Landwirtschaftliche Subsistenzwirtschaft in der Ukraine

In: Europa Regional, Band 12, Heft 3, S. 141-148

Abstract

Ukrainian agriculture is currently in a growth phase
, but it is yet not clear whether this growth is
sustainable. The contrast between the potential of agricultural enterprises and their present
desolate condition remains very striking. At the same time, the role of individual subsidiary
holdings in agricultural production has increased substantially. The general economic crisis in
agriculture encouraged growth in the number of individual subsidiary holdings and made them the
most important agricultural producers in Ukraine.
The goals of this paper are (1) to analyse the development of individual subsidiary holdings and to
determine the relationships (linkages) between individual subsidiary holdings and large
agricultural enterprises.
To fulfil the goals of the paper 90 individual subsidiary holdings from 17 large agricultural
enterprises were surveyed. The results of all interviews were summarized, including those that
significantly deviated from the average, in order to present both norms and extremes.