Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(8):458-474 | DOI: 10.17221/479/2024-AGRICECON

Perception of resilience and its determinants with a focus on farm size: The case of agricultural enterprises in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper

Ilona Svobodová ORCID...1, Marie Šimpachová Pechrová1, Milan Takáč1
1 Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Prague, Czech Republic

The aim of the paper is to examine the resilience of Czech agricultural enterprises through the perceptions of farm managers and to assess the areas where these businesses perceive themselves as resilient and where they feel vulnerable. The analysis is based on data from a survey conducted by the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (IAEI) in June 2022, involving 521 Czech agricultural managers. The study focuses on six key areas: climate change and its impacts, agricultural inputs, labour force, market outlets, land prices and availability, and changes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Across all areas, managers reported that businesses were more frequently vulnerable than resilient, particularly in relation to agricultural inputs and climate change. The results also highlight differences in the perception of resilience across enterprises of varying sizes, with significant variation noted in how changes to the CAP were viewed. Contrary to the common belief that larger enterprises are more resilient, the survey found that Czech medium-sized and large enterprises (with 200 hectares or more of agricultural land) were more frequently perceived as vulnerable.

Keywords: determinants of resilience; farm; farmers' perception; resilience; vulnerability

Received: December 17, 2024; Revised: April 16, 2025; Accepted: May 21, 2025; Published: August 31, 2025  Show citation

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Svobodová I, Šimpachová Pechrová M, Takáč M. Perception of resilience and its determinants with a focus on farm size: The case of agricultural enterprises in the Czech Republic. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2025;71(8):458-474. doi: 10.17221/479/2024-AGRICECON.
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