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The Household Plot: Moribund Remnant of the Past or Way of the Future? Village Farming in Ukraine

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  • Hubert Cochet

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

  • Diane Sanchez

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

  • Clio Randimbivololona

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

  • Lénaïc Pardon

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

  • Julien Varlin

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

  • Alice Trotel

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

  • Gemma Cornuau

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

  • Clément Jaubertie

    (AgroParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay, UMR Prodig)

Abstract

Although omnipresent in Russian, then Soviet, and finally post-Soviet agrarian history, the village plot has often been described as a residue of the past, destined for impending disappearance. However, it is still alive, especially in the Ukrainian countryside where it sustains five million rural households while ensuring a significant share of national agricultural production. After recalling the place of the plot in Soviet agriculture, within the kolkhoz structure, and its evolution in the aftermath of decollectivisation, this article analyses its contemporary modes of operation, as well as the diversity within household plots. The authors demonstrate, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in five raions (districts), that the economic performance of these micro-farms is far from negligible and that they play a decisive role in regional production.

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  • Hubert Cochet & Diane Sanchez & Clio Randimbivololona & Lénaïc Pardon & Julien Varlin & Alice Trotel & Gemma Cornuau & Clément Jaubertie, 2021. "The Household Plot: Moribund Remnant of the Past or Way of the Future? Village Farming in Ukraine," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 33(6), pages 1536-1554, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:33:y:2021:i:6:d:10.1057_s41287-020-00304-w
    DOI: 10.1057/s41287-020-00304-w
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