The effects of COVID-19 crisis on small family farms: Empirical evidence from Visegrad countries

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.17221/217/2023-AGRICECON" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.17221/217/2023-AGRICECON</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/217/2023-AGRICECON" target="_blank" >10.17221/217/2023-AGRICECON</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The effects of COVID-19 crisis on small family farms: Empirical evidence from Visegrad countries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on small family farms in Visegrad countries and to provide evidence of how they have responded and coped with the crisis. We conducted our investigation using an exploratory qualitative research design based on 86 semistructured in-depth interviews with owners or responsible managers, and explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on different areas of their businesses, such as human resources, supplier-customer relations, production, distribution channels or strategies, price of inputs and outputs and business models. Our findings showed that small family farms have been resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several negative impacts were identified, such as a decrease in sales due to the closure of accommodation and restaurant services, delays in the supply of inputs, and minor problems with the availability of workers, but those were perceived to be moderate. However, the COVID-19 pandemic created not only difficult challenges but also opportunities for small farms. Based on our findings, three main recommendations regarding the adaptability and resilience of family farms in Visegrad countries have been formulated: i) the importance of a diversification strategy, ii) selling through short supply chains, and iii) digitalisation of agriculture.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The effects of COVID-19 crisis on small family farms: Empirical evidence from Visegrad countries

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper aims to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on small family farms in Visegrad countries and to provide evidence of how they have responded and coped with the crisis. We conducted our investigation using an exploratory qualitative research design based on 86 semistructured in-depth interviews with owners or responsible managers, and explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on different areas of their businesses, such as human resources, supplier-customer relations, production, distribution channels or strategies, price of inputs and outputs and business models. Our findings showed that small family farms have been resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several negative impacts were identified, such as a decrease in sales due to the closure of accommodation and restaurant services, delays in the supply of inputs, and minor problems with the availability of workers, but those were perceived to be moderate. However, the COVID-19 pandemic created not only difficult challenges but also opportunities for small farms. Based on our findings, three main recommendations regarding the adaptability and resilience of family farms in Visegrad countries have been formulated: i) the importance of a diversification strategy, ii) selling through short supply chains, and iii) digitalisation of agriculture.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska ekonomika

ISSN

0139-570X

e-ISSN

1805-9295

Svazek periodika

69

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

9

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

366-374

Kód UT WoS článku

001091360900003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85172782504