Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2004, 50(3):130-138 | DOI: 10.17221/5180-AGRICECON

Structural changes and efficiency in Czech agriculture in the pre-accession period

A. Juřica, T. Medonos, L. Jelínek
Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic2

Czech agricultural sector undertook many great changes in the last 12 years. These changes have resulted in the creation of business structure, which, however, is still not finished due to external (market) and internal (enterprise) conditions. The main goal within these changes was to create functional efficient and competitive agricultural sector, which is to survive in ever changing global world, in particular with respect to the intention to join the unified Europe. One of the questions, which is currently discussed very often, is to what extent the current business agricultural structure is efficient in input allocation, eventually which structural changes have to be undertaken to create such effective sector. The main objective of this contribution is therefore to present findings, which were obtained within the research project processing.

Keywords: efficiency, transaction costs, economy of scale, organization, business structure

Published: March 31, 2004  Show citation

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