Agricultural Economics, 2002 (vol. 48), issue 5
Micro-economic analysis of farm restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe: an overview of major results
E. Mathijs
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(5):189-196 | DOI: 10.17221/5302-AGRICECON 
The aim of this paper is to summarize the results of the EU Phare ACE research project P97-8158-R, "Micro-economic analysis of farm restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe", that tries to fill the gap of theoretical as well as empirical research into the implications of continuing and evolving farm restructuring in CEECs on the efficiency of the agricultural production sector and the development of rural areas by focusing on the economic decisions and perspectives of farm operators, asset owners and rural households. For this purpose, surveys among family farms and farm enterprises were carried out in 2000 in Albania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Important findings of the sampling survey conducted on farms in the CR under Phare ACE project
T. Doucha, E. Divila, A. Juřica, V. Matalová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(5):197-210 | DOI: 10.17221/5303-AGRICECON
The paper is based on a special sampling survey of farms that was conducted under EU PHARE ACE research project P97-8158-R "Micro-economic Analysis of Farm Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe" in 2000 in one of the NUTS 2 regions of the CR - in the South-East region. The region involves two administrative regions - Vysočina and South Moravian NUTS 3 and consists of subregions with different natural and market conditions (of hilly, lowland and suburban type) representing the conditions of agricultural production in the Czech Republic as a whole. The main results of the survey focused on farms of three different categories are presented: farms...
Natural, production and economic conditions individual farms and enterprises of restructuring in the Slovak Republic
P. Bielik, J. Pokrivčák, V. Jančíková, M. Beňo
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(5):211-214 | DOI: 10.17221/5304-AGRICECON
In the framework of Slovakia preparation for entering the European Union, there was done a Phare-ACE survey in years 1999-2000. The name of this survey was "Micro-economic analysis of farming households restructuring in pre-accession period to the EU". This survey was done in two regions of Slovakia, characterized by different natural conditions, production and economic conditions. This project was aiming not only at private farmers but also at other legal entities producing agricultural products. The first monitored group consisted of 412 private farmers, farming in average 43.2 ha of agricultural land. The second group consisted of 150 businesses,...
Agricultural credits and contracts
J. Pokrivčák
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(5):215-218 | DOI: 10.17221/5305-AGRICECON
The paper considers contracting problems of the transitional period agriculture. The slow and inexperienced legal system makes third party contract enforcement non-viable. Market enforcement of contract is imperfect due to incompleteness of contracts and underdevelopment of informal features (institutions) of the society, such as codes of behaviour, low importance of goodwill, low adherence to ethical norms, inexperience with conflicts solving in market economy. The survey data related to contracting in transitional agriculture are presented.
Analysis of selected financial and investments problems of private farms in Slovakia
V. Jančíková, Ľ. Gurčík
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(5):219-224 | DOI: 10.17221/5306-AGRICECON
The focus of this article is on the emerging private farming in Slovakia, mainly on newly re-established class of private farms. The aim is to analyse the wants and the needs and the current situation of farming entities represented through the sample of 412 farmers spread in two production areas in South and Northwest Slovakia. In the questionnaires, farmers were asked not only about the objectives but as well about their subjective feelings of their current situation in terms of economy, their life standard and their planes to the future.
Analysis of the selected problems of agricultural business entrepreneurship in Slovakia
P. Bielik, M. Beňo
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(5):225-228 | DOI: 10.17221/5307-AGRICECON
Even ten years after the revolution in 1989, Slovak agriculture is characterized by the predominant position of cooperatives. There were shifts towards other types of agricultural entrepreneurship, and some of these trends we documented in our article, based on the data gained by surveying agricultural enterprises. We drew a conclusion that cooperatives are more labor demanding. This also means that they still preserve a social role as a main employer in rural areas. Our paper also differentiates between Southern and Northern (less favorable for agriculture) regions, represented by the Nitra and Žilina region, respectively. We examined soil quality,...
Factor analysis of owners equity effectiveness
Ľ. Gurčík, V. Jančíková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2002, 48(5):229-232 | DOI: 10.17221/5308-AGRICECON
The paper shows methodical procedure and results of factor analysis of owners equity effectiveness in form of quantification and determination of analytical indicators of their pyramidal system. The analysis is realised through comparison of aggregated values of two groups of enterprises (per 30 each group) for the period 1998-2000. First group of enterprises is in the first third of soil price groups in Slovakia (cheapest soil) and the second group in the third of price group of the most expensive soil.