Posjedovna struktura hrvatske poljoprivrede — limitirajući činitelj agrarne proizvodnje
Ownership Structure of Croatian Agriculture - the restricitve Factor of agrarian Production

Summary/Abstract: The ownership structure is one of the determining factors in the development of all agricultures; Croatia’s is not an exception to this rule. In the long run, the ownership structure is undoubtedly going to determine the direction of the development of the market-oriented Croatian agriculture. The process of building the ownership structure appropriate to the market economy is neither simple not fast, let alone cheap. An overnight change in the ownership structure is neither possible nor prudent. The existing ownership structure of Croatian agriculture is the result of a century and a half long historical development. Socio-economic and political factors exerted a strong influence on the process of the ownership structure’s formation. Today Croatia has an “atomized” estate of only 2.9 hectares. A century ago the average size of estates was 8 hectares. This fragmentation is a direct result of the agrarian reform and colonization in the second Yugoslavia when the land maximum was reduced to 10 hectares. The existing — very unfavorable structure — should be in the transitional period gradually adapted to the family economy as the basis of future development, which will be market-oriented, cost-effective, and profitable.

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