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The use of the game theory in the management of agroecosystem services
Ernesto Mesa-Vázquez, José A. Aznar-Sánchez, Óscar González-Yebra, Miguel A. Gómez-Tenorio
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(11):618-627 | DOI: 10.17221/86/2025-AGRICECON 
Agroecosystems provide a number of ecosystem services that are essential to human well-being. The valuation of these services by stakeholders offers important information that can be used to manage them more efficiently. In agroecosystems, individual stakeholder preferences can be heterogeneous and even opposing. This paper puts forward a novel analytical framework based on game theory to integrate the valuation of ecosystem services by different stakeholders into agroecosystem management. To illustrate it, the agricultural region of Los Vélez (south-eastern Spain) is used and three game modalities are applied (prisoner’s dilemma, common-pool...
From metrics to insights: Evaluating cereal farming sustainability in Catalonia using composite index approach
Mahdieh Khezri Nezhad Gharaei, Bouali Guesmi, Jose Maria Gil Roig
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(11):592-603 | DOI: 10.17221/462/2024-AGRICECON
Assessing the agricultural sustainability of farms is challenging, since it involves various aspects that can change over time and differ by location. This paper develops a composite index to evaluate the sustainability of cereal farming in Catalonia, Spain. Using factor analysis, we integrate 21 indicators across economic, environmental, and social dimensions based on the Farm Accountancy Data Network (2016–2021). The results show sustainability scores ranging from 2 to 5, with larger economic s farms outperforming smaller ones by 0.4 points. Five key factors explain the variance in sustainability across farms, with profitability, benefit-cost...
Analysis of the impact of farmland transfer on agricultural carbon emissions – Based on survey data from farming households in groundwater irrigation areas of Hebei Province, China
Baozhen Jia, Xiqin Wang, Bingqing Ran, Jingao Hu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(11):579-591 | DOI: 10.17221/400/2024-AGRICECON
Farmland transfer is a practical need for China to achieve agricultural mechanisation and modernisation, and also an important way for farmers to optimise their family resource allocation. The existing studies ignore the impact of farmland transfer on the environment, especially carbon emissions. The practical significance of this paper lies in exploring the likely mechanisms driving the effect of the farmland transfer on agricultural carbon emissions from a microeconomic perspective using data from rural households, based on the heterogeneity of land management scale. Results show: (i) Land transfer impacts carbon emissions differently. Land...
Nonlinear effects of bank loans on county agrifood SMEs innovation: Empirical evidence from China
Xi Chen, Kai Wang, Lirong Xing, Jianzhen Lu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(11):604-617 | DOI: 10.17221/324/2024-AGRICECON
Innovation is the driver of sustainable business development and is essential to promote high quality econo-mic development in the country. Are more bank loans better for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) innovation? Therefore, based on mixed cross-sectional data of county sweet potato processing enterprises, this study applied the econometric model to explore the impact of bank loans on county agrifood SMEs innovation. We find that there is an 'inverted U-shaped' relationship between bank loans and county agrifood SMEs innovation. The analysis of the mechanism shows that bank loans can not only alleviate the problem of innovation financing...
Assessment of the difference in ecosystem services between ecologically and conventionally managed ponds: An empirical study from the South Bohemia region, Czech Republic
Jiĝí Schneider, Gabriela Chmelíková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(10):564-578 | DOI: 10.17221/497/2024-AGRICECON
The aim of this article is to demonstrate the difference in the production of ecosystem services depending on the management method using a selected sample of fishponds from the South Bohemian region of the Czech Republic and subsequently monetarily to assess this difference. Using 16 fishponds over a 10-year period, the research evaluates key services such as biodiversity conservation, water purification, and fish production, employing the opportunity cost of foregone profits methodology. The results reveal that ecologically managed fishponds provide enhanced ecosystem services at a financial trade-off, with an average annual profit difference of EUR...
