Agricultural Economics, 2007 (vol. 53), issue 9
Subsidies for the organic agriculture
J. Jánský, I. Živělová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(9):393-402 | DOI: 10.17221/992-AGRICECON 
The paper presents selected results of the research intent No. MSM 6215648904 "Czech national economy in processes of integration and globalization and the development in sectors of agriculture and services under conditions of European integrated market". Its authors evaluate the effects of subsidies on the development of organic farming in the Czech Republic and in some selected EU countries. In the Czech Republic, the height of subsidies for the organic farming is continuously increasing. In 1998, the total amount of subsidies was 48 million CZK while in 2004 it increased to nearly 277 million CZK. Numbers of organic farms as well as the area under...
The conditions of organic market developmenti
I. Živělová, J. Jánský
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(9):403-410 | DOI: 10.17221/635-AGRICECON
The aim of the paper is the evaluation of the present sale of the chosen organic products in the condition of the Czech Republic. The sale analysis is made according to the structure of plant and animal products with the help of both qualitative and quantitative evaluation parameters as for example the amount of production and their prices, sales conditions and the used distribution channels. The part of the paper is also analyses of present state of demand for chosen organic foodstuff and of the consumer's interest in organic foodstuff. The attention is paid mainly to the recognition of the consumer's interest in organic foodstuff, for the consumer's...
Exponential model of the Engel curve: Application within the income elasticity analysis of the Czech households' demand for meat and meat products
P. Syrovátka
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(9):411-420 | DOI: 10.17221/636-AGRICECON
The paper is focused on the economic and mathematical analysis of the Engel demand model in the exponential form: q = a0 × ea1/X.Properties of this exponential model are studied with respect to its application possibilities in the field of evaluation of the income elasticity of the Czech households' demand for meat and meat products. According to the used database of the consumer behaviour of the average Czech household from 1995 to 2000 (CZSO-HES), the analysed exponential model of the Engel curve attained the following parameters:, Qt = At × e-17336.8908/Xt,...
Limiting factors in the field of business activities in rural tourism
K. Ryglová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(9):421-431 | DOI: 10.17221/628-AGRICECON
This paper deals with problems of rural tourism development. The works is focused on researching the situation in the area of rural tourism in the Czech Republic, on understanding the attitudes of entrepreneurial sphere and rural population to this entrepreneurship and mainly on the determination of limiting factors that prevent this form of tourism from a more distinctive development. Rural tourism in the Czech Republic is still in the initiating stage of its development and it is not as developed as in some countries in West Europe. This goal has been reached with the help of primary questionnaire inquiry among business and agricultural subjects...
Global architecture of marketing information systems - Scientific Information
F. Dařena
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2007, 53(9):432-440 | DOI: 10.17221/625-AGRICECON
The paper is focused on study of information systems that can be applied in the process of marketing planning. General terms from information systems theory are examined from marketing perspective, particular examples of marketing activities support are identified on the basis of literature review and global structure of the Marketing Information System (MkIS) is proposed. The main subsystems of MkIS - internal reporting system, marketing intelligence system, marketing research system, and decision support system are discussed in higher level of detail. The main attention is paid not only to supported marketing processes but also to technologies that...