Agricultural Economics, 2009 (vol. 55), issue 11
Comparison of agricultural subsidies in the Czech Republic and in the selected states of the European Union
F. Střeleček, R. Zdeněk, J. Lososová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(11):519-533 | DOI: 10.17221/68/2009-AGRICECON 
The Common Agricultural Policy has been implemented in order to guarantee the appropriate life quality for farmers and to preserve the European heritage. Costs of its realization amounted to 40% of the EU budget. The EU has not established the same conditions for all member states. The aim of the paper is to assess the influence of agricultural subsidies and the structure of production on the incomes of agricultural holdings and their comparison with the largest producers in the EU with similar production structure. The shift-share analysis is used. Different amount of subsidies according to the type of farming together with increasing subsidy rate...
Research, development and innovation in the Czech food industry - perspectives
M. Putićová, J. Mezera
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(11):534-540 | DOI: 10.17221/15/2009-AGRICECON
The interdisciplinary problematic of food safety and health protection is being placed increasingly into research programmes of financial means providers as well as from the governmental funds and private funds. Gaining new knowledge about the state of food industry research and development (R&D) base and about the research results transfer, it is possible to stimulate innovation trends cultivating the food market and the life style.
The impact of credit rationing on farmer's economic equilibrium
L. Čechura
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(11):541-549 | DOI: 10.17221/105/2009-AGRICECON
The paper deals with the theoretical analysis of the impact of credit rationing on farmer's economic equilibrium. The analysis is carried out based on the derived dynamic optimization model, which is the dynamic investment model with adjustment costs. The credit rationing is introduced by imposing an upper limit on the control variable, which is in this case represented by the investment spending. Then, the optimal control is used to solve the optimization problem in the situation of both with and without credit constraints. Finally, the situations without and with credit rationing are compared. The results show that the occurrence of credit rationing...
To the problems of agricultural brownfields in the Czech Republic - Case study of the Vysocina region
H. Svobodová, A. Věžník
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(11):550-556 | DOI: 10.17221/1159-AGRICECON
After 1989, Czech economy was transformed into free market economy and this brought many changes into agricultural sector. One of the changes was the decline of the volume of agricultural production which caused that many of objects used in agriculture lost their function and were not needed any more. Here begins the origin of agricultural brownfields. There was no interest in this problem for a long period; a bigger attention paid to brownfields started in the context of the Czech Republic entrance into the EU and with the possibility to draw finances for the brownfields' regeneration from the structural funds of the EU. This article deals with the...
Factors affecting packed and unpacked fluid milk consumption
O. Kilic, C. Akbay, G. Yildiz Tiryaki
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2009, 55(11):557-563 | DOI: 10.17221/594-AGRICECON
This article identifies consumer characteristics associated with preferences toward fluid milk alternatives. Using consumer survey data from Samsun province of Turkey and Multinomial Logit model, unpacked and packed fluid milk preferences were analyzed. Based on the results, 14.1% of respondents consumed only unpacked fluid milk, 58.2% consumed only packed fluid milk and 27.7% of respondents consumed both unpacked and packed fluid milk at least once a weak. Multinomial Logit model results indicated that better educated household head, higher income households, younger and female household head and people who agree with "unpacked milk is not healthy"...