Agricultural Economics, 2006 (vol. 52), issue 11
The present significance of commodity exchange trading in the conditions of the current world economy
O. Rejnuš
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(11):497-502 | DOI: 10.17221/5056-AGRICECON 
The paper discusses the importance of commodity exchange trading while placing a special emphasis on the increasingly close interconnection between commodity markets and financial instruments markets. The aim of the paper is to prove that at present, commodity markets cannot be seen as strictly separate from markets trading in financial instruments, as there are increasingly close links between the two, which effectively lead to the transfer of financial resources invested in the financial market into the real economy. The paper analyses the most significant ties that already exist between the commodities and financial investment instruments in the...
Ecological footprint in the organic farming system
L. Lustigová, P. Kušková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(11):503-509 | DOI: 10.17221/5057-AGRICECON
This text aims to introduce the results of the ecological footprint (EF) calculations in the system of organic agriculture (OA). The EF is an alternative indicator of the human activity impact on the environment. It is not calculated in monetary units but in hectares as an area needed for resourcing certain production or activity. OA is an agricultural system which respects natural cycles in ecosystems. It is based on old traditions and nowadays, with regard to environmental degradation, comes again forward. The text contains as well the results of some other researches studying mainly energy consumption in agriculture, which is further converted into...
Agricultural price statistics in the Czech Republic
M. Prášilová, J. Šulc
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(11):510-515 | DOI: 10.17221/5058-AGRICECON
Price indices of agricultural producers and forestry price indices were revised in the year 2000. The process in question involved a revision of the set of commodities and re-basing of the current base period to the new base period effective for the calculation of agricultural price indices. The weighting scheme of products and their aggregated groups has been changed. The contribution deals with the analysis of a new project regarding the construction of price indices of agricultural producers according to the Eurostat methodology. This project shows different approaches in measuring the weighting schemes of seasonal products and products without...
On the representation of expert procedural knowledge
A. Veselý
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(11):516-521 | DOI: 10.17221/5059-AGRICECON
Procedural knowledge is used by experts for complex system control. In this article, the notion of a complex system is taken in a broad sense. It might be a patient cured by a physician specialist, a biotechnological device, a department of some business enterprise etc. The GLIF model was designed in collaboration of American universities for the formalization of medical guidelines, but it can be used for formal representation of any procedural knowledge. The main objective of the GLIF model was to enable computer processing and comparing of medical guidelines. In this, article also a more sophisticated use of procedural knowledge representation by...
Supporting programmes of the growing of short rotation coppices in the Czech Republic
H. Součková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(11):522-531 | DOI: 10.17221/5060-AGRICECON
This article presents some partial conclusions from the solution to the Research Project QF 4142 Higher exploitation of non-food production in the industry. The funding and supporting programmes of the growing of short rotation coppices (SRC) are described. The establishment of short rotation coppices and the subsequent exploitation of wood mass are promising trends of diversification of farmers' activities in the rural space. Plot sizes in ha and financial support to the establishment of the SRC plantations are given for 2001-2004, when a total of 166 ha of supported short rotation coppices was established. The establishment support is paid at a single...
Lifestyle changes and their influence on customer behavior
Ľ. Nagyová, M. Foret, M. Kročanová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(11):532-538 | DOI: 10.17221/5061-AGRICECON
Globalization in trade, the continual expansion of the significant European and world-wide foreign trade networks into the countries of Middle andEastern Europe and the rise in the number of shopping and entertainment centres cause changes in consumer behavior in the Slovak, as well as in theCzechRepublic. Results of the marketing researches conducted by the Slovak Agricultural University employees in Nitra and the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry employees in Brno in the Polus and Aupark shopping and entertainment centres of Bratislava and the Olympia centre of Brno Modřice in 2006 gave us some more detailed information about the social-demographic...
Congressional service provider's potential evaluation methodology and rural development
K. Ryglová, O. Dufek
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(11):539-544 | DOI: 10.17221/5062-AGRICECON
This paper concerns the methodology formation for evaluating the service provider's potential in the area of congressional services. Congress tourism is an economically effective and a very prestigeous event. That is why advanced countries and world famous cities are interested in the top-class congress tourism. For the city which houses the congress it means not only income to its budget but also new job opportunities. We have tried to quantify the congressional provider's potential through indexes. We have created the Index of Congressional Service Provider's Potential ICP.This methodology can also be used in rural development.