Agricultural Economics, 2019 (vol. 65), issue 7
Approaching environmental sustainability of agriculture: environmental burden, eco-efficiency or eco-effectivenessOriginal Paper
Bazyli Czyżewski, Anna Matuszczak, Andreea Muntean
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2019, 65(7):299-306 | DOI: 10.17221/290/2018-AGRICECON 
The main goal of the article is to compare three approaches to measuring environmental sustainability in agriculture: i) the environmental burden index; ii) the sustainable value of eco-efficient production; and iii) the sustainable value of the eco-effective farm, applied to the sample of 130 EUFADN (European Union Farm Accountancy Data Network) regions in 2015. The study indicates a fundamental problem: the notion of environmental sustainability in agriculture differs depending on the criterion we apply. We recognized a principle trade-off in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which consists of compensating...
Dual quality food: A negative social externality or a competitiveness opportunity?Original Paper
Roberta Sisto, Giustina Pellegrini, Piermichele La Sala
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2019, 65(7):307-313 | DOI: 10.17221/307/2018-AGRICECON
In recent times, consumers and politicians from Central and Eastern Europe complain that some food products sold in their regions are of lower quality and less healthy if compared to those sold under the same brands in Western Europe. This situation, that concerns exclusively food produced and sold under even well-known multinational brands, is brought back by many food Multi-National Companies to the necessity to adapt their products to local tastes and gastronomic traditions. Many tests and studies carried out at European level prove poorer-quality products offered by Multi-National Companies to Central and...
Czech consumers' attitudes to food wasteOriginal Paper
Michaela Macková, Naďa Hazuchová, Jana Stávková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2019, 65(7):314-321 | DOI: 10.17221/364/2018-AGRICECON
The paper deals with Czech households' subjective views on food waste. It examines households' attitudes to food waste, including the causes of food waste. The primary data were obtained via a questionnaire survey with 1 582 respondents. The analyses allowed the identification of three categories of Czech households with different attitudes to food waste and its causes. These findings provide a basis for a proper selection of corrective measures aimed at amending or even completely transforming the current behaviour.
Decision-making style of agribusiness managersOriginal Paper
Katarina Remenova, Nadezda Jankelova
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2019, 65(7):322-330 | DOI: 10.17221/289/2018-AGRICECON
How agricultural managers gain, process and use information in decision-making and problem-solving process refers to decision-making styles. A successful decision depends on the flexibility of using decision-making styles in different situations. The research paper monitors the dependence between the decision-making style of agricultural managers and their personal and working parameters. To identify the decision-making styles, the MB-type indicator (Myers-Briggs type indicator) was used. The results of non-parametric testing give proof that there is a statistically significant dependence between the type of...
Analysis of economic risk in potatoes cultivationOriginal Paper
Milan Cizek, Miroslav Mimra, Miroslav Kavka, Jaroslav Humpal
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2019, 65(7):331-339 | DOI: 10.17221/319/2018-AGRICECON
A number of variables influences potatoes growing, including natural conditions, used growing technologies and market conditions. The most important parameters for the production of potatoes crops are yield, farmer's price, subsidies and costs. All these parameters can change over time. This means that managers of farms must constantly assess the key parameters affecting the economic outturn and analyse the degree of risk of their achievement. This article analyses the economic risks of potatoes cultivation based on statistical data obtained over the last 10 years. The Monte Carlo stochastic simulation method...
Evaluation of influencing factors on tea production based on random forest regression and mean impact valueOriginal Paper
Yihui Chen, Minjie Li
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2019, 65(7):340-347 | DOI: 10.17221/399/2018-AGRICECON
Overproduction of tea in the major producing countries is an important factor which restricts the development of tea. Therefore, the factors from the economic, social and environmental system affecting tea production have become the focus of both academia and practice. Random forest regression (RFR) and mean impact value (MIV) were applied to evaluate the weights of variables. Firstly, RFR was preliminarily used to build a well-trained model, and then the weights of variables combining with MIV were calculated. Then, a well-trained model was constructed after variable selection to evaluate the importance of...