The journal starts to use a new editorial system
We would like to inform you that from January 1st, 2023, the Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) uses an editorial system Actavia.
New articles will be submitted to the new editorial system (login) on this website.

Manuscripts submitted in 2022 or earlier (with ID xxx/2022) will be processed in the previous editorial system. Login to the previous editorial sytem here.
In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Executive Editor at agricecon@cazv.cz.

Impact factor (WoS):

2021: 2.567
Q2 – Economics; Agricultural Economics & Policy
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.269

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Agricultural Economics

  • ISSN 0139-570X (Print)
  • ISSN 1805-9295 (On-line)

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1954 (by 1999 under the title Zemědělská ekonomika)

  • The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
  • Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Vladimír Jeníček, DrSc.
  • Co-editors: Ing. Jarmila Curtiss, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Jindřich Špička, Ph.D.
  • Executive Editor: Mgr. Barbora Vobrubová
  • Technical Editors: Mgr. Olga Stehlíková, Ph.D. a Ing. arch. Katarína Hanuliaková
  • The journal is published monthly

Aims & Scope

original scientific papers dealing with agricultural subjects from the sphere of economics, management, informatics, ecology, social economy and sociology. An extensive scope of subjects in fact covers the whole of agribusiness, that means economic relations of suppliers and producers of inputs for agriculture and food industry, problems from the aspects of social economy and rural sociology and finally the economics of the population nutrition. Papers are published in English.


Current issue

The impact of geopolitical risk on agricultural commodity pricesOriginal Paper

Kristína Hudecová, Miroslava Rajčániová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(4):129-139 | DOI: 10.17221/374/2022-AGRICECON  

The escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine had a detrimental effect on the global agricultural and food market and the price movements of essential commodities. In this study, we aim to investigate the effects of geopolitical risk on the prices of selected agricultural and food commodities using the linear and nonlinear ARDL (autoregressive distributed lag) model. Our results show evidence of the asymmetric impact of geopolitical risk on the prices of rapeseed, sugar, sunflower oil, and wheat. The findings also show no long-term link between geopolitical risk and corn, cotton, lumber, milk, oats, rough rice, and soybean prices.

The impacts of agricultural subsidies of Common Agricultural Policy on agricultural emissions: The case of the European UnionOriginal Paper

Jeremiás Máté Balogh

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(4):140-150 | DOI: 10.17221/51/2023-AGRICECON  

Agriculture is one of the main contributors to carbon emissions and is also significantly affected by changing climate. This article investigates the impacts of agricultural support on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture in the European Union. Panel regression models were used to examine the influence of subsidies in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on reducing GHGs from agriculture. First, estimates show that direct agricultural subsidies encouraged agricultural-related carbon emissions. Second, the study concludes that the expansion of organic agriculture and the rural development expenditures contributed to emissions reduction...

Corporate governance, ownership concentration and performance of European agricultural companies: New empirical evidenceOriginal Paper

Graţiela Georgiana Noja, Mirela Cristea, Nicoleta Sîrghi, Oana-Ramona Socoliuc Guriță, Ioana Vădăsan, Daniel Cîrciumaru

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(4):151-161 | DOI: 10.17221/78/2023-AGRICECON  

Considering the relevance of the agricultural sectors for the European countries' development, but also the volatile features of agriculture, with unforeseen risks induced by climate, ensuring durable economic progress is foremost for the companies. This paper aims to assess the associations of the key parties in corporate governance (directors, managers, advisers, and shareholders), employees and the independence level with the main outcomes and capacity/size of the European companies operating in agriculture, fishing, and aquaculture activities. Using a newly compiled and complex dataset of 3 184 active companies from Europe, provided...

Network-based business model in the agri-food sector: A case study of Green FingersCase Study

Sagit Barel-Shaked

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(4):162-170 | DOI: 10.17221/2/2023-AGRICECON  

Globalisation and reduced trade barriers have created a competitive business environment, requiring agri-food firms to adopt a new innovative perspective. This research study examines a network-based business model of a new venture offering services to avocado farmers and its potential impact on customer performance. A theoretical framework of a network-based business model in the agri-food sector was developed and implemented in the production of avocados. The Israeli agri-food firm, Green Fingers, was selected as the case study to analyse the value drivers of the network-based business model. The proposed business model can serve as a benchmark in evaluating...