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The aim of this paper is to identify farmers' attitudes towards the impact of state aid on business decisions and financial stability of farms. It will also identify the share of agricultural support in the total income of farms and the reasons for certain agricultural branches having unequal economic dependence on the support. Furthermore, it will investigate which of the two pillars of the CAP farmers consider being more important for their business and which factors would mostly contribute to the increase of production on their farms. The research involved 184 holders of family farms from all Croatian counties and the City of Zagreb. The data were analyzed using the univariate (frequency) and two-variate (chi-square test) method. The main production on the farms has a statistically significant (P<0.05) effect on the share of state support in the total income of the farm as well as on the influence of the amount of state support to business decisions. Most of the respondents engaged in animal husbandry and farming declared that their farms would not be financially viable in the case of state support abolition, while the situation is different in fruit growing, vegetable growing and floriculture. The paper also demonstrates the extent to which selected motivators (satisfactory state aid, higher purchase prices, less bureaucracy, lower taxes, assured market, cheap loans and availability of agricultural land) are important to farmers when deciding whether to increase the agricultural production on their farms. Overall, the two pillars of the CAP are equally important for the farmers but there is a statistically significant difference in the importance of each pillar of the CAP in regard to the prevailing production on the farm. The results of the study demonstrate both the importance of state support for the business of certain agricultural producers, especially herders, and the difference in sensitivity to possible changes in support policy. ; Cilj rada je utvrditi stavove poljoprivrednih proizvođača o utjecaju potpora na poslovne odluke i financijsku stabilnost poljoprivrednih gospodarstava. Utvrdit će se i u kojoj mjeri poljoprivredne potpore sudjeluju u ukupnim prihodima poljoprivrednih gospodarstava i razloge nejednake ekonomske ovisnosti pojedinih poljoprivrednih grana o istima. Također se želi istražiti koji od dva stupa ZPP-a poljoprivrednici smatraju važnijim za svoje poslovanje te koji bi čimbenici najviše pridonijeli povećanju proizvodnje na njihovim gospodarstvima. U istraživanju su sudjelovala 184 nositelja obiteljskih poljoprivrednih gospodarstava iz svi hrvatskih županija kao i Grada Zagreba. Podatci su analizirani jednovarijantnom (frekvencije) i dvovarijantnom (hi-kvadrat test) metodom. Glavna proizvodnja na gospodarstvu statistički značajno (P<0,05) utječe na udio državnih potpora u ukupnim prihodima gospodarstva kao i na razinu utjecaja visine državnih potpora na poslovne odluke. Većina ispitanika koji se bave stočarstvom i ratarstvom smatra da njihova gospodarstva ne bi bila financijski održiva ukidanjem potpora dok je situacija u voćarstvu, povrćarstvu i proizvodnji cvijeća drugačija. U radu je također prikazano u kojoj mjeri su odabrani motivatori (zadovoljavajuće državne potpore, više otkupne cijene, manje birokracije, niži porezi, osigurano tržište, povoljni krediti i dostupnost poljoprivrednog zemljišta) poljoprivrednicima važni prilikom odluke za povećanjem poljoprivredne proizvodnje na njihovim gospodarstvima. Ukupno gledajući, oba stupa ZPP-a podjednako su važna poljoprivrednicima no utvrđena je statistički značajna razlika u važnosti pojedinog stupa ZPP-a obzirom na prevladavajuću proizvodnju na gospodarstvu. Rezultati rada ukazuju na važnosti potpora u poslovanju pojedinih poljoprivrednih proizvođača, posebice stočara, i na različitu osjetljivost na eventualne promjene politike potpora.

Until 2012, egg production in Croatia was mostly in cages, which was not in accordance with the European Union standards on the welfare of laying hens. Therefore, producers of table eggs could not continue their current practice and had to use those systems permitted in the EU member countries, such as organic, free-range, indoor or enriched cages. The aim of this study was to analyse and evaluate various systems of table-egg production using a method of multi-criteria analysis called the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Thus, the aim was to determine scientifically which production system was the favoured option for the Croatian poultry sector. According to the results, production of eggs using an indoor system for housing hens was the best option (priority 0.317). This was followed by a free-range system (priority 0.242). The third-ranked alternative egg production system was in cages (priority 0.237), while the fourth and the least acceptable alternative refers to egg production according to organic principles (priority 0.202). Based on the results of the multi-criteria analysis and respecting the worldwide trends that reflect changes in consumers' habits and their concerns for food safety and quality, as well as their preference for local markets and local products, it is recommended that eggs be produced in an indoor system of keeping laying hens. In this sense, egg production on small farms provides the possibility of self-employment and creation of additional income to contribute towards overall economic and social development of rural areas.