Impact of the adoption of chemical inputs on crop yield downside risk
Olha Aleksandrova, İtefan Bojnec
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(10):527-536 | DOI: 10.17221/298/2024-AGRICECON
The study aims to analyse the impact of application of chemical inputs like fertilisers or crop protection products on farm crop yield productivity in Estonian and Slovenian agriculture. We combined the propensity score matching (PSM) method with an inverse probability weighted regression (IPWRA) model to derive treatment effects of the adoption of these critical inputs using Farm Accountancy Data Network data. Results exhibit consistency across estimation techniques. Estimates of both IPWRA and PSM models showed that adoption of at least one of the chemical inputs decreases volatility of crop yield output and downside risk. The results are more robust...
Rural e-commerce and agricultural total factor productivity: Evidence from China
Jialong Zheng, Xintong Liang, Junkai Ma, Guangsi Li
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(10):550-563 | DOI: 10.17221/289/2024-AGRICECON
Employing the Comprehensive Demonstration of E-commerce in Rural Areas (CDERA) policy as a quasi-natural experiment, this paper explores the impact of rural e-commerce development on agricultural total factor productivity (ATFP) and its underlying mechanisms, using a difference-in-differences model. The analysis utilises panel data from 1 495 counties in China from 2001 to 2021. The findings indicate that the CDERA policy implementation enhanced ATFP in treated counties by approximately 1.6 percentage points compared to control counties, other factors being equal. Mechanism analysis further reveals that the CDERA policy enhances ATFP by improving agricultural...
Unveiling green perception effect: How live streaming scenes and green information influence purchase intention of prepared dishes
Shuo Hao, Pei Li, Nannan Zhang, Yang Du, Rui Liang, Ziyang Liu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(10):537-549 | DOI: 10.17221/247/2024-AGRICECON
To promote the sustainable consumption of prepared dishes, this study examines how green attribute information (GAI) and live streaming scenes experience (LSSE) influence consumers' green perceptions (GP) – including perceived green value (PGV) and perceived green trust (PGT) – and subsequently affect their purchase intention (PI). A green perception model was developed and tested using a mixed-method approach. Word cloud analysis was conducted on consumer comments collected from e-commerce platforms to extract key descriptors and concerns, which informed the design of a structured questionnaire. A total of 291 valid responses were analysed...
Can agricultural subsidy reform promote reduction of fertiliser nonpoint source pollution? Evidence from China
Fusheng Liang, Guangsi Li, Wo-lin Zheng, Fangyuan Sun, Qian Yang
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(9):485-501 | DOI: 10.17221/412/2024-AGRICECON
The substantial increase in grain production stimulated by traditional agricultural direct subsidies has been accompanied by a concomitant decrease in ecological quality, precipitated by excessive application of chemical fertilisers, which has generated countervailing effects that fundamentally undermine the positive effect of subsidy policies on agricultural output. Consequently, the mitigation of agricultural pollution and the elevation of ecological quality have emerged as pivotal directions for the reform of agricultural subsidies. Using both time-varying difference-in-differences (DID) models and spatial DID models in this study, we examined the...
How does air pollution perception affect farmers' decisions on agricultural mechanisation? Evidence from rural China
Junkai Ma, Xintong Liang
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(9):475-484 | DOI: 10.17221/328/2024-AGRICECON
Air pollution is beyond an environmental or health issue. The impact of air pollution on farmers' decisions on agricultural mechanisation has always been overlooked and debate persists over subjective and objective pollution. Adopting data set from the China Labour Force Dynamics Survey, we investigate the influence of air pollution perceptions on farmers' mechanised farming. The endogeneity problem is addressed through the instrumental variable method. The consequences reveal that air pollution perceptions strengthen farm mechanisation, and reduced farming time is the key intrinsic mechanism through which perceived air pollution affects farmers' decisions...
