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Abstract
The article compares the investment subsidies in agriculture within the EU member states throughout
the period of 2004 – 2013 based on the FADN database. Low investment level affects the cost and efficiency
of agricultural production and thus the overall competitiveness of agricultural production. European programs
providing support for the investments for agriculture aim at improving agricultural competitiveness.
Development of subsidies on investment, property and Farm Net Income adjusted to economic size
of enterprise by correlation analysis is compared in every EU country. Using cluster analysis, the member
states were divided into groups according to subsidies on investments, their share in gross investment
and the share of gross investments in fixed assets. The relationship between subsidies on investments
and gross investment ranges from middle to higher dependency. The amount of subsidies on investments
does not significantly affect the amount of current Farm Net Income.