Agricultural Economics, 2007 (vol. 53), issue 6

Countryside in the Czech Republic - determination, criteria, borders

P. Maříková

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(6):247-255 | DOI: 10.17221/978-AGRICECON  

To determine the countryside, different criteria can be used from the simplest one - the population density - to more complex ones like the economic indicators or the combination of factors characterizing the particular types of municipalities or regions. Generally, it is possible to divide these indicators into subjective and objective ones and further to categorize them according to other properties. The objective of this article is to collect as much information as possible about the methods of defining the borders of rural areas used in the Czech Republic and to set these criteria into a system. We would like to evaluate the applicability of these...

Divergence of some socio-economic indicators between rural and urban areas in Slovakia

S. Buchta, Z. Štulrajter

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(6):256-262 | DOI: 10.17221/985-AGRICECON  

The article is dealing with the evaluation of socio-economic development in Slovakia from the point of view of urban and the rural regions in 1999-2005, based on analysis of regional socio-economic indicators. This development is characterised by deepening differentiation between the urban and rural districts in the demographic structure of population, employment, unemployment, level of wages and salaries and private enterprising activities. Demographic structure in the rural regions, compared to the urban regions, is characterised by the increase of the share of population in post-productive age, ageing index and the unfavourable index of economic...

Strategic approaches to rural tourism and sustainable development of rural areas

E. Šimková

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(6):263-270 | DOI: 10.17221/979-AGRICECON  

The paper describes the role of rural tourism for the sustainable development of rural areas and stresses out the importance of strategic approach in the planning of their development. The author identifies core problems, which eliminate their use and disable individual strategies set by some entrepreneurs in rural tourism. Concretely it is the absence of developing projects and focus on the development of individual villages. Then it is the lack of will to cooperate, local resources are not effectively used and the local community is not adequately involved.

Attitudes to work and organization as a part of a competency model

L. Kolman, P. Rymešová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(6):271-275 | DOI: 10.17221/981-AGRICECON  

When modelling an employee competency, several facets of this theoretical construct could be identified. One of them is grounded in the employee's attitudes to work and organization, namely in her/his job involvement, organizational commitment, responsibility etc. The paper deals with results of a survey comparing work and organizational attitudes of four groups of subjects. The groups differed in age (20-30 and 50-60) and gender. The survey was a part of a wider research effort aimed at building up a new method of work attitudes measurement. The previous research has shown a rather specific response pattern in the Czech respondents. The survey dealt...

Factors influencing the consumer behaviour when buying food

J. Stávková, H. Prudilová, Z. Toufarová, L. Nagyová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(6):276-284 | DOI: 10.17221/983-AGRICECON  

The paper analyses buying behaviour of Czech consumer units on the market with food. Authors present the factors that can influence significantly this behaviour, e.g. price, brand, quality, product attributes, habits, price reductions, advertisement, innovation and word-of-mouth. The results were obtained within the framework of a survey performed in a set of 1 074 Czech households by the staff of the Department of Marketing and Trade, the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry Brno, in November and December 2004. Respondents were classified on the base of their annual income, residency, social group, age and education.

Conditions of sustainable development in the Czech Republic in compliance with the recommendation of the European Commission - Scientific Information

M. Hrabánková, I. Boháčková

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(6):285-289 | DOI: 10.17221/980-AGRICECON  

The Program Period of the European Union for the years 2007-2013 is focused on supports of the rural development standardization and creation of the space for its sustainable development. Agriculture in the structure of production and non-production functions is an important factor of social-economic development of countryside and contributes to the increase of its growth potential. Diversification of activities in the countryside has a significant influence on the stability of settlement, the development of employment in the countryside, and sustenance of the entrepreneurial structures in rural regions.