Does livestock manure recycling among acquaintance networks decouple crop and livestock production? Evidence from rural China
Ying Wang, Guanghui Jiang, Jisheng Min
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(9):512-525 | DOI: 10.17221/219/2024-AGRICECON
Livestock manure serves as a vital source of organic fertiliser, with efficient utilisation being crucial for sustainable agricultural development. However, with the development of specialised high-input agriculture, livestock manure recycling (LMR) is currently inefficient and leading to the imbalance between surplus manure and croplands. This study theoretically and empirically investigates whether LMR among acquaintance networks influence the crop–livestock integration (CLI) production. Based on survey data of swine farmers in rural China, the estimates indicate that LMR among acquaintance networks enhances the degree of CLI but may result...
A study on the participation of family farms in order-based agriculture in the southwest mountainous regions of China: A social capital perspective
Liu Xiaoliang, Song Lili, Zhang Enguang
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(9):502-511 | DOI: 10.17221/37/2024-AGRICECON
Order-based agriculture aligns with the fundamental requirements for the high-quality development of modern agriculture in the new era. This study investigates how social capital influences the participation of family farms in order-based agriculture across the mountainous regions of southwestern China. Drawing on survey data from 557 farms and employing logit and Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) mediation effect models, the research reveals that social capital significantly promotes participation. Specifically, stronger social networks, heightened trust, and established norms are associated with increased engagement. While access to information mediates this...
Perception of resilience and its determinants with a focus on farm size: The case of agricultural enterprises in the Czech Republic
Ilona Svobodová, Marie İimpachová Pechrová, Milan Takáè
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...
The impact of contract farming on household income and poverty alleviation: Insights from smallholder poultry farmers in arid and semi-arid regions of Kenya
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 outputs
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...
Factors affecting grain loss reduction efforts among Chinese farmers
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,...
Understanding meat and fish consumption: Socio-demographic and value insights from five European countries
Diana Kmeğková, Milan İèasnŭ, Iva Zvìĝinová, Vojtìch Máca
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(7):394-409 | DOI: 10.17221/348/2024-AGRICECON
Current dietary patterns in developed countries, characterised by high intakes of processed and animal-source foods, are linked to increased obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, as well as environmental burdens. This paper investigates determinants of red meat, white meat, and fish consumption across five European countries, using representative survey data from over 10 000 individuals. Our findings reveal that men consume more red meat and fish than women, though, when adjusted for body weight, women consume significantly more white meat and fish. While vegetarians are mostly people younger than 35 years, meat eaters in the same age...
Has contract farming improved the green technology efficiency of vegetable growers? Empirical evidence from rural areas in Shandong Province, China
Qi Li, Zixuan Wang
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(7):378-393 | DOI: 10.17221/43/2024-AGRICECON
Contract farming is regarded as an effective strategy for smallholder farmers in developing countries to enhance their agricultural competitiveness. However, limited research exists on its potential to promote green, sustainable development. This paper investigates the impact of contract farming participation on farmers' green technology efficiency using data from a sample of 627 vegetable growers in Shandong, China and employs the propensity score matching method. Our findings are as follows: i) Under the counterfactual assumption, participation in contract farming increases green technology efficiency from 0.560 to 0.614. The efficiency of contract...
Exploring the role of epistemic benefit and responsible tourist behaviour in the selection of local wine by tourists
Edgar J. Sabina del Castillo, Ricardo J. Díaz Armas, Desiderio Gutiérrez Taño
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(7):410-422 | DOI: 10.17221/383/2023-AGRICECON
The consumption of local wine at tourist destinations plays a fundamental role in creating authentic experiences. However, there is very little research that has looked in depth into the factors that influence tourists' consumption of this product, especially in relation to epistemic benefits and responsible tourist behaviour. This study proposes a theoretical model based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). We conducted a survey involving 619 travellers who regularly consume wine when visiting Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The results show that epistemic benefit and responsible tourist behaviour have a positive relationship with attitudes...
