Agricultural Economics, 2007 (vol. 53), issue 3
World commodity trade in the globalisation processes
V. Jeníček
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(3):101-110 | DOI: 10.17221/454-AGRICECON 
The real trade development is estimated by the recalculation of nominal value through unit values (prices). The unit value indices reflect, besides the change of prices, also the changes in the structure and qualitative changes of the traded products. In the 70s, the average yearly increase of unit values reached 14% and reflected namely the inflation caused by the oil shocks. Since then, it reaches in average up to 1%. We can suppose that, under the normal conditions, unit values growth is rather the consequence of the qualitative and structural changes (increased share of the more sophisticated products of processing industry), in fact, prices in...
The impact of the CAP reform and exchange rates on Slovak agriculture
P. Ciaian, J. Pokrivčák, L. Bartová, D. Drabik
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(3):111-122 | DOI: 10.17221/456-AGRICECON
This paper uses a dynamic, partial equilibrium econometric model to analyze the impact of the 2003 CAP reform and changes of exchange rate on agricultural markets and agricultural incomes in Slovakia. We evaluate three scenarios: (1) baseline scenario with no change in agricultural policies (Single Area Payment Scheme and top-ups are assumed until 2015), (2) CAP reform scenario with full decoupling from 2007 and with modulation from 2013, and (3) exchange rate scenario. In the baseline scenario, production increases. Consumption increases with some exceptions (like pork). Agricultural income rises significantly in the baseline scenario. The full decoupling...
The multicriterial evaluation of agricultural enterprises
P. Froněk, L. Jelínek, T. Medonos
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(3):123-131 | DOI: 10.17221/455-AGRICECON
A number of approaches and methods has been applied to evaluate an enterprise's success (rating) in a way to look on the firm’s performance in more or less comprehensive view. The paper presents methodological tools for evaluation of the financial and non-financial characteristics, specifically the application of discriminant and cluster analysis in the case of agricultural enterprises. The methodology for total evaluation will further require the improvement in the assessment of financial and non-financial variables along with justification of their weights. The key thing is to ensure that the designed criteria for total assessment have...
Predication of labour forces and personal expenditures development in Czech food industry branches in the Czech Republic till 2013
M. Putićová, P. Froněk, J. Mezera
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(3):132-137 | DOI: 10.17221/457-AGRICECON
Production of food and beverages is one of the Czech traditional branches of processing industry. The article tries to describe the model prediction on the sector structure development oriented on labour and personal costs in food industry sector up to 2013 and it is based on the continuous monitoring of these indicators in the period 2000-2005. Except regress analysis of time orders, there was used the method of exponential smoothing. With regard to certain antagonistic tendencies, i.e. the lasting fall of the number of workers in the monitored period but at the same time the growth of personal costs, there were projected separate predictions of these...
Eco-certification as a tool of sustainable tourism
K. Ryglová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(3):138-143 | DOI: 10.17221/489-AGRICECON
This paper deals with problems of sustainable tourism. The goal of this work is to point out the current situation, possibilities and approaches to ecological certification in tourism in the Czech Republic. A survey was conducted among accommodation providers - it was targeted on assessing the level of conversancy with ecolabels that already exist in the Czech Republic as well as in Europe. The results of this survey are included in this paper. Furthermore, the attitudes of providers towards obtaining ecolabels were being found out.