I. Zahri, E. Wildayana, A. Ak, D. Adriani, M. U. Harun
{"title":"Impact of conversion from rice farms to oil palm plantations on socio-economic aspects of ex-migrants in Indonesia","authors":"I. Zahri, E. Wildayana, A. Ak, D. Adriani, M. U. Harun","doi":"10.17221/349/2018-agricecon","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/349/2018-agricecon","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to investigate the impact of land conversion from rice farming to oil palm plantations on the socio-economic aspects of ex-migrants in the South Sumatra tidal swamp, Indonesia. Land conversion from rice farming to oil palm plantations is a form of adaptation for ex-migrant farmers and will increase food deficits in Indonesia. Ex-migrant farmers initially cultivated food crops with conventional technology. This pattern has been changing, which have led to the formation of two large groups of farms, namely rice-based farms implementing mechanisation, and oil palm-based plantations. The results showed that changes from rice farming to oil palm plantations did not make the economy of farm households better. Between the two groups of farmers, there is no difference in arable land, the labour allocation for agriculture and the farmers’ income. In addition, there is not much difference between farmers’ participation in on-farm and out-farm activities. The area of arable land owned, the husbands’age, and family size variables are determinants of farmers’ choice to participate in other jobs activities and influence farmers’ income. Thus, changes in crops from rice to oil palm have no impact on cultivation area, labour allocation, income, on-farm and out-farm activities.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"25 1","pages":"579-586"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83255646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The challenge of Euro-Mediterranean integration for Campania agribusiness sustainability","authors":"Debora Scarpato, M. Simeone, Giacomo Rotondo","doi":"10.17221/18/2019-agricecon","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/18/2019-agricecon","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims to investigate whether and for which products the Campania region, as compared to other Italian regions, has managed to exploit the opportunities resulting from the gradual opening of MTC (Mediterranean third countries) markets which took place following the 1995 Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona. The results obtained through the use of a relative specialisation index show that Campania, compared to other Italian regions, enjoys a competitive advantage resulting from relative specialisation in the sale of processed and preserved fruit and vegetables and of bakery and flour products on MTC markets. Of great interest is the result, that the performance recorded by Campania with reference to the MTCs regarding the production of processed and preserved fruit and vegetables did not entail the repositioning of the same region on other European markets. Ultimately, the results highlight a strong specialisation and competitiveness of Campania in the production of processed and preserved fruit and vegetables and how the region has managed to fully exploit the gradual opening of MTC markets positioning itself on the markets and without being affected by the other main markets of MTC competition.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"40 1","pages":"539-549"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87524615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Podhrázská, J. Szturc, P. Karásek, J. Kučera, J. Konečná
{"title":"Economic impacts of farmland degradation in the Czech Republic – Case Study","authors":"J. Podhrázská, J. Szturc, P. Karásek, J. Kučera, J. Konečná","doi":"10.17221/89/2019-agricecon","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/89/2019-agricecon","url":null,"abstract":"To analyse the potential changes in soil characteristics and associated impacts on the land price, the region of South Moravia was selected, strongly threatened by erosion and by claiming the most valuable land in suburban territories due to industrial and housing expansion. For the detailed analysis of the impacts of erosion and land appropriation in the region of South Moravia, the model territories of Brno surroundings with the municipality of Dolní Heršpice and Hustopeče surroundings with the municipality of Starovice were selected. The price of land degraded by potential erosion in the South Moravian region fluctuates between 88 and 2 400 EUR/ha. In the past 180 years, 148 ha of agricultural land in the total value of 822 815 EUR have been used for construction in the location under study in Dolní Heršpice. Further growth of the municipality should involve additional appropriation of agricultural land in the value of 411 000 EUR. In the studied land block of 100.5 ha, located in the Starovice municipality area, water erosion caused degradation in the total value of 92 000 EUR in the period 1978–2013. Extensive losses of fertile agricultural land are to be expected in the future. Their main causes are continuing land appropriation and degradation processes – soil erosion.