A study on benefit distribution of agricultural product quality governance under the perspective of digital supply chain
Zhan Shuai, Wan Zhilan
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(7):357-377 | DOI: 10.17221/311/2023-AGRICECON
As the strategy for building a robust agricultural nation gains momentum and agricultural science and technology advances, the quality of agricultural products has seen significant improvement, accompanied by an increase in the economic income of agricultural producers and operators. Therefore, the fair and reasonable implementation of the revenue distribution of the agricultural supply chain is of great significance in improving the quality of agricultural products and ensuring the stable operation of the supply chain. The article focuses on the three main bodies of the agricultural supply chain, namely production and price co-integration enterprises,...
Unintended consequences of trade in environmental innovation: Agricultural emissions, sectoral leakage, and the Kuznets curve hypothesis
Xinyi Gu, Jianmin Li, Farzan Yahya, Muhammad Waqas, Amad Rashid
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(6):298-307 | DOI: 10.17221/399/2024-AGRICECON
Mitigating emissions from the agricultural sector is crucial for achieving sustainable development goals. However, controlling emissions in one sector can lead to unintended consequences in others through leakage effects. Grounded in the theoretical propositions of sectoral shift theory (SST), the rebound effect, and leakage effects, this study investigates the asymmetric impact of environmentally sound technology (EST) imports and exports on agricultural emissions (N₂O and methane) within the framework of the agricultural Kuznets curve (AKC). Utilising a balanced panel dataset of 105 countries from 2010 to 2020, we employ the Westerlund cointegration...
Structural characteristics and determinants of the patent collaboration network in China's agricultural sector
Xiao Cheng
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(6):285-297 | DOI: 10.17221/369/2024-AGRICECON
Drawing upon data on co-signed patents in China's agricultural sector between 2015 and 2022, this paper explores the structural characteristics and determinants of the patent collaboration network in agricultural technology involving universities (U), enterprises (E) and research institutes (R). The results of social network analysis (SNA) revealed that the patent collaboration network is expanding in scale, but innovators are sparsely connected to others. Although the subnetwork linked by enterprises is the largest, universities and research institutes are more likely to play roles as hubs and bridges in the network. Furthermore, quadratic assignment...
How have global pandemics destabilised the food market?
Meng Qin, Chi-Wei Su, Jinhao Cui
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(6):323-335 | DOI: 10.17221/323/2023-AGRICECON
The paper explores the influence of global pandemic uncertainty (GPU) on food prices (FP) by using the mixed-frequency vector autoregression (MF-VAR) model. Empirical findings indicate that the influence of GPU on FP varies across different scenarios, exhibiting either positive, negative, or insignificant effects. A positive influence implies that GPU fuels panic-buying and stockpiling behaviours, thereby boosting food demand. Concurrently, disruptions in agricultural production and food export restrictions tighten the market supply, potentially pushing FP upwards. Conversely, a negative effect suggests that...
Research on agricultural science and technology advancement enabling the development of rural industrial incorporation from the perspective of decomposition
Sheng Yao, Guosong Wu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(6):308-322 | DOI: 10.17221/294/2023-AGRICECON
Taking China as an example in this study, we aim to reveal the enabling effects of agricultural science and technology advancement on the progress of rural industrial incorporation at a relatively more refined level. The main innovation in this study lies in the decomposition of agricultural science and technology advancement, followed by an analysis of its effect on rural industrial incorporation along both linear and non-linear dimensions. The study results show that, along the linear dimension, agricultural science and technology advancement, agricultural knowledge advancement and agricultural technology advancement play significant driving roles...
Bridging credit gaps for sustainable agriculture: The role of rural savings and credit cooperatives among smallholder farmers
Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso, Shangao Wang, Xianhui Geng, Shadrack Kipkogei
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(5):254-272 | DOI: 10.17221/436/2024-AGRICECON
Despite the recognised benefits of climate smart agriculture (CSA) in enhancing farmers' adaptive capacity to climate risks, adoption rates remain low in Sub-Saharan Africa. This disparity can be attributed, in part, to the significant challenges smallholder farmers face in accessing credit from the formal financial sector. In response, Rural Saving and Credit Cooperatives (RUSACCOs) have emerged as crucial sources of funding for both household expenses and agricultural activities. However, despite their increasing importance in improving financial inclusion, little is known about whether participation in RUSACCOs can help alleviate existing credit...
