MPRA

Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania
Economic size class
(euro)
Average
economic class
Technical and economic size of farms in the Netherlands (2013)
Area
No. of farms
Average area
ha % No. %
Economic
impact
euro/ha
Table 7
0-2000 1000 30 0,00 40 0,06 0,75 1333,3
2000-4000 3000 690 0,04 490 0,74 1,41 2130,4
4000-8000 6000 19100 1,03 5870 8,92 3,25 1844,0
8000-15000 11500 35110 1,90 6180 9,39 5,68 2024,2
15000-25000 20000 44140 2,39 4800 7,29 9,20 2174,9
25000-50000 37500 88810 4,81 6260 9,51 14,19 2643,3
50000-100000 75000 125590 6,80 6120 9,30 20,52 3654,7
100000-250000 175000 381460 20,65 12520 19,02 30,47 5743,7
250000-500000 375000 652480 35,32 13990 21,26 46,64 8040,5
over 500000 445000 500170 27,07 9540 14,50 52,43 8487,7
Source: Processed data
Danemarca
Olanda
%
50.00
0.00
%
40.00
20.00
0.00
0.75 3.25 9.2 20.5246.64
- ha -
- ha -
Fig. 2 – Areas distribution depending on the agricultural size of farms in Denmark and Netherlands
The very different agricultural structures represent the effects of centuries of world division
into dominant and dominated nations. The villages themselves, in their archaic or modern form, are
the result of this division. For those dominated, the village survived as tribal structures with primitive
and impoverished households where people lived together with the few animals they possessed.
Dominators villages where settlements that evolved around the center of the village and with
household structures outside the main living area, on the surrounding properties. Thus, crystallized
over centuries, the villages have become in time causes of economic stagnation for the needy ones,
namely prosperity and economic progress for dominators. These consequences are eloquently
illustrated by the causal relationship between the farm size (households) and business results achieved
in euro / ha (Table 8; Table 9; Figure 3; Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 6 and Figure 7).
Table 8
Correlation between farm size and economic performance in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany and Netherlands
Economic size class (euro)
Austria Denmark France Germany Netherlands
D. A. *) Euro/ha D. A. Euro/ha D. A. Euro/ha D. A. Euro/ha D. A. Euro/ha
0-2000 3,63 275,4 12,42 80,5 6,59 151,8 8,33 120,0 0,75 1333,3
2000-4000 5,62 533,6 9,68 309,9 8,97 334,4 6,17 486,4 1,41 2130,4
4000-8000 8,25 727,2 7,59 790,2 10,83 553,9 7,46 803,8 3,25 1844,0
8000-15000 12,82 896,9 10,13 1135,6 14,16 811,9 10,58 1087,0 5,68 2024,2
15000-25000 17,24 1159,9 15,74 1270,4 20,66 968,0 15,98 1251,2 9,20 2174,9
25000-50000 21,92 1710,9 27,78 1349,8 35,69 1050,7 24,14 1553,7 14,19 2643,3
50000-100000 33,17 2261,3 50,17 1494,9 58,62 1279,4 37,61 1994,4 20,52 3654,7
100000-250000 48,75 3589,7 90,65 1930,6 94,87 1844,7 65,01 2691,9 30,47 5743,7
250000-500000 69,62 5386,5 135,91 2759,1 135,80 2761,4 110,60 3390,6 46,64 8040,5
over 500000 140,33 5415,7 236,12 2795,2 153,45 2802,2 356,30 3648,6 52,43 8487,7
Correlation coefficient 0,907 0,867 0.981 0,778 0,990
Average size 19,5 70,6 59,9 59,3 28,1
*) – farm size (ha)
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