Tyrimo objektas – smulkieji žemės ūkio produkcijos gamintojai. Tyrimo tikslas – nustatyti smulkiųjų žemės ūkio gamintojų formavimosi ir funkcionavimo pagrįstumą bei pagrįsti tolesnes raidos Lietuvoje tendencijas. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1)identifikuoti smulkiuosius ūkius ir pagrįsti jų tipologiją; 2)nustatyti smulkiųjų ūkių formavimosi priežastis Lietuvoje ir raidą; 3)įvertinti smulkiųjų ūkių funkcionavimo pozityviuosius ir negatyviuosius aspektus; 4)pagrįsti smulkiųjų ūkių tolesnes raidos kryptis ir šį procesą racionalizuojančias žemės ūkio ir kaimo plėtros politikos priemones. Tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros, statistinės bei anketinės apklausos duomenų, teisės šaltinių analizės, loginio modeliavimo, grafinio vaizdavimo metodai. Studijuojant lietuvių ir užsienio autorių publikacijas, statistinės ir anketinės apklausos medžiagą, bei ekonominę situaciją, išnagrinėta smulkiųjų ūkių vieta žemės ūkio sistemoje, atsižvelgiant į ūkininkų apklausos rezultatus nustatytos smulkiųjų ūkių veiklos perspektyvos. / The object of research – small subjects of agricultural production – the creators of private and public goods. The objective of research is to measure the validity of small agricultural producers’ formation and behavior and to base the further tendencies of development in Lithuania. Tasks of research: 1.To identify small farms and to base their typology. 2.To set the reasons and development of small farms formation in Lithuania. 3.To evaluate positive and negative aspects of small farms behavior. 4.To base not only the further trends of small farms development but also means of agricultural and rural development policy that rationalize this process. Research methods: the analysis of scholarly literature, empirical statistical and questionnaire poll data, sources of law and methods of logical modelling and graphic presentment. By reading up publications of Lithuanian and foreign authors’, analysing statistical, questionnaire poll material and economic situation the place of small farms in agricultural system was explored, considering the results of farmers poll the perspectives of small farms activity were set.

Research object – the support measures for small farms. Research aim – to identify the support measures for small farms and to suggest their possible ways of improvement. Objectives: 1) To propose the criterions of size of farm and the conception of small farm at policy; 2) To explore the estimations of national economic and social support at economic literature; 3) To explore the national measures for small farms and to deduce the possibility of small farms to use them; 4) To explore the measures of Europe Union for small farms and to deduce the possibility of small farms to use them; 5) To identify the support measures for small farms; 6) To give suggestions for improvement of support measures for small farms. Research methods. To propose the mostly used criterions of size of farms, the conception of small farm at policy and the national economic and social support measures at economic literature were used the analysis and synthesis methods of scientific and juristically literature. To explore the measures of national and of Europe Union supports were used analysis and synthesis methods of juristically literature, programs. To identify the support measures for small farms and to give suggestions were used statistical, comparative analysis and graphic figure methods.