Contractual practices and intra-organizational dimensions: the "agricultural societies" in Romania

Dimension organisationnelle et pratiques contractuelles foncières: les sociétés agricoles en Roumanie

Laurence Amblard () and Jean-Philippe Colin
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Laurence Amblard: Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Jean-Philippe Colin: Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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Abstract: The reforms implemented in the Romanian agricultural sector after the collapse of the Ceausescu's regime have led to a massive decollectivization. However, some production associations, named agricultural societies, have remained, on the basis of the former cooperatives of production. On the one hand, the literature about farm restructuring in transition countries has analyzed the evolution of farm organizations with respect to the relative profitability of so-called collective production units and individual farms. On the other hand, the few studies dealing with land tenancy in these contexts do not take into account the specific land tenancy relationships within production associations. This paper aims at (i) characterizing the land organization at the basis of production associations in the Romanian context, and (ii) underlining its consequences for both agricultural societies and their members' land contractual practices. Our analysis is based on a field work conducted in Sebeş, in Transylvania. We show that agricultural societies rest on an "intra-organizational" allocation of land between a direct farming-type system and a tenancy-type system. We also point out the impact of the organizational dimension on the "intra-organizational" land allocation and on the participation of agricultural societies to the tenancy market.

Keywords: ORGANISATION DE L'AGRICULTURE; MODE DE FAIRE VALOIR; CONTRAT AGRAIRE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-05-17
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Published in Colloque international : Les frontières de la question foncière : enchâssement social des droits et politiques publiques, May 2006, Montpellier, France

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