Agricultural Economics, 2006 (vol. 52), issue 9

Public Private Partnerships and possibilities of their using in the field of Ministry of Agriculture

R. Jurčík

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(9):397-400 | DOI: 10.17221/5042-AGRICECON  

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are based on co-operation between the public and private sector. The reason for using it is a lack of public financial sources. For this reason, in most PPPs the management and financing of the project is entrusted to the private sector. In the Czech Republic, the widest development area for PPPs in the scope of the Ministry of Agriculture is probably water supply. The further areas for using of PPPs in the scope of this Ministry are the following: forestry, flood protection, adjustment of water flow, security of water sources, builging of the strategic foodstuff store. Important attempts have been made within the...

Evaluation of the agricultural advisers' knowledge and assessment of the entrance expectations coefficient

J. Andrýsková, T. Foltýnek

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(9):401-411 | DOI: 10.17221/5043-AGRICECON  

Agricultural consultancy is the only way how to reach the money from the governmental or European sources for the most of the farmers. Therefore, education and competences of agricultural adviser forms one of the direct determinants of farmers economical success. This fact produces demand of the agricultural advisers' knowledge measurement and press for their increasing. The AAC (Agriculture Advisory Competency) is a measurable value indicating the adviser's knowledge and competency. Its purpose is to show the expected quality of potential consultancy services depending on the agricultural adviser's education, experience, frequency of the knowledge...

Income elasticity of demand within individual consumer groups and the level of income elasticity of the entire market demand

P. Syrovátka

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(9):412-417 | DOI: 10.17221/5044-AGRICECON  

The paper is focused on the derivation of the mathematical relationship among the income-elasticity level of the entire market demand and the income-elasticity values of the demand functions of the consumers' groups buying on the defined market. The determination of the mathematical term was based on the linearity of the relevant demand functions. Under the linearity assumption, the income elasticity coefficient of the entire market demand equals the weighted sum of the income-demand elasticities of the differentiated consumer groups buying on the given market. The weights in the aggregation formula are defined as the related demand shares, i.e. as...

Analysis of manufacturing networks and supply chains from the operation strategy perspective

E. Smělíková

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(9):418-426 | DOI: 10.17221/5045-AGRICECON  

The aim of this paper is to analyse manufacturing networks and supply chains from the operations strategy perspective. These two areas have traditionally been treated as separate research objectives, but under the conditions of the ongoing globalisation, there is a need to integrate these complementary disciplines to study the networks of facilities. In this paper, there is presented a typology for the analysis of the network system resulting in four basic network configurations. On the basis of this configuration, there is presented the coordination matrix, which distinguishes four types of the coordination activities.

The transmission process of supply and demand shocks in Czech meat commodity chain

I. Lechanová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(9):427-435 | DOI: 10.17221/5046-AGRICECON  

Based on the results of price transmission analysis, the paper aims to explain the asymmetry of price transmission in Czech meat commodity chain, in the supply as well as in the demand direction. The transmission asymmetry in supply direction, i.e. e. from farmer to consumer (especially in case of price growth); can imply the existence of market power exercised by individual links of the chain, especially by processors or retailers. The transmission asymmetry in demand direction, i.e. from the final consumer to farmer, is treated as well, although the possible reasons behind the asymmetry are definitely not the same. Demand shock...

Trend analysis of revenues and costs within the chosen commodities under the conditions of organic agriculture

J. Jánský, I. Živělová, J. Poláčková, J. Boudný, R. Redlichová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(9):436-444 | DOI: 10.17221/5047-AGRICECON  

This paper deals with the analysis of the trends in costs and revenues of selected agricultural products grown and bred under the conditions of organic agriculture. The analysis of the trends in revenues and costs is performed for the cattle breeding, beef cows and for the plant production of spelt, oat and potatoes. Costs are evaluated in the relationship with the direct and indirect costs. Revenues are traced with the help of per hectare yield, efficiency and market prices. Data of the selected file of the organically farming companies for the controlled commodities are compared with the same commodities of the selected file of the conventionally...

H. Geist (ed.) (2006): Our Earth's Changing Land: An Encyclopedia of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change - Review Article

R. Rašín, J. Kabrda

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2006, 52(9):445-446 | DOI: 10.17221/5048-AGRICECON