@article{Davidova:52801,
      recid = {52801},
      author = {Davidova, Sophia and Fredriksson, Lena and Bailey,  Alastair},
      title = {Subsistence and Semi-subsistence Farming in Selected EU  New Member States},
      address = {2009-08-20},
      number = {696-2016-47652},
      series = {Plenary Paper},
      pages = {22},
      month = {Aug},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {Factor and cluster analysis are used to analyse the  attitudes and perceptions of
agricultural households in  five EU New Member States towards  farming,
commercialisation, and barriers to and drivers for  an increased integration in
agricultural markets. The  contribution of unsold output to the total household
income  is valued. A stepwise linear regression is employed to  detect important
variables explaining the degree of  agricultural market integration of farm
households. The  analysis indicates that subsistence farming is of  utmost
importance for the rural poor, and particularly in  Bulgaria and Romania. The
proportion of consumption from  own production, manual cultivation techniques
and distance  to an urban centre negatively affect output sales. Rural  development
policies targeted at rural physical and market  infrastructure might relieve some of
these constraints.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/52801},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.52801},
}