Agricultural Economics, 2015 (vol. 61), issue 1

Change in the production efficiency of European specialized milk farmingOriginal Paper

Jindřich ŠPIČKA, Ondřej MACHEK

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2015, 61(1):1-13 | DOI: 10.17221/112/2014-AGRICECON  

The aim of the article is to identify the key structural, yield and economic determinants of the change in regional efficiency of specialized milk farms over the period 2007 to 2011. The following quantitative methods were applied on the regional FADN data (panel data of 100 regions): the Malmquist productivity index, the Welsh two-sample t-test, and the linear regression analysis. The article put emphasis on the investment activity and investment subsidies allocated in the sample of regions. The results reveal that regions with a positive change in the production efficiency have a significantly higher average milk yield, maize yield, long-term...

The costs of Age Management in agricultural companiesOriginal Paper

Hana URBANCOVÁ, Helena ČERMÁKOVÁ

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2015, 61(1):14-22 | DOI: 10.17221/93/2014-AGRICECON  

In view of the strengthening demographic trend of ageing of the population and the pension reform underway in the Czech Republic, the problem of Age Management, which focuses on the management taking into account the age of employees, has become very current from the perspective of securing manpower. The agricultural sector has also long been facing problems in the area of manpower. Therefore, the aim of the article is to analyse and evaluate the costs for supporting the Age Management in agricultural businesses and to propose measures leading to the effective utilization of these analysed financial means. The data were acquired on the basis of a quantitative...

Cross border protection of the clusters' intellectual property in the agricultural sectorOriginal Paper

Mirjana KRANJAC, Uroš SIKIMIĆ, Marija VUJAKOVIĆ, Istvan MOLNAR

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2015, 61(1):23-30 | DOI: 10.17221/130/2014-AGRICECON  

The goal of the paper is to analyse the potential for the innovation of cross border clusters from the sector of agriculture. The methodology which is used is the research of intellectual property (IP) of the clusters' members and clusters by using a specific questionnaire for clusters in two countries: Hungary and Serbia. The analysis of results shows a high level of innovativeness within the clusters' members and the need of protection of their intellectual achievements. The similar results were achieved in both countries. They show that the IP rights at the level of clusters should be protected as the cross border trademark and the name of origin....

A study on the agricultural value chain financing in IndiaOriginal Paper

Parvadavardini SOUNDARRAJAN, Nagarajan VIVEK

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2015, 61(1):31-38 | DOI: 10.17221/38/2014-AGRICECON  

Agriculture in developing countries is experiencing profound, fast-moving changes. Globalization, although advancing more rapidly in some countries than others, has hastened the transition from the traditional, low-productivity agriculture toward a modern, high-productivity agricultural sector. The resulting processes of structural change are having profound consequences for employment, the methods of generating income, risk management, poverty alleviation, and the wellbeing in rural households in these countries. This study describes the approaches for the organised value chains as a new business model in a globalized world and it describes about...

Agricultural subsidy with capacity constraints and demand elasticityOriginal Paper

You-Hua CHEN, Jun-Yi WAN, Chan WANG

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2015, 61(1):39-49 | DOI: 10.17221/60/2014-AGRICECON  

Agricultural subsidy has attracted more and more attention. This paper captures the effects of subsidy (including area subsidy and price subsidy) on the total sown areas of crops based on the assumption that subsidy has both stimulating effects and inhibiting effects. Different from the prior studies, this paper considers the impacts of the farmland constraint and demand elasticity and some interesting conclusions are achieved. Firstly, a stimulating effect increases crop sown areas while an inhibiting effect reduces them. Secondly, the output efficiency of farmland as well as the demand elasticity has a major impact on the government subsidy. Besides,...