Arable food
The minimum size of the usable agricultural area that is necessary to secure the livelihood of a family farm is called arable food . The term is no longer in use today.
The arable food refers to a full-time farm and depends on the region and time. It is still dependent on the natural cultivation situation, the operating system used, the ownership structure and the standard of living in an agricultural region.
An estate according to the German Civil Code does not have to provide arable food, so it can also be a part-time business. Something different applies to a farm that is subject to the farm rules.
The Reichserbhofgesetz (Reichserbhofgesetz) defined the term in Section 2, Paragraph 2: “ Field food is that amount of land that is necessary to feed and clothe a family regardless of the market and the general economic situation and to maintain the economic flow of the farm. "
literature
- Andreas Kees: The economic consideration of the farm size problem in arable forage . Diss., University of Marburg 1954.
- Wilhelm Knöll: Investigation of the delimitation and agricultural policy significance of arable food, carried out on the basis of the conditions in the Friedberg district in the Wetterau . Diss., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Giessen 1950.
- Ulrich Knoppe: The limits of "field food" as a yardstick for the agricultural structure. Shown using the example of 98 rural communities in the Heilbronn area . Diss., Hohenheim Agricultural University, 1956.