Agricultural Economics - Online first
Global trade competition patterns in categorised meat products: A weighted network analysisOriginal Paper
Qianqian Wang, Rongzhu Cheng, Shiyang Liu, Wangfang Xu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, X:X | DOI: 10.17221/266/2025-AGRICECON 
Meat trade plays a crucial role in global food systems and is a key area of competition among nations. This study analyses the competitive network of global categorised meat trade using weighted network analysis, focusing on four major meat types. The results indicate that meat trade competition is dominated by large consuming nations such as China, Japan, and Germany due to their high demand. Beef, pork, and poultry markets exhibit relatively concentrated competition among a small number of high-strength countries, whereas the sheep market is characterised by a more balanced competitive structure and greater variability in the strength-degree relationship....
Does size matter? The non-linear relationship between farm size and economic viability in Czech agricultureOriginal Paper
Radek Zdeněk, Jana Lososová, Petr Zeman
Agric. Econ. - Czech, X:X | DOI: 10.17221/408/2025-AGRICECON
This paper analyses the economic viability of Czech farms between 2015–2023 and examines the non-linear relationship between farm size and viability. Farm viability is measured using the Farm Economic Viability (FEV) indicator, adapted from the Modified Farm Net Value Added approach to account for constraints in accounting-based data. The analysis covers 1 443–2 211 farms annually, representing 44–65% of the utilised agricultural land area (UAA) in Czechia. Farms are classified by both UAA and by economic size. The results show that the share of economically viable farms ranged from 16.6% to 46.9%, with substantial year-to-year variability...