National audienceFirst, the concept of economy of scale is defined in a very precise way in order to eliminate differences in profitability due to more or less adequate production structures. We are thus able to show that economies of scale are hardly of any importance in agriculture, although there are great differences in profitability between farms. The consequences of this phenomenon on the evolution of the farm sector are further examined. No optimum size can be defined for the farms. Their dimensions are comprized between a minimum, defined as the size which produces the minimum income that a farmer can accept, and a maximium, defined by the smallest size that an industrial firm can reach in a sector where economies of scales do actua...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
National audienceLabour productivity in agriculture has grown faster than the other sectors of the e...
Economies of size refers to the relative cost efficiency associated with different firm sizes. As f...
It is generally accepted that agricultural production is characterized by increasing returns to scal...
— Small is beautiful — the «new» ideas about the farm sizes - The « new » ideas about the farm sizes...
— Small is beautiful — the «new» ideas about the farm sizes - The « new » ideas about the farm sizes...
It is generally accepted that agricultural production is characterized by increasing returns to scal...
It is generally accepted that agricultural production is characterized by increasing returns to scal...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
Questioning the Common Agricultural Policy has so far spared the structural policy which is an integ...
Economies of size refer to the ability of a farm to lower costs of production by increasing producti...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
National audienceLabour productivity in agriculture has grown faster than the other sectors of the e...
Economies of size refers to the relative cost efficiency associated with different firm sizes. As f...
It is generally accepted that agricultural production is characterized by increasing returns to scal...
— Small is beautiful — the «new» ideas about the farm sizes - The « new » ideas about the farm sizes...
— Small is beautiful — the «new» ideas about the farm sizes - The « new » ideas about the farm sizes...
It is generally accepted that agricultural production is characterized by increasing returns to scal...
It is generally accepted that agricultural production is characterized by increasing returns to scal...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
Questioning the Common Agricultural Policy has so far spared the structural policy which is an integ...
Economies of size refer to the ability of a farm to lower costs of production by increasing producti...
This paper assesses the existence of both greater profitability for large-scale farms and economies ...
National audienceLabour productivity in agriculture has grown faster than the other sectors of the e...
Economies of size refers to the relative cost efficiency associated with different firm sizes. As f...