Žemės ūkio produktyvumo ir jo veiksnių tyrimo metodika

Abstract

The changing environment is continuously affecting agriculture. If the rural economy wants to stay competitive it has to be flexible and able to adapt to changing market conditions; deal with arising problems and sustain productivity at the national level. It is known, that there is no specific methodology to measure the effectiveness and productivity of the agriculture, therefore this is the main reason why variety of methods are used in research papers and publications. The detailed literature analysis revealed, that the productivity of the rural economy is reflected by gross domestic product, which is not sustainable without three main streams of the economy: agriculture, workforce and capital investment. The combination of the three main elements and outflow is the way to represent agricultural productivity. However, in order to measure in-depth productivity of the rural economy it’s not enough just to calculate efficiency index, it is essential to develop research methods, that would take into account various factors affecting the field. By researching methods in the literature it became apparent, that the most common approach to measure productivity in rural economy is either by reducing expenditure or increasing the deliverables.