The study aims to evaluate the role of support in shaping farms’ investment and efficiency in Lithuania. Data from Lithuanian Farm Accountancy Data Network dataset and logistic regression was used to evaluate to what extent Lithuanian farms’ investment is affected…
The European Union’s (EU) Common Agricultural Policy aims to promote sustainable farming practices that ensure the responsible use of natural resources, safeguard biodiversity, and uphold higher animal welfare standards. One pathway to achieving these objectives is through the encouragement of…
The European Green Deal, including the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, assumes an increase in the area under organic farming to 25% by 2030. In order to achieve this goal, it is important to understand the factors that lead…
A farm plays the role of both a custodian of natural resources and a workplace. They are responsible for the quality of food produced and, on the other hand, for the standard of living of the farming family and the…
The focus on environment and climate-friendly farming is increasingly important in the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Activities of the Measure M10 “Agrienvironment and Climate” of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014–2020 were those policy instruments that pursued…
The dairy sector is the second largest agricultural sector in the EU and Lithuania. It faces economic challenges (price volatility, farm consolidation and downsizing, etc.), but its importance outstrips other agricultural sectors (combining agro-systems and providing valuable food products for…
Scientists, politicians, and practitioners are debating the current structure of pig farms in Lithuania, as medium and small farms have almost disappeared over the past decade. The debated problem is whether the revitalization of medium and small pig farms would…
The significance of pig farming is evident by the fact that more than half of meatconsumption is pork. However, production in the last decade in Lithuania is almost twiceas low as consumption, so more than half of pork and pork…
The study aims at evaluating crop insurance effects on the farms’ production and investment indicators in Lithuania. The Common Agricultural Policy after 2020 considers measures helping farmers to adapt to climate change. For this reason, it is essential to evaluate…
In recent years, humanity has faced with multiple crises, both of economic and environmental nature. Among the key reasons for such turbulences, the deteriorating agri-environmental situation appears as an important facet. This article evaluates agri-environmental situation of selected European Union…