Agricultural Economics, 2016 (vol. 62), issue 12
VOLUME 62, CONTENTS
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Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):I-III | DOI: 10.17221/9325-AGRICECON 
AUTHORS INDEX, 62
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Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):IV-V | DOI: 10.17221/9326-AGRICECON
LIST OF REVIEWERS, 62
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Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):VI | DOI: 10.17221/9327-AGRICECON
Robust parameter design for the optimisation of cutting conditions according to energy efficiency criteriaOriginal Paper
Tomas MACAK, Jan HRON
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):537-542 | DOI: 10.17221/330/2016-AGRICECON
An important objective in process design in the wood-processing industry is to make the system robust - or insensitive - to sources of variability that cannot be entirely controlled once the system is in use. Experimental designs can be used to solve some of these problems. The first techniques were introduced in the 1980s by Genichi Taguchi, a Japanese engineer. The objective of this paper is to apply advanced methods for optimization of cutting conditions using a robust design in the wood-processing industry according to energy efficiency criteria. By showing some numerical simulation results, the effectiveness of the proposed model is illustrated.
Consequences of maize cultivation intended for biogas productionOriginal Paper
Zuzana LAJDOVA, Jan LAJDA, Jaroslav KAPUSTA, Peter BIELIK
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):543-549 | DOI: 10.17221/209/2016-AGRICECON
A standard concept of biogas plants - strong maize silage concept is due to its high economic advantage as the maize silage is one of the most effective substrate for anaerobic digestion in matter of biogas yield. Increasing demand for maize silage, reflected in a rise of its price, endangers the economic effectiveness and therefore economic sustainability of the biogas sector. This situation also creates negative externalities related to upward pressure on food prices and lower livestock production. Moreover, biogas plants focused primarily on maize silage could increase the area of arable land for growing maize for energy purposes and decline the...
Economic efficiency of the AOQL single sampling plans for the inspection by variablesOriginal Paper
Jindrich Klufa
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):550-555 | DOI: 10.17221/293/2015-AGRICECON
The paper refers to the AOQL (Average Outgoing Quality Limit) single sampling plans when the remainder of the rejected lots is inspected. These rectifying AOQL plans for inspection by variables were created by the author of this paper and published in the Statistical Papers. These new plans were compared with the corresponding Dodge-Romig AOQL plans for inspection by attributes from the economic point of view. Numerical investigations confirm that under the same protection of consumer, the AOQL plans for inspection by variables are in many situations more economical than the corresponding Dodge-Romig AOQL attribute sampling plans. The dependence of...
Optimal allocation of production resources under uncertainty: Application of the muliticriteria approachOriginal Paper
Jaka ZGAJNAR, Stane KAVCIC
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):556-565 | DOI: 10.17221/238/2015-AGRICECON
Analysing economic efficiency of farm production always faces a problem of insufficient information. This is particularly true when the analysis is performed on the reference farm where estimates are based on the average aggregated data. The paper illustrates how the combination of different mathematical programming methods could be efficiently used to analyse the farm-production plan with the lack of the on-farm accounting data. The utilised approach shows how the holistic analysis of production planning as a multi-criteria problem could be conducted. The estimation of the missing information and the disaggregation of the endogenous farm data is enabled...
Agriculture and Environmental Kuznets Curves in the case of Turkey: evidence from the ARDL and bounds testOriginal Paper
Nezahat DOGAN
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):566-574 | DOI: 10.17221/112/2015-AGRICECON
The paper empirically analyses the long run relationship between agricultural performance and the carbon dioxide emission in Turkey by using the annual data covering 1968-2010. The Bounds test approach for the co-integration and ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) method are employed to show the existence of long-term relationship between the carbon dioxide emission and its determinants in this country. The results consistent with the Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKC) hypothesis show that the real GDP has a significant positive impact on the carbon emission and its square has a significant negative impact on the carbon emission both in the short...
Altruism, moral hazard, and sharecroppingOriginal Paper
Jiancai PI
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2016, 62(12):575-584 | DOI: 10.17221/219/2015-AGRICECON
The paper provides a new explanation for the emergence of sharecropping in agriculture. Under the principal-agent moral hazard framework, the choice of the agrarian land lease contracts is discussed from the perspective of behavioural economics. The analyses show that the landlord and the tenant's behaviour patterns play an important role during the course of the contractual choice. Specifically, the combination of altruism and moral hazard can lead to sharecropping, which gives an explanation greatly different from the existing theoretical literature.