Agricultural Economics, 2013 (vol. 59), issue 3

Agri-food trade of the new member states since the EU accessionOriginal Paper

Áron TÖRÖK, Attila JÁMBOR

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2013, 59(3):101-112 | DOI: 10.17221/110/2012-AGRICECON  

In 2004 and 2007, twelve New Member States (NMS) joined the European Union (EU), causing several changes in the field of agriculture. One of the major changes was the transformation of the national agri-food trade. The aim of the paper is to analyse the effects of the EU accession on the NMS agri-food trade, especially considering the revealed comparative advantages. The results suggest that the intensity of the NMS agri-food trade has increased significantly after the accession, though there was a serious deterioration in the NMS agri-food trade balance in most cases. It has also become evident that the NMS agri-food trade was highly concentrated...

Strategies and effects of milk producers' organisations in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper

Tomáš RATINGER, Iveta BOŠKOVÁ

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2013, 59(3):113-124 | DOI: 10.17221/66/2012-AGRICECON  

In the Czech Republic, milk producers' organisations arose spontaneously from farmers' initiatives in the late 1990s as a response to the need to secure fair market conditions for dairy farmers. At present, there are 39 milk producers' organisations operating locally, nationwide or even on the central European markets. The paper aims at a better understanding what market conditions and transaction attributes have favoured the emergence and the success of the Czech milk marketing cooperatives as well as if their current objectives and strategies are sufficient for securing their future success. The methodological approach rests largely in the theory...

Macedonian livestock, dairy and grain sectors and the EU accession impactOriginal Paper

Ana KOTEVSKA, Dragi DIMITRIVESKI, Emil ERJAVEC

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2013, 59(3):125-133 | DOI: 10.17221/79/2012-AGRICECON  

The Republic of Macedonia is in the process of integrating into the European Union (EU) and adjusting its policies through reforms in policy, regulations and institutions. This paper attempts to provide an answer to the question: what would be the impact on the Macedonian livestock, dairy and grain sectors of Macedonia integrating into the EU. In order to forecast the impact of the EU accession, the research uses the partial equilibrium model as a comprehensive tool for modelling the complex nature of the agricultural markets. The model simulation foresees the changes of the modelled sub-sectors in production, net-trade and income. The baseline scenario...

India's exports performance in poultry products and the potential exports destinationsOriginal Paper

Sandeep SARAN, Sarvesh KUMAR, Lal Singh GANGWAR

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2013, 59(3):134-142 | DOI: 10.17221/106/2012-AGRICECON  

The study analyzes the trends in the Indian poultry products' exports during the pre- and the post-WTO periods using the Hodrick-Prescott (HP) filtered data. The Simpson Diversity Index (SDI) was used to measure the export diversity, whereas the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and the Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA) ratios assessed the competitiveness of poultry products in the international market. India has been highly competitive in the exports of hen-eggs-in-shell and eggs-dried, whereas India needs to maintain its competitive position with respect to eggs-liquid and live-ducks. India could not retain its competitive position...

Does intention lead to behaviour? A case study of the Czech Republic farmersScientific Information

Chaminda Shaman HERATH

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2013, 59(3):143-148 | DOI: 10.17221/120/2012-AGRICECON  

Agricultural development in both developed and developing countries is mainly dependent on the technology adoption by the farmers. Technology adoption depends on the farmers' beliefs and motives. Many researchers have found that there is a significant difference between intention and the actual behaviour. What an individual intends to do may not be what an individual actually does. Therefore, this paper tries to address the above issue with the farmers of the Southern Moravian region of the Czech Republic. Further, the study tries to identify other possible variables that explain behaviour in the agricultural technology adoption decisions. The theory...