As a consequence of land privatization the land supply became abundant in Hungary. Many of those who bought land for compensation bonds and were not active in agriculture rented it for agricultural cooperatives and companies. Owing to the great land supply and low agricultural incomes, rents are...

In 2003 a research study looked at the position of smallholders; the survey was carried out using questionnaires and interviews. The 613 farms included in the survey were situated in 3 counties in the Southern Great Plain of Hungary and in 3 counties of the Western part of the country...