to original source...
    56. Wilstacke L. (1987): Hofübergabe und mit Generationswechsel einhergehender Strukturwandel im nächsten Jahrzent. (Farm succession and structural adjustments in West German agriculture during the next decade.) Agrarwirtschaft, 36: 173-183.
    57. Wilstacke L. (1990): Berufs- und Hofnachfolgeentscheidungen im Kontext betrieblicher Gegebenheiten in Niedersachsen. (Relationship between vocational decisions of farm successors and farm structure in Lower Saxony.) Agrarwirtschaft, 39: 17-24.
    58. Wooldridge J.M. (2002): Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data. The MIT Press, Cambridge, London; ISBN 0-262-23219-7.

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content