Agricultural Economics, 2006 (vol. 52), issue 2

Mathematical programming models for agri-environmental policy analysis: A case study from the White Carpathians

P. Havlík, F. Jacquet, J.M. Boisson, S. Hejduk, P. Veselý

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(2):51-66 | DOI: 10.17221/4996-AGRICECON  

BEGRAB_PRO.1 - a mathematical programming model for BEef and GRAssland Biodiversity PRoduction Optimisation - elaborated for analysis of organic suckler cow farms in the Protected Landscape Area White Carpathians, the Czech Republic, is presented and applied to the analysis of jointness between several environmental goods. In this way, the paper complements recent studies on jointness between commodities and non-commodities. If these goods are joint in production, agri-environmental payments must be carefully designed because they do not influence only production of the environmental good they are intended for but also the production of other environmental...

Age structure and the burden carried by the productive population of the Czech Republic

J. Dufek

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(2):67-75 | DOI: 10.17221/4997-AGRICECON  

The study evaluates the age structure of the Czech population with the emphasis on the burden born by the productive population due to the pre-productive and post-productive population. The extent of the burden born by the productive population is measured by the age structure coefficients. The situation is best described by the youth and old age dependency coefficients, the overall dependency coefficient, and the ageing index. The dynamic aspects can be best analyzed on the basis of the inflow and outflow coefficients. During the last century, the demographic development was seriously disrupted by a series of events that caused the birth rate fluctuation....

Analysis of economic risks of hop growing

M. Kavka, V. Rataj, Z. Trávníček, V. Ciniburk, Pavel Kavka, Petr Kavka

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(2):76-82 | DOI: 10.17221/4998-AGRICECON  

The hitherto development of agricultural production shows that one of the characteristic attributes of the present period is great economic instability. Monitoring of the development of prices of inputs and outputs as well as climatic conditions reveals that similar problems are not limited to the Central European countries. Prosperity and competitiveness of the production is a function of mutual relations of costs, prices and yields. For the sound managerial decision-making, it is necessary to continually analyse and evaluate the rate of risk - soundness of the planned results (Rataj, Kavka 1999; Rataj 2001). For that reason, this contribution concerns...

Internal environment of a bakery and its analysis

H. Chládková

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(2):83-88 | DOI: 10.17221/4999-AGRICECON  

The Delta Group with its daughter company Delta Pekárny, a.s., belongs to the most significant firms in the Czech food processing industry and it is number one baking company in the Czech market of fresh, long-shelf-life and frozen bakery products. The Delta Group associates eleven industrial bakeries in the Czech Republic and four in Slovakia, in addition to mills, Delta Frozen Products frozen-pastry plant, Delibake and Harry's Delta sweet long-shelf-life bakery products' plant, Vegilife company producing healthy food, Eureca Shops running Paneria, Fr. Odkolek fast-food outlets and Le Patio restaurants. In order to consolidate its status of a strong...

Organic beef farming in the Czech Republic: structure, development and economic performance

A. Hrabalová, K. Zander

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(2):89-100 | DOI: 10.17221/5000-AGRICECON  

The paper analyzes the development and the prospects of organic farming in the Czech Republic with particular emphasis on organic beef farming. The background information on organic farming in the Czech Republic regarding the structure of land use, legislation and support payments as well as a short description of the market for organic beef is provided. An analysis of the economic performance and of the impact of payments on the economic situation of organic beef farms follows. Grazing livestock farms, mostly cow-calf systems, are the most widespread farm type in the Czech Republic. Five typical farm models were set up with the aim of giving an overview...