In order to obtain outputs comparable to the results of agricultural holdings in the FADN survey, a set of selected indicators of the EU Standard Output was calculated on the basis of the “Small FADN” survey data. The definition of the FADN Standard Output is precisely given by the EU methodology. However, in the “Small FADN” survey, it was necessary to partially modify this methodology for those indicators where the data needed to calculate the indicator were not included in the questionnaire or could not be collected in this type of farms. The farms were classified according to the official classification system of EU farms, which allowed farms to be classified according to economic size and type of farming. The economic results of the smallest farms confirmed the trend of decreasing production intensity depending on the size of the farm, however, the values of production calculated per hectare of agricultural land were mixed production and breeding of cattle, sheep and goats comparable to larger farmers of economic size V. - VI. However, labour productivity is significantly lower for small farms, which is partly due to the tendency of these farms to overestimate the number of working hours devoted to agricultural production. Significantly higher intensity of production and labour productivity is manifested only in larger individual farms of economic size VII. - IX. from the standard FADN survey. Farm Net Value Added per hectare of agricultural land (FNVA / ha) for small farms is comparable to larger entities due to the comparable amount of subsidies and for the monitored types of farming is also balanced. The higher value of the average is influenced by a few subjects with more intensive production (wine and fruit
producers). The value of Farm Net Value Added per worker (FNVA / AWU) is very low for small farms and, in line with larger farms of economic size V. - VI. does not reach an enough level to secure the farmer's main income. FNVA / AWU is the main indicator of a farmer's income and it is insufficient for the smallest farms, partly because we consider agricultural activity of these entities only as an additional source of income. Economic size VII. is a turning point for achieving efficient agricultural production and an enough income for the farmer. The pilot project confirmed the feasibility of the survey of the smallest farms registered in the LPIS and showed the way of automatically uploading some items from official sources to the FADN survey.
Hanibal, J., Macháčková, J.
Zemědělec Nr. 17/2021, p. 11. ISSN 1211-3816