20.500.12556/RUP-23556 Has the agricultural productivity increased after European Union enlargements in Central European countries? evidence from four countries' cereal production It was widely expected that following European Union's enlargement in 2004, farmers in new member states would improve their performance by increasing the efficiency of their production processes. In this study, using the Farm Accountancy Data Network data, we look at changes in total factor productivity, a measure which captures how efficiently and intensely inputs are utilised in production, that took place in farms producing cereals in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia between 2004 and 2017. We find that in all four countries total factor productivity increased in the first years after the accession, but later declined. Overall, in the three former countries, total factor productivity in 2017 was higher than observed in 2004, whereas in Slovenia it was lower. This pattern largely corresponds to the dynamics observed with technological change: an initial technological progress was followed by a technological regress. Our results also suggest that over time farmers faced increasing problems with finding an optimal size of their operation. Finally, we observe that the technologies adopted on the farms were not used in an efficient way. Central Europe cereal farms scale efficiency technological change technical efficiency total factor productivity true false false Angleški jezik Angleški jezik Članek v reviji 2026-09-01 10:37:44 2026-09-01 10:37:44 2026-09-02 03:08:54 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 str. 483–492 No. 8 Vol. 72 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-08-13 338.43:631.1 0139-570X 10.17221/156/2023-AGRICECON 289560067 https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/magno/age/2026/mn8.php 1 260b4067-a5e0-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34971 RAZ_Cechura_Lukas_2026.pdf RAZ_Cechura_Lukas_2026.pdf 1 ED03F2FB2A04DB9A82954537C2AB6802 efbe635c98914f93d7023172dfd27c97a9b2600ec0dd9376b11327fd34202653 4abdbf7a-a5e0-11f1-9e8d-005056ac49c0 https://repozitorij.upr.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=34972 Fakulteta za management 0 0 0