Agricultural Economics, 2003 (vol. 49), issue 4

An evaluation of the types of technical development in agriculture in the years 1995-2000

F. Střeleček, J. Lososová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):151-165 | DOI: 10.17221/5373-AGRICECON  

This article is divided into four parts; the first is concerned with the methodology of evaluation of the type of technical development and its objectives. Another part will evaluate the type of technical development in the national economy as a whole in the period 1995-1999. The main indicators are fund efficiency, productivity of labour and the technical specifications of work. The third part of the contribution will deal with an evaluation of these indicators in the selected sector of the economy, namely in the farms which are obliged to make public their income statements in the business bulletin. The last part, considered from the perspective...

Land policy in France and its consequence for the farmers

J.P. Boinon

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):166-172 | DOI: 10.17221/5374-AGRICECON  

This paper is related to the application of the land policies implemented in France in 2nd half of the 20th century, and their consequences on the economy of the agricultural sector and the operation of the farms. Starting from a framework of historical and institutional analysis, the object of this research is to analyse the economic and institutional determinants of these land policies. In France of small landowners, the existence of the right of ownership is considered as an obstacle for a fast evolution of the structures of farms which are sufficient size to implement technological progress allowing the profits of productivity. The aim of the land...

Land market in Hungary

J. Popp, M. Stauder

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):173-178 | DOI: 10.17221/5375-AGRICECON  

In Hungary, after the political and economical transition period of the nineties, the transformation of agriculture, the privatisation and the partial compensation brought about fundamental change in the land ownership structure. Recently, the private ownership of land has become dominant. As a result of the land compensation and the restoration of individual shares of the co-operatives members, unfavourable farm structures were established in a great number of cases; and consequently the redistribution of land property has become indispensable. The revival of the market is hold up, on one hand, by the present legislation of land acquisition (by Hungarian...

Development of structure and exploitation of agriculture land fund in Latvia

V. Mičurová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):179-183 | DOI: 10.17221/5376-AGRICECON  

Agriculture is a sector in Latvia which plays an important role in the country's economy and the same time performs a significant social, environmental and ethno-cultural function. Latvia has favourable conditions for the development of organic agriculture. The aim of land reform is to reorganise legal, social and economic relationships of land property and land use to facilitate the development of infrastructure, land protection and rational land use according to the interests of society. In Latvia, the land reform is practically carried out in three directions - restitution of real estate rights, privatisation of real property and compensation for...

Land evaluation data bank of Slovakia

K. Bradáčová, G. Grausová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):184-188 | DOI: 10.17221/5377-AGRICECON  

Precise categorisation and permanent and completed evidence of agricultural land are necessary for rational utilisation of land fund in Slovakia. Current complex evaluation information system is the only system of this category in our country and consists of the following parts: (1) land-cartographic information system, (2) evaluation data bank. Evaluation data bank includes data about all evaluated soil-ecological units in basic classification, according to users, cadastral areas and higher units of administrative state division. Evaluation data bank is open system updated, improved and widened constantly. It is important source of information used...

Agricultural land market in selected regions of the Slovak Republic

©. Buday

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):189-194 | DOI: 10.17221/5378-AGRICECON  

One of the conditions of accession of Slovakia into the European Union is the existence of a developed land market. At present, the official land price is mostly used in the evaluation of agricultural land. The price was calculated on the basis of normative production and normative costs required to achieve such production. As the land market gradually develops, market prices come into being; reflecting the effect of real market forces. With the full-fledged market prices, the task of official prices will be just an informative one. The land market prices will gradually assume all the tasks of the current official prices of the agricultural land.

Utilization of agricultural land, with regard to the accession of Slovakia to the EU

©. Buday

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):194 | DOI: 10.17221/5380-AGRICECON  

The effect of sire-C position on the economics of pigs fattening

R. Stupka, M. ©prysl

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2003, 49(4):195-200 | DOI: 10.17221/5379-AGRICECON  

The objective of the trial in the test station was to evaluate productive performance with respect to sire-line No. 101, 102, 103 in C-position for LWs × (LW×L) genotype in pigs. The productive performance as to growth capacity, feeding intake and quantitative traits of slaughter value was examinated for 136 hybrid pigs divided in three groups of offsprings of LWs boar No.101, 102,103. The feeding of all pigs were ad-libitum. On the base of obtained results, one could say that inside the LWs-breed, considerable differences exist between lines, importantly affecting the overall economics of fattening.