AGRICULTURAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IN SLOVENIA AND UKRAINE
Keywords:
Farm structure, finance, government support, Slovenia, UkraineAbstract
The paper analyses financial systems for agriculture, their similarities and differences, and comparative advantages with
related challenges for future development. The focus is on the comparison between farm structures, financial systems in
agriculture and government supports in Slovenia and Ukraine. The farm nature, farm structure and evolution are different
between Slovenia and Ukraine. In Slovenia, family farms are the most important in farm structures, while in Ukraine large
agricultural enterprises. Different farm organizational structures and farm sizes affect also different financial systems in agriculture.
Multifunctional roles of agriculture and for rural development are supported with different agricultural policies and
government supports, which is one of the important lessons learned from the comparative analysis.
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