Agricultural Economics, 2009 (vol. 55), issue 1

Energy and the European Union

V. Jeníček, V. Krepl

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(1):1-11 | DOI: 10.17221/2501-AGRICECON  

There exists no energy policy in the European Union, but rather a whole series of long-term goals setting its strategic orientation. Until 2000, when the Green Book named "Towards the European Strategy of Energy Supplies Securing" was accepted, no real debate on the strategy of energy was held in the EU. The Green Book represents a key document of the European energy policy and it originated as a consequence of the fears of the European Committee regarding the growing energy dependence on the energy resources imports, from the politically not stable parts of the world. Among the three key points of the energy strategy, there belong stable supply of...

Elasticity of consumer demand on pork meat in the Slovak Republic

P. Bielik, Z. Šajbidorová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(1):12-19 | DOI: 10.17221/2502-AGRICECON  

Consumers are the starting point of the final product market vertical line. Their demand is a crucial factor in the decisions about production - what to produce, how much, and what way. The aim of this paper is to provide the analysis of the elasticity of the consumer demand on pork, based on the influence of the change of the determinants influencing the demand on the consumer level of the vertical product line, and subsequent evaluation of the character and intensiveness of the consumer demand elasticities. The evaluation is founded on the determined coefficients for the individual elasticities of consumer demand on the selected commodity. The analysis...

Business rules specification and business processes modeling

I. Rábová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(1):20-24 | DOI: 10.17221/2503-AGRICECON  

Up to date business is managed by large-scale different rules that regulate how the business acts and how it is structured. We find the rules in law, regulation, business policy document, procedures manual, system documentation, memoranda etc. These reference resources may provide the specific basis for a rule or offer a background, context or explanation of the business rule. In the recent years, it has been discovered that business rules constitute an entire body of knowledge that has not been adequately addressed in either the analysis or design phases of the information system development. Typically, business rules have been buried in the program...

Sustainability of dairy production in Turkey: A case study

H. Akcaoz, H. Kizilay

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(1):25-32 | DOI: 10.17221/2504-AGRICECON  

The aim of this paper is to show some empirical evidence of the sustainability and decision making in dairy production in Turkey. The main material of the study was obtained from the data collected by the survey conducted in the villages in Merkez, Manavgat and Serik districts of the Antalya province. Within the context of the research, 75 farmers were interviewed in the 2007 production season. The research results indicate that the households are the most important decision maker in terms of farming decisions. 56.3% of the farmers in the small farms, 61.5% of the farmers in the medium-size farms and 41.2% of the farmers in the large farm noted that...

The current demand for the insurability of liability for damage to the natural environment

E. Vávrová

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(1):33-39 | DOI: 10.17221/2505-AGRICECON  

Since 2004, the basic document which has governed liability for damage to the natural environment in the European Union is the Environmental Liability Directive No. 2004/35/EC, as amended by the subsequent regulation No. 2006/21/EC. The main purpose of the legislation was to ensure that the entity responsible for the damage pays all costs for rectifying its consequences. If it concerns damage to natural environment, the operator must undertake measures for rehabilitation, replacement and regeneration of the damaged natural resources. The primary replacement, which returns the damaged natural resources to their original state, may be differentiated...

Selected aspects of taxation of cigarettes in the EU member states

P. David

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(1):40-50 | DOI: 10.17221/2506-AGRICECON  

The level and structure of cigarettes taxation are considered to be very discussed field in these days by the effect of preference trends of taxation of consumption at the expense of direct taxation, stressing the health risks of consumers of tobacco products, externalities caused by this consumption and by the effect of existence of distortions in the market with the tobacco products in the EU states. It is possible to achieve various aims in the field of fiscal and agricultural policies of state, consumption of cigarettes, protection of national market and in the other field by the regulation of excise duty imposed on cigarettes in the EU states....

Determining the farmer demand for olive oil premium support: The case of Izmir, Turkey

M.M. Artukoglu, B. Miran

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(1):51-57 | DOI: 10.17221/2507-AGRICECON  

The contribution is aimed at the research testing the reflection of olive oil premium support on farmers on the case of Izmir, in Aegean Region which is an important production area. The findings point out that small farms benefit less from the premium applications. The Probit and Heckman analysis showed that new policies directed at the small farms are required. In this context, different levels of premium for small farms should be paid, some inputs should be provided, and small producers should be assisted in marketing especially by promoting the farmers through co-operatives. Extension works organized for small farmers may have an informative and...