Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2010, 56(5):243-248 | DOI: 10.17221/114/2009-AGRICECON

Economic profit of ecological farmers in the Czech Republic

Ivana BROŽOVÁ
Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

This paper is focused on defining the basic factors (economic and non-economic) influencing economic efficiency of organic farmers with the accent being placed on economic factors alone. The aim of this article is to carry out the analysis of these factors (with the introduction on the differences from conventional agriculture), primarily at the general level and then, taking into consideration the data available from the undertaken statistical investigations, in the dimension of all organic farmers in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: organic farming, organic agriculture enterprise, economic factors, costs, revenues, profit

Published: May 31, 2010  Show citation

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BROŽOVÁ I. Economic profit of ecological farmers in the Czech Republic. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2010;56(5):243-248. doi: 10.17221/114/2009-AGRICECON.
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