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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
13. Managerial Challenges in Central European Agricultural Enterprises
Authors : Judit Kocsis, Klára Major
Published in: Managing Agricultural Enterprises
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
The share of, and reliance on, EU and governmental subsidies and grants are of fundamental importance for the agricultural businesses in Central Europe, but their importance is decreasing parallel to the increase of profitability, caused primarily by the expanding scale of production of processed goods, especially in Poland. It seems necessary to make agriculture more attractive for young people. Another challenge is to improve profitability, which can be achieved through modernisation, new technologies and better access to information. A further problem is the low educational level of the agricultural workforce. Specialisation, finding niches like organic farming, traditional foods and increasing quality can be the key to successful performance in the competitive market in spite of the fact that most of the consumers continue to be price-sensitive.