Agricultural Economics, 2012 (vol. 58), issue 9
Profitability of dairy and suckler cows breeding on Czech farms
Tomáš DOUCHA, Ivan Foltýn, Jaroslav HUMPÁL
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(9):397-408 | DOI: 10.17221/181/2011-AGRICECON 
The EU Common Agricultural Policy enables to provide coupled payments for cattle breeding. The article compares the profitability in dairy cows and suckler cows breeding under the Czech agricultural policy and market conditions. It is approved that particularly very large farms with an extensive suckler cows breeding on permanent grassland are oversupported and realize rents. Based on the analytical results, suggestions to distribute the supports more effectively and fairly, particularly those under the Council Regulation (EC) No. 73/2009, Article 68, are presented.
Integration policy in the agri-food chains: theory and empirical evidences
Gaetano MARTINO, Rossella PAMPANINI, Francesca MORBIDELLI
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(9):409-424 | DOI: 10.17221/80/2011-AGRICECON
The paper considers the problem of the organizational adaptation of the supply chain in the face of the emerging inducement to integration. We focus on the policy intervention aimed at achieving a closer coordination among the chain agents and consider the relation between the policy and the spontaneous processes undertaken by the agents. A framework based on four dimensions (state of alignment, enforcement procedures, responsibility and stability) is proposed. This framework supports the hypothesis that the effectiveness of the policy intervention depends on the possibilities of the existence of hybrid governance structures. We analyze the agents'...
New businesses for small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) in the Renewable Energy Sources (RES)
Jaroslav HAVLÍČEK, Martin PELIKÁN, Tomáš ŠUBRT
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(9):425-432 | DOI: 10.17221/116/2011-AGRICECON
The development of renewable energy producers in rural areas creates new job opportunities for the countryside population. The decentralized manner of renewable energy in small cities is one of the ways how to meet the rural and small scale energy needs in a reliable, affordable and environmentally sustainable way. In 2010, the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague has finished the participation in the European IEE project RES COMPASS. In mutual cooperation, with seven partners from the Great Britain, France, Spain, Greek and Finland, the University has been involved in the extensive research concerning the impact of the Renewable Energy Sources...
The role of farmers in Local Action Groups: The case of the national network of the Local Action Groups in the Czech Republic
Miloslav DELIN
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2012, 58(9):433-442 | DOI: 10.17221/148/2011-AGRICECON
The social inclusion of different rural population groups is one of the objectives of the Rural Development Programme of the Czech Republic for the period of 2007-2013. The fourth axis of this programme is devoted to the LEADER method and, as such, it establishes and supports an inclusive and participative bottom-up approach. This article is concerned especially with a specific social group of farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs, and the position of this group in the local action groups that constitute the National Network of the Local Action Groups (LAGs) in the Czech Republic. With regard to this subject, the role of farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs...