Agricultural Economics, 2017 (vol. 63), issue 4
The regional structure of the CAP subsidies and the factor productivity in agriculture in the EU 28Original Paper
Bazyli CZYZEWSKI, Katarzyna SMEDZIK-AMBROZY
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2017, 63(4):149-163 | DOI: 10.17221/302/2015-AGRICECON 
he question of what effect the subsidies have on the productivity of farms in the EU has been studied by many authors, but has not yet been answered. A further research is thus required both in relation to the period since the decoupling reform, and in relation to the new member countries in the EU 28. In the paper, it is suggested that the productivity of resources in agriculture is not affected by the total amounts of subsidies, but by their structure. A three-stage spatial analysis was made of an EUFADN representative sample in the years 2007-2012: in the first stage, clusters of regions with significantly different agricultural support models were...
The current state of the issue of information needs and dispositions among small Czech farmsOriginal Paper
Jan TYRYCHTR, Vaclav VOSTROVSKY
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2017, 63(4):164-174 | DOI: 10.17221/321/2015-AGRICECON
The supply of fast, accessible and high-quality information to individual users is the key aspect of information assurances of the agricultural sector. This aspect is closely related to the so-called information need. The paper aims to evaluate the current state of the information needs and information support and their impacts on small farms in the Czech Republic. There is a strong necessity to improve the economic performance of farms in the Czech Republic. Moreover, the need for the introduction of new ICT in farming and farm management has rapidly increased at present. In farming, the ICT directly supports the operational agricultural activities...
The impact of human resources on the agility, flexibility and performance of wine supply chainsOriginal Paper
Jorge L. GARCIA-ALCARAZ, Aide A. MALDONADO-MACIAS, Juan L. HERNANDEZ-ARELLANO, Julio BLANCO-FERNANDEZ, Emilio JIMENEZ-MACIAS, Juan C. SAENZ-DIEZ MURO
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2017, 63(4):175-184 | DOI: 10.17221/23/2016-AGRICECON
The research proposes a structural equation model (SEM) that integrates four latent variables: human resources skills, flexibility, agility, and the economic supply chain (SC) performance for wineries that together include fifteen observed variables. The data was obtained from 64 surveys applied to managers in the wineries in La Rioja, Spain. Direct, the indirect and total effects are analysed to prove six hypotheses that relate the aforementioned latent variables. The results indicate that the skills of human resources are a source of flexibility and agility in the supply chain for wineries in La Rioja and thus a direct and indirect source of economic...
A spatial equilibrium analysis for the possible regional impacts of the European Union full membership on the Turkey's dairy industryOriginal Paper
Mustafa TERIN, Fahri YAVUZ
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2017, 63(4):185-196 | DOI: 10.17221/277/2015-AGRICECON
In the study, the potential regional impacts of the European Union full memberships on the Turkey's dairy sector were analysed using a Spatial Equilibrium Model with 12 NUTS 1 regions as well as the European Union as being another region. According to the results, Turkey starts importing butter mainly to the Istanbul region and powder milk to the Black Sea regions, while exporting white cheese from Istanbul and plain yoghurt from the Central Anatolia and the North-eastern Anatolian regions. In the process of the European Union full membership, agricultural policies must focus on the enhancement of milk productivity to decrease the cost and to improve...