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"46 1","pages":"529-538"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86932382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A gravity approach of agricultural trade: The nexus of the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries","authors":"J. Balogh, N. Leitão","doi":"10.17221/131/2019-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/131/2019-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"The European Union (EU) is one of the biggest traders of agricultural products. In 2017, extra-EU agricultural trade accounted for 7.4% of the total EU international trade. Furthermore, Europe is the main destination for agricultural goods arriving from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) trading partners. The paper analyses the effect of geographical proximity, cultural similarity, free trade agreements on bilateral agricultural trade as well as intra-industry trade between EU member states and its trading partners (intra and extra EU trade), employing gravity model for a period of 1996–2017. Regression results suggest that EU countries export more agricultural products to their common markets. In addition, the export costs of agricultural products are lower if the EU and its external trading partners are culturally similar; have the same religion or both have regional trade agreements. We found a moderate intra-industry trade between the EU and ACP countries at 18%. The results indicate rather inter-industry trade between EU and non-EU members, with a lower index level for ACP countries. A higher positive impact is revealed on the agricultural import between ACP-EU countries than export.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"76 1","pages":"509-519"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83857221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Pilař, Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská, P. Moulis, R. Kvasnička, Stanislav Rojík, I. Tichá
{"title":"Who spends the most money at farmers’ markets?","authors":"L. Pilař, Lucie Kvasničková Stanislavská, P. Moulis, R. Kvasnička, Stanislav Rojík, I. Tichá","doi":"10.17221/69/2019-agricecon","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/69/2019-agricecon","url":null,"abstract":"Farmers’ markets have been booming in recent years and are becoming an important alternative food network. They enable farmers to sell their products directly to customers and thus shorten the supply chain. Market organisers must meet the needs of both consumers and vendors by ensuring customer satisfaction while maintaining profitability for vendors. The present study identified four basic segments at farmers’ markets, as follows: (1) productoriented customers; (2) personal social responsibility-oriented customers; (3) entertainment and emotional-oriented customers; (4) alternative food-oriented customers. These segments were analysed using Structural Equation Modeling in relation to the amount of money spent on average at a farmers’ market. The results indicate that most money was spent at farmers’ market segments that are oriented at entertainment and emotional-oriented and productoriented customers. This indicates that farmers’ markets are no longer just a place to purchase fresh, high-quality food, but also a place that people visit for its atmosphere, for the food that can be eaten on-site, and to buy products not for direct consumption (e.g. flowers). It also proved the negative moderation effect of entertainment-oriented motivation on the amount of money spent with connection to product-orientation, which suggests that entertainment-orientated customers spend more than product-oriented customers.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"9 1","pages":"491-498"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75652638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Syrůček, L. Bartoň, D. Řehák, J. Kvapilík, J. Burdych
{"title":"Evaluation of economic indicators for Czech dairy farms","authors":"J. Syrůček, L. Bartoň, D. Řehák, J. Kvapilík, J. Burdych","doi":"10.17221/136/2019-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/136/2019-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"Milk production is one of the most important areas of the Czech agrarian sector, as evidenced by its 50% share (at 2017 prices) in revenues from livestock production. As for any business, a certain level of profitability is a prerequisite for long-term and sustainable development of dairy farms. This study’s aim was to evaluate the economic efficiency of milk production from both Czech Fleckvieh (C) and Holstein (H) cows based on data collected each year from 48 to 70 Czech dairy farms in the period from 2012 to 2017. Total costs per feeding day and litre of milk, level of profitability, and income over feed costs were calculated. The influences of herd size and milk yield on profitability and break-even points were examined while sensitivity analysis and model calculations were utilised to predict profitability. The farms with higher average milk yields (>7 500 and >9 500 L per lactation for C and H, respectively) had higher costs per feeding day, lower costs per litre of milk, and improved profitability (p < 0.05). Average break-even points were estimated for milk price (0.31 and 0.32 EUR) and milk yield (7 257 and 9 209 L) in C and H herds, respectively.