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- Title
ALTERNATYVIOSIOS VEIKLOS KAIMO VIETOVĖSE PLĖTROS PERSPEKTYVOS.
- Authors
Astromskiene, Adele; Ramanauskiene, Jadvyga; Adamoniene, Rūta
- Abstract
When analyzing Lithuanian countryside economy's reforms and problems, it is noticed that an important role is played by alternatives to agricultural activities. This created researchers interest to this unique economic sphere. Various individual companies and public organizations are being set up, with their activities being practically unlimited. The rapid development of alternative entre-preneurship in the country is caused primarily by an economic restructuring, aspiration to overcome structural disproportions of production and as a result of stiff competition, emerged during the ad-ministrative-command economy period. The implementation of general economic principles, spe-cific to the modern world economy, are being taken into account: the transition to intensive repro-duction method where its quality's value is increasing, development of a division of labor, and a sudden expansion of production and services nomenclature and assortment, due to an urgent need for economy of resources. Therefore an emergence of an alternative to agriculture activity, the de-velopment of support infrastructure itself is becoming one of the most promising trends for a coun-try's rural employment and the market transformation in Lithuania. The research aim is to identify factors that affect the development of alternative agriculture and define possibilities for further de-velopment and promotion. The research object an alternative agricultural activity based on exam-ples from Kaunas district and Kalvarija municipality. The article applies analysis, synthesis and comparison, of empirical research with data processing methods. It also analyzes the importance of an alternative agricultural activity and factors that are critical for development process (both theo-retical and practical aspects).
- Subjects
LITHUANIA; RURAL geography; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ECONOMIC competition; INTERNATIONAL economic relations; DATA analysis; ECONOMIC policy
- Publication
Management Theory & Studies for Rural Business & Infrastructure Development, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 2, p6
- ISSN
1822-6760
- Publication type
Article