, large-scale enterprises and smaller individual farms emerged side-by-side and now compete for resources in a homogenous … returns to scale across farm types and a layer of smaller family farms that is highly competitive on land markets. It is thus …

agricultural production systems. While West German agriculture continued the tradition of small-scale family farms relying on … family labour, East German agriculture is characterised by large-scale corporate farms relying on permanently employed labour … agricultural production starting in 1952 and finalised in the "Socialist Spring" in April 1960. While socialist agriculture had …

Searching for possible viable economic pathways for small-scale farms in Eastern Europe, this study is concerned with … Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). We are mainly interested in the costs and benefits for both sides, the farmers and the …