Agricultural Economics, 2025 (vol. 71), issue 8
Factors affecting grain loss reduction efforts among Chinese farmersOriginal Paper
Pan Liu, Jiamin Zhu, Wenwen Pan, Bingjun Li, Qian Liu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(8):423-432 | DOI: 10.17221/305/2024-AGRICECON 
In this study, we used psychology and organisational behaviour theories to determine the main elements affecting Chinese farmers' grain loss-reduction efforts (LREs). We established social factors (SFs), policy factors (PFs) and buyer's strategies (BSs) as the three central factors and constructed a theoretical framework linking these factors to grain producers' LREs. Using this framework, we designed a survey questionnaire and an interview guide; we subsequently collected 1 536 valid questionnaire responses and 25 interview transcripts. The findings revealed that SFs, PFs and BSs had a significance positive effect on the LREs of grain producers. Critically,...
The impact of contract farming on household income and poverty alleviation: Insights from smallholder poultry farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of KenyaOriginal Paper
Emmanuel Kiprop, Jane Chelagat, Geng Xianhui, Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso, Kebebew Bezu, Salman Ibn Yasin
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(8):433-444 | DOI: 10.17221/450/2024-AGRICECON
This study explores the impact of contract farming on household income and rural poverty alleviation using measures outlined by World Bank among 410 smallholder Kenyan poultry farmers. Using endogenous switching regression and propensity score matching models, we found that contract farming significantly boosts household income, with participants experiencing a 74% increase. If non-participants had engaged in contract farming, their income could have risen by 45.59%. The average treatment effect on the treated was USD 0.21 per capita per day, corresponding to a 9.83% reduction in extreme poverty and a 16.90% reduction in poverty severity....
Efficiency of agricultural and pastoral systems in China considering shared factors and undesirable outputsOriginal Paper
Chunhua Chen, Chongyu Ma
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(8):445-457 | DOI: 10.17221/411/2024-AGRICECON
Assessing and optimising the efficiency of agricultural and pastoral systems is crucial for the long-term development of a country. The presence of shared factors and undesirable outputs increases the complexity of evaluating the efficiency of these systems. To address this issue, we first analysed the production possibility sets of the agricultural subsystems, pastoral subsystems, and agricultural and pastoral systems. Then, two bounded adjusted measure (BAM) models considering shared factors and undesirable outputs were proposed to evaluate the divisional efficiency of agricultural and pastoral subsystems. Additionally, a network BAM model in the...
Perception of resilience and its determinants with a focus on farm size: The case of agricultural enterprises in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper
Ilona Svobodová, Marie Šimpachová Pechrová, Milan Takáč
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(8):458-474 | DOI: 10.17221/479/2024-AGRICECON
The aim of the paper is to examine the resilience of Czech agricultural enterprises through the perceptions of farm managers and to assess the areas where these businesses perceive themselves as resilient and where they feel vulnerable. The analysis is based on data from a survey conducted by the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information (IAEI) in June 2022, involving 521 Czech agricultural managers. The study focuses on six key areas: climate change and its impacts, agricultural inputs, labour force, market outlets, land prices and availability, and changes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Across all areas, managers reported that...