Agricultural Economics, 2020 (vol. 66), issue 12
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Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(12):I-III | DOI: 10.17221/13145-AGRICECON 
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A Bayesian analysis of hop price fluctuationsOriginal Paper
Douglas MacKinnon, Martin Pavlovič
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(12):519-526 | DOI: 10.17221/239/2020-AGRICECON
This paper quantifies the correlation between U.S. season average prices for hops with U.S. hop stocks and U.S. hop hectarage. The Hop Equilibrium Ratio, a measure of the supply/demand relationship for U.S. hops, was introduced. Through the Bayesian inference method, the authors used these data to calculate the effect an incremental change to one metric had on the probability of directional changes of future U.S. season average prices (SAP). Between 2010 and 2020, the dominance of proprietary varieties created unprecedented cartel-like powers offering opportunities for supply- and price-management. Research results will enable more accurate forecasting...
Revisiting the effects of relevant factors on Pakistan's agricultural products exportOriginal Paper
Zaid Ashiq Khan, Mansoor Ahmed Koondhar, Noshaba Aziz, Uzair Ali, Liu Tianjun
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(12):527-541 | DOI: 10.17221/252/2020-AGRICECON
Pakistan is an agriculture-based country, so the agricultural sector is known as the backbone of the national economy. Considering the national economy and the agricultural industry, it is necessary to focus on earnings through agricultural products export to improve the livelihood of local farmers. Therefore, the current study aimed to analyse the short-term and long-term factors affecting agricultural products export. The annual time series of 1976-2016 were collected from World Bank indicators, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Statistical Bureau of Pakistan. An autoregressive distributed lag, along with a vector error...
Impact of rice harvest loss by mechanization or outsourcing: Comparison of specialized and part-time farmersOriginal Paper
Xue Qu, Daizo Kojima, Yukinaga Nishihara, Laping Wu, Mitsuyoshi Ando
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(12):542-549 | DOI: 10.17221/253/2020-AGRICECON
One-third of the world's food is lost and wasted each year, making reducing food loss and waste one of the promising ways to ensure global food security. This study conducts a comparative analysis of the differences among the factors affecting rice harvest loss of specialized and part-time farmers. Data collected from 1 106 farmers in China were analysed using Tobit regression. The results indicated the following: i) The average rice harvest loss rate of part-time farmers is higher than that of specialized farmers. ii) Among the variables considered, most factors not only increase the loss of part-time...
A spatiotemporal analysis of comparative advantage in tea production in ChinaCase Study
Yihui Chen, Minjie Li, Assem Abu Hatab
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(12):550-561 | DOI: 10.17221/85/2020-AGRICECON
Tea is one of the most important cash crops and widely consumed beverages worldwide and plays a significant role in rural development, poverty reduction, and food security in many developing countries. Nevertheless, very few empirical studies have analysed the comparative advantage of the tea industry in developing countries. Taking Fujian Province, China, as the object of a case study, we carried out a spatiotemporal analysis of the determinants of the tea industry's revealed comparative advantage (RCA) during the period 2010-2018. The empirical analysis relied on a calculation of RCA and an estimation of a geographically and temporally weighted regression...