Land reform in Moldova: how viable are emerging peasant farms? An assessment referring to a recent World Bank study

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Based on a case study of two Moldovan regions, the paper challenges the favourable assessment of recently established peasant farms in a World Bank study by LERMAN et al. (1998). The main arguments in favour of a more critical view of the results of land privatisation and farm restructuring are that a) private farmers produce only on a minimal fraction of land with almost no machinery or purchased inputs at all, b) the income of a typical farm household is below a poverty line based on national standards, c) private farmers face substantial production and marketing risks, d) at present, it is unlikely that short- or long-term investment projects in agriculture can be credit funded. Currently, peasant farms are mainly run to produce a minimum diet for the affiliated household. The situation thus gives little reason for rosy future perspectives concerning a market-oriented, commercial private agriculture.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 28

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment ; Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
• Subject: Agriculture in transition ; Land reform ; Poverty ; Subsistence farming ; Moldova ; Landwirtschaft im Transformationsprozess ; Landreform ; Armut ; Subsistenz ; Moldau ; Agrarreform ; Bodenreform ; Landwirtschaftlicher Kleinbetrieb ; Privatisierung ; Unternehmensgründung ; Ländliche Armut ; Subsistenzwirtschaft ; Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung ; Moldawien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Petrick, Martin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
• (where): Halle (Saale)
• (when): 2000

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/28596
• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-22939
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET