Agricultural Economics, 2012 (vol. 58), issue 5
Agroenvironmental management system - a technique for increasing the natural value of agroecosystems
Petr MARADA, Lubomír KŘIKAVA, Libor KŘIKAVA, Karel KUTLVAŠR, Petr SLÁMA
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(5):201-212 | DOI: 10.17221/38/2012-AGRICECON 
Agriculture in the Czech Republic plays an important role in the degradation of individual components of the environment. Reduction of soil fertility, contamination of surface- and groundwater, reduction of biodiversity and damage caused by it are proven. The agrarian landscape does not provide the appropriate ecosystem functions. It is not attractive for life of the inhabitants of rural areas, and the permeable landscape attractive for investors. It is also not permeable and attractive for investors. The farmers are offered applicable and functional techniques, technologies and procedures. These are not used and exploited in an appropriate rate. Based...
Development of agricultural trade and competitiveness of the commodity structures of individual countries of the Visegrad Group
Miroslav SVATOŠ, Luboš SMUTKA
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(5):222-238 | DOI: 10.17221/51/2011-AGRICECON
The paper analyzes the development of the value, commodity and territorial structure and competitiveness of agricultural trade of the countries of the Visegrad Group in 1993-2008. Over the years, there has been a sharp increase not only to the volume, but also to the value of the traded agricultural products. The territorial structure of both exports and imports has narrowed to a decisive extent, primarily to the trade with the countries of the EU27. The commodity structure of agricultural trade has adapted very strongly both to the world and especially to the European market and it has furthermore reacted to the changes in the structure of the individual...
A tool applicable to the payment of credits for projects of agricultural crops with different income levels
Pilar Valencia-DeLara, Alberto Ramírez-Ceballos
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(5):231-221 | DOI: 10.17221/59/2011-AGRICECON
Traditionally, the banking sector has not accounted for the temporary loss in a customer's income, at any stage of the credit life, caused by the changes or the loss of employment, income drops in business, the establishment and development of new projects of agricultural crops with different income levels, or other contingencies that can arise in the today's economy. To address this problem, the present study constructs a phased model of one mother equation, from which a series of equations of financial mathematics are derived as a response to several needs of credit beneficiaries. The proposed model consists of one scenario, based on a mother equation....
Distribution of the increased tax burden for agricultural products and food in the Czech Republic
Petr David
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(5):239-248 | DOI: 10.17221/58/2011-AGRICECON
The article determines the transfer rate of tax burden to the buyers of agricultural products and food consumer in the most recent major change in the reduced rates of value added tax in the Czech Republic in late 2007 and 2008. At the same time, it identifies the size of the portion of the increased tax burden which agricultural producers and sellers of food carry, after the increase in the reduced rate of VAT in the Czech Republic. The possible future changes in this field are considered on the basis of determining the values of the distribution of the increased tax burden. It also includes the determination of the indicator of change in the selling...