Agricultural Economics, 2002 (vol. 48), issue 11

Favourable and unfavourable aspects in the process of small enterprise establishment in the Czech Republic

R. Werner, R. Zuzák

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):481-484 | DOI: 10.17221/5356-AGRICECON  

Countries associated in the European Union pay great attention to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. At the same time, however, the member states are concerned that following the EU enlargement strong migration flows on the part of new members are likely to occur. Therefore, it is in the interests of the member states to learn whether the citizens of candidate countries are internally motivated to run their own businesses and whether suitable conditions have been created, i. e. whether there are any factors negatively affecting the establishment of small enterprises. To this end, an extensive survey was carried out in the Czech...

Evaluation of the financial situation of farms

J. Jánský

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):485-489 | DOI: 10.17221/5357-AGRICECON  

The study deals with the comparison of financial situation of farms in the Czech Republic. Three groups of farms are compared - co-operatives, business companies and individual farmers. The data were analysed within the years 1994 and 2000. The analysis of financial situation was done by the means of indexes describing liquidity, activity and profitability as well as some other additional indicators such as labour productivity and costs levels etc.

Land relationships in Bulgaria

P. Yovchevska

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):490-494 | DOI: 10.17221/5358-AGRICECON  

Agriculture is a traditional branch for the Republic of Bulgaria. The favourable agriclimatic and soil conditions further the growth of 145 agricultural crops and the production of various products, many of which have leading positions in the international market. The aim of this paper is to examine the nature and specific features of the reform of the land relationships in the Republic of Bulgaria during the period of transition towards market economy. The development of land relationships in this country reflects the economic interests of its society, which show their specific nature in the relationships between the owners and the leaseholders of...

Analysis of the relation between the price of fodder mixture ingredients and the price of chicken meat

V. Pezlarová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):495-501 | DOI: 10.17221/5359-AGRICECON  

This paper aims at finding a suitable model describing the relation between the price of fodder mixture ingredients (wheat, maize) and the price of chicken meat. The procedure of searching for the right model will be demonstrated here on the available agricultural data. The models will trace the development of the price of chicken meat (agricultural producer price - APP) as related to time, the price of feed in the current and previous periods, and the previous prices of chicken meat. It designates five different models for estimating the price of chicken meat. For producers, the best is the Model 5 ( ), which predicts the price two months ahead....

Bio-mass for energetic: Chance or regression?

M. Neruda, M. Farský

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):502-504 | DOI: 10.17221/5360-AGRICECON  

Authors summarise historical aspects of the renewable energy resources usage in the Czech countries, mainly of bio-mass. They are interested in the economic evaluation of the investment efficiency of usage or transformation of bio-mass. They supply facts of the approaching fossil fuels reserves exhausting and therefore an interest of growing trees and plants for energy usage. They indicate the possible utilisation of fallow land and of reclaimed land after the surface lignite mining for the purpose.

Intellectual capital and talents in agribusiness organisation development

M. Horalíková, P. Berglová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):505-510 | DOI: 10.17221/5361-AGRICECON  

Human resources are a key factor in the development and competitiveness of organisations. The concept of organisation's intellectual capital enables a complex and systematic look at the decisive organisation sources (including human resources). Talents - people with management skills and the so-called project talents play an important role within the frame of human resources. Talents - bearers of special endowments and abilities - are a decisive factor in the growth of the organisation. Partial probes carried out in agribusiness organisations have confirmed the significance of both theoretical concepts. At the same time, they have revealed that organisations...

The identification and solution of problem areas of the rural municipalities development with regard to the civic and technological equipment

M. Vosejpková

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):511-518 | DOI: 10.17221/5362-AGRICECON  

The development of rural areas is solved by the regional policy from a great part. Since every country implicating and applying this support system is identified by its geographical and political specifics, many problems rise also in the Czech Republic and they complicate the implementation of the regional policy principles in the final result. The possibility of improving this situation is given through identification of the relevant problems and the realization suggested actions. The problem areas in rural municipalities development requiring solution are as follows: poor transport services, non-existing cooperation inside the transport and mutual...

Developmental trends of world agriculture

V. Jeníček

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):519-530 | DOI: 10.17221/5363-AGRICECON  

On the sixtieth birthday of doc. Ing. Gejza Blaas, CSc.

S. Buchta

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(11):531-532 | DOI: 10.17221/5364-AGRICECON