Farm management and extension needs in Central and Eastern European countries under the EU milk quota

281 Pages·2006·3.735 MB·English

by  A. Kuipers, M. Klopčič, A. Svitojus

Farm management and
extension needs in Central and
Eastern European countries
under the EU milk quota
EAAP Technical Series No. 8
Farm management and extension needs in Central and
Eastern European countries under the EU milk quota
The following organisations have supported the CEEC Workshop and publication of this book:

• FAO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, Hungary
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia
• Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia
• CR Delta, The Netherlands
• Semex Alliance, Canada
• Twinning project Netherlands-Slovenia: “Farming with Quota and Premiums”, Twinning project
SI04-AG-06
Farm management and extension
needs in Central and Eastern
European countries under the EU
milk quota
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A. Kuipers
M. Klopcˇicˇ
A. Svitojus
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Farm management and extension needs in CEEC under the EU milk quota

Contents

Preface 11
Maria Kadlecikova

Introduction 13
Abele Kuipers

Overview papers

Expectations and challenges for farm management in Central and Eastern Europe
and FAO response 17
Stjepan Tanic

Overview and characteristics of quota systems 23
Abele Kuipers

Developments in the milk market in the enlarged European Union 35
Clemens Fuchs

Farming with quota 47
Bram Prins

Canada’s forty years of milk supply management manage quotas for farm
profitability 51
Bob Lang

Country reports

Milk quota and farm management in Republic of Estonia 57
Katrin Reili and Kalev Karisalu

Situation of dairy farming and experiences in applying quota system in Hungary 67
Gyula Meszaros and M. Ignácz

Structural and farm developments as consequence of the introduction of milk
quota and suckler cow and beef premiums in Czech Republic 77
Oto Hanuš and Jindrich Kvapilik

Farm management and extension needs under the EU milk quota system in Poland 93
Agata Malak-Rawlikowska

Influence of Poland’s accession to the EU on milk production: Recent data 111
Andrzej Babuchowski

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Structural and farm development as consequence of the milk quota introduction in
Slovakia 119
Jan Huba, Štefan Mihina, Margita Štefanikova, Marian Zahumensky and Jan
Bročko

Quota and farm management in Lithuania 131
Egle Stonkute and Violeta Juškiene

Farm management and extension needs under the EU milk quota system in Slovenia 137
Stane Kavčič

Milk quota system in Latvia and impact on dairy sector 143
Inge Grinberga

Farm management and extension needs under milk quota system in the prospect
of Romania’s entry into the EU 149
Agatha Popescu

Farm management and extension needs in Bulgaria 177
Elitsa Zdravkova

Prospects of quota and farm management in Croatia 183
Kresimir Kuterovac

Farm management and extension needs in Albania 197
Niazi Tahiraj

Prospects of quota and farm management in Turkey 205
Cagla Yuksel Kaya and Numan Akman

The state of livestock output production in Republic of Belarus 217
Ivan S. Kyssa

Developments of cattle husbandry in Georgia 223
Giorgi Saghirashvili, Tamar Kartvelishvili, Nino Kishmareishvili and
Ekatherine Tsurtsumia

Other papers

Farm management under quota in small and large herd CEE countries 237
Marija Klopčič and Jan Huba

Development of dairy cattle farming systems in CEEC: Experiences from
consultancy visits 251
Arunas Svitojus

Economic weights for milk yield traits under the quota restriction in Slovakia 263
Jan Huba, Jan Kica, Jozef Daňo, Emil Krupa, Marta Oravcová and Ladislav
Hetényi
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Conclusions 269
Abele Kuipers

Appendix I
Summary of 3-day workshop in the Netherlands: Introduction aspects of milk
quota systems in EU candidate countries 271
Appendix II
Minutes of 2-day workshop in Budapest: Agricultural development, dairy farm
management and extension needs in CEE countries under the restrictions of the
EU milk quota 275
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