Synergic strategies in reinforcing the pluralistic paradigm, inclusion and diversity as a catalyst for social sustainability focusing on agribusinesses
Hana Urbancová, Pavla Vrabcová, Peter Madzík, Aleı Kocourek
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(5):273-284 | DOI: 10.17221/371/2024-AGRICECON
Addressing social sustainability, gender dynamics, strengthening educational diversity and ensuring inclusive partnership structures are all key components of promoting inclusion, not only in the agricultural sector. Diversity management is a human resource trend based on respect for inclusive culture, gender and ethnic diversity, multifaceted equality or the use of virtual teams under the right working conditions, but when not applied correctly it may produce undesired effects in agribusinesses as well as in other economics sectors. This paper aims to identify effective approaches to setting working conditions used by organisations to promote inclusion,...
Assessing the impact of China's National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone policy on agricultural carbon emissions
Yuqian Zhang, Yixuan Wang, Chenchen Su, Jiahong Guo, Chen Xu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(5):242-253 | DOI: 10.17221/205/2024-AGRICECON
The global focus on the relationship between digitisation and agricultural carbon emissions remains high. However, research on the systemic ramifications of comprehensive digital policy implementation remains limited. Against the backdrop of China's pursuit of carbon neutrality and carbon emission peaking targets, we employed the difference-in-differences method to investigate the impact of applying a digital policy on agricultural carbon emissions. Our findings indicated that the implementation of the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone policy could effectively mitigate agricultural carbon emissions, resulting in a sustained positive...
The path to smart farming: Profiling farmers' adoption of technologies in Türkiye
Huseyin Tayyar Guldal, Hasan Sanli, Metin Turker
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(5):229-241 | DOI: 10.17221/401/2023-AGRICECON
This study investigates the characteristics associated with the adoption of smart farming technologies in Turkish agriculture. By surveying 325 farmers across six regions in Türkiye, the research identifies key attributes influencing adoption patterns. Four distinct profiles emerge: technology users, non-users, young educated female farmers, and traditionalists. Exploratory findings from Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) indicate that attributes such as agricultural insurance, credit utilisation, knowledge of smart farming systems, and tractor ownership are commonly observed among technology users. Ordinal logistic regression further quantifies...
The economic aspects of organic farms selling their products to organic or conventional market
Zuzana Fuksová, Iveta Boıková, Jana Hlaváèková, Marek Novák
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(4):218-227 | DOI: 10.17221/370/2024-AGRICECON
Organic farming is a topic often discussed in the scientific community and public space. The current European policy strongly supports the enhancement of organic farming concerning the environment, sustainability, and social aspects. It is generally assumed that a lower intensity of production, yields, livestock utility, fertilisation, and total costs should be compensated by premium prices, subsidies, or higher economic performance. Research revealed that achieving premium prices for organic products on the market is not obvious for organic farmers as some organic commodities have been sold on the conventional market. Our study focused on the price...
Psychological perspectives on smallholder farmers' choice of climate change adaptation strategies and productivity nexus in Southwest, Nigeria
Adetomiwa Kolapo, Akeem Abiade Tijani, Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi, Adeyera James Kolapo, Temitope Oluwaseun Ojo, Nolwazi Zanele Khumalo, Khalid. Mohamed Elhindi, Hazem Kassem
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(4):185-202 | DOI: 10.17221/87/2024-AGRICECON
In recent pasts, high priority has been placed on encouraging the implementation of various climate change adaptation techniques to adapt to the disastrous effects of climate change. Like in other countries affected by climate change, Nigerian farmers were also encouraged by governmental and non-governmental organisations to implement techniques for adapting to climate change impact. In this study, we use a psychological approach to investigate how a mix of socioeconomic and psycho-cognitive factors affect smallholder farmers' decisions about various climate change adaptation strategies and the consequent impact of the adoption of adaptation strategies...