Is there any opportunity in agriculture after tobacco growing?

Beáta BITTNER PhD

Anita MISLOVICS KERÉKGYÁRTÓ

Tibor OROSZ

Prof. János BORSOS DSc

UNITAB CONGRESS 2012 Budapest, Hungary

October 18-20, 2012

Seize of tobacco production’s area in sample

61,48%

29,51%

2,46% 6,56%

< 1 ha

1-5 ha

5-10 ha

< 10 ha

The reasons for give up tobacco production

Old age

Illness

Low profitability

Mistrust towards the EU

regulatory and subsidy system

Unsteadiness in tobacco sector

High production risk

Finish of soil rental period

Migration

Change for other agricultural

sector

Change for other sector

(industrial, commerce)

Lack of labour source

What happened with the tobacco area after the tobacco growing…

%

Their lease expired

Sold

Rented out

Their lease expired

Turned the cultivating other crop

The frequency of sectors substituting tobacco production

39

2

10

10

2

2

6

2

1

1

1

1

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

n=77

Horseradish

Triticale

Pumpkin

Forrest

Melon

Vegetables

Alfalfa

Rye

Wheat

Sunflower

Cabbage

Corn

Analysis of sectors substituting

� risk

� profitability

� market

� expertise

� contractual relations

The evaluation of particular sectors compared to tobacco production