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"1 1","pages":"499-508"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90530937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consumption of food in relation to income and saturation limit of Slovak households","authors":"Ľ. Kubicová, Z. Kádeková, N. Turčeková, P. Bielik","doi":"10.17221/94/2019-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/94/2019-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"Food represents everyday need and from this point of view is stable and computable demand on the consumer market. Based on the current development of households’ net money income and consumption expenditures, the aim of the paper is to point at the development of food consumption and changes in the cost of living of the population in Slovakia. Previous food consumption analyses proved that eating habits of the Slovak population comply neither with healthy lifestyle nor recommended doses, due to the low level of disposable net money income. In the analysis, linear and nonlinear functions were used in order to evaluate the development and saturation of demand for basic foods in Slovakia in the period 2008–2017. During these years, the share of expenditures on food and non-alcoholic beverages did not significantly change the consumption expenditures; they moved in intervals from 19.2% (2017) to 23.1% (2013), which is still a high share in comparison with EU countries (12.2%). The analysis provided in the paper is a suitable base for food businesses to create a product portfolio based on different net money income and saturation demand for basic foods.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"126 1","pages":"560-568"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2019-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76201879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rural development policy in Italy: the impact of growth-oriented measures on farm outcomes","authors":"Salvioni Cristina, Sciulli Dario","doi":"10.17221/73/2016-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/73/2016-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"Growth-oriented measures of the EU’s rural development policy have been promoted to meet the aims of the Lisbon strategy. Th is article assesses their impact on performance-related variables of farms. We apply a conditional diff erence-in-diff erences approach to the 2003–2007 Italian FADN survey. No evidence emerges to indicate any impact of the measures on farm income, employment or partial productivities. Conversely, participation in the selected policy schemes resulted initially in a productivity increase and, subsequently, in enhanced farm performance. We argue that participation in the growth-oriented measures gave rise to a process of capital deepening that, in turn, elicited a productivity increase and, eventually, positive growth rates in farm performance. Th e estimated variations in capital intensity signal that the measures resulted in the activation of channels that are expected to positively aff ect farm performance after a time lag.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"6 1","pages":"115-130"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90108466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The performance measurement and productivity change of agro and food industry in the stock exchange of Thailand","authors":"Rapee Pongpanich, Ke-Chung Peng, A. Wongchai","doi":"10.17221/15/2016-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/15/2016-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"At present, the agro and food industry has a high infl uence to farmers in Th ailand. Most of the raw materials of agriculture are sent to its manufactoring. Th is industry has an important role to raise the growth of the Th ai economy. Th e main objective of the paper is to study the production trends and ability operations of the agro and food industry by using economic tools analyse two sub-industry sectors. Th e paper reviewed literatures on the performance measurement and productivity change of the business sector to obtain the relative variables and optimal methodology. Th e paper designed to use the panel data of the agro and food industry during the period 2011–2014. Th e Slacks-based Measure context-dependent Data Envelopment Analysis (SBM context-dependent DEA) was used to analyse the effi ciency and ability in the Decision Making Units (DMUs) by employing the attractiveness and progress score. Moreover, the Malmquist index was used to demonstrate the change of the total productivity of this industry. Th erefore, the empirical results of the paper can help the companies inside and outside the stock exchange of the agro and food industry to realize the performance level and benchmark leading to the improvement of their operation. Moreover, they help the government to develop its policy and to understand the character of the sub-industry sectors and the productivity trend in this industry.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"42 1","pages":"89-99"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85721664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some aspects of structural and regional policy of the European Union in relation to agriculture by example of Great Britain","authors":"P. Bechyně","doi":"10.17221/5446-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/5446-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"1 1","pages":"544-546"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73315904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}