Economic efficiency of crop production on different sized family farms

As for the economic efficiency of crop production on family farms, we started our analysis from the fact that it is related to the control of costs and economies of scale, bearing in mind that both of them are closely connected to the size of a family farm. Taking this into account, the indicators measuring the ratio of costs to revenues of crop production were used to measure the economic efficiency of crop production on surveyed family farms. All indicators were calculated based on the empirical data collected by interviewing 100 selected holders of the family farms belonging to the territory of AP Vojvodina during the five-year production period (2011/2012 - 2015/2016). The results show that the long-term survival of most smaller family farms oriented to crop production without agricultural subsidies may be questioned, particularly if the European Union accession process and increasing competitiveness on the market are taken into account.
Prilikom analize ekonomske efikasnosti ratarske proizvodnje na porodičnim gazdinstvima pošlo se od toga da je ona povezana sa kontrolom troškova i ekonomijom obima, pri čemu su i kontrola troškova i ekonomija obima usko povezane sa veličinom porodičnog gazdinstva. Imajući to u vidu, za merenje ekonomske efikasnosti ratarske proizvodnje na anketiranim porodičnim gazdinstvima korišćeni su pokazatelji koji mere odnos troškova i prihoda ratarske proizvodnje. Svi pokazatelji računati su na osnovu empirijskih podataka prikupljenih anketiranjem 100 nosilaca izabranih porodičnih gazdinstava sa teritorije AP Vojvodine tokom pet proizvodnih godina (2011/2012 - 2015/2016). Dobijeni rezultati pokazali su da je opstanak većine manjih porodičnih gazdinstava usmerenih na ratarsku proizvodnju bez državnih podsticaja za poljoprivredu u dužem vremenskom periodu doveden u pitanje, naročito ako se ima u vidu proces pridruživanja Evropskoj uniji i sve veća konkurencija na tržištu.