New rural economy: Challenges and diversity in Eastern Croatia

dc.contributor.authorSudarić, Tihana
dc.contributor.authorZmaić , Krunoslav
dc.contributor.authorLončarić, Ružica
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T11:16:47Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T11:16:47Z
dc.date.issued2009-12-30
dc.description.abstractEastern part of Croatia is agricultural region according to natural resource (fertile soil, first of all), as well as human potential (long experience in traditional agriculture). Besides agriculture as traditional activity, a characteristic of rurality is also added to this region. Rural area is dominant in Eastern Croatia and it effects on relatively small urban areas. This paper represents new possibilities of rural economic activities on family farms in Eastern Croatia. Role and significant of rural economic activities is analyzed through indicators overview (land structure, GDP, population, population density, TEA index, unemployment ect.). Challenges through diversification of rural economic activities in this paper includes added economic activities realized on family farms through tourism, crafts, handy work, processing, renewable energyetc. Added economic activities on family farms in Eastern Croatia participate with only 3.9%. Suggestions and possibilities measures of rural economic activities diversification are reflected through two main streams. First stream is diversification of activities through added value of agricultural products as vertical connection (organic food, autochthony products, functional food, renewable energy sources etc.). Other one economic activity diversification indicates distribution function of final products through different services on the family farm (direct sale, specialized shops, rural tourism and many other services).en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 3 No. 5-6 (2009) , 51-54
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2009/5-6/9
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue5-6
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317922en
dc.identifier.volume3
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/7558
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerUniversity of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
dc.subjectdiversificationen
dc.subjectagricultureen
dc.subjectnew rural economyen
dc.subjectEastern Croatiaen
dc.titleNew rural economy: Challenges and diversity in Eastern Croatiaen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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