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Short Food Supply Chains and Small Farms—Evidence from Slovakia
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Short food supply chains (SFSCs) is a concept that is relatively new in the conditions of the Slovak Republic, but is developing significantly, mainly with the support of EU policies (CAP, RDP). This paper is focused on the evaluation of the performance of the micro and small agricultural enterprises in short supply chains in the Slovak Republic. We focus on the evaluation of selected economic indicators of small agricultural enterprises and micro-enterprises depending on their participation and non-participation, respectively, in SFSC. Next, we demonstrate the linear relationship between the researched primary and secondary data of enterprises operating inside and outside of the SFSC. Analysing the selected data, we state the ability of farmers operating in the SFSC to produce added-value products and improve their social situation. Additionally, the advantages and disadvantages of associating farmers with SFSCs are demonstrated.
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“Large holdings dominate production and rely mainly on scale-based strategies and low-value-added commodities [14,15], while SFSCs are primarily associated with small and family producers oriented toward direct sales [16,17].”
From Who Reaches the Consumer? A Network Analysis of Market Reach Factors of Slovakia's Short Food Supply Chains (2026) · cites this paper as [16]
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“Regulatory regimes often impose high compliance costs, which disproportionately burden micro-producers and encourage semi-formal or informal marketing practices [16,19,39,44,45,47].”
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“Producer strategies in post-socialist countries are shaped by disrupted institutional continuity following transition and rapid market liberalization [16,45,46].”
From Who Reaches the Consumer? A Network Analysis of Market Reach Factors of Slovakia's Short Food Supply Chains (2026) · cites this paper as [16]
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“Within SFSCs, however, their position is not clear, as existing literature primarily focuses on small and micro-enterprises as the SFSC actors in Slovakia [16,17,19].”
From Who Reaches the Consumer? A Network Analysis of Market Reach Factors of Slovakia's Short Food Supply Chains (2026) · cites this paper as [16]
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“In the post-socialist context, this finding points to structural conditions frequently emphasized in the literature [11,14,16,46], which argue that small producers remain constrained by a long-term limited access to capital, low production capacity, and weak growth opportunities.”
From Who Reaches the Consumer? A Network Analysis of Market Reach Factors of Slovakia's Short Food Supply Chains (2026) · cites this paper as [16]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Floriš, N., Schwarcz, P., Schwarczová, L., & Munk, M.
- Affiliations
- Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (SK)
- University of Pardubice (CZ)
- Corresponding author
- Floriš, Norbert
- Venue
- Sustainability
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2022-02-25
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 2728
- ISSN
- 2071-1050 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4214723065
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 1.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Digital library - University of Pardubice (University of Pardubice) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Erasmus+
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Organic Food and Agriculture
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Agricultural economics and policies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Cooperative Studies and Economics
- Keywords
- short food supply chains, small farms, microenterprises, agricultural enterprises, economic performance, value-added products, EU agricultural policy, Common Agricultural Policy, regional development policy, Slovakia
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