Agricultural Economics, 2020 (vol. 66), issue 7

Drivers of farm performance in Czech crop farmsOriginal Paper

Vladimír Kostlivý, Zuzana Fuksová, Tamara Rudinskaya

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(7):297-306 | DOI: 10.17221/231/2019-AGRICECON  

When analysing drivers affecting the farm performance, the presence of different technologies should be taken into account. We assume that the technology used by crop farms is not the same for all producers and therefore we use latent class model to identify technological classes at first. Class definition is based on multidimensional classification and determination of indices given by the values of individual components. The principal components analysis is applied to estimate significant and robust weights for the index components. FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) database, Czech crop farms data from 2005 to 2017 were used and three groups of...

Changes in agrarian structure in the EU during the period 2010-2016 in terms of typological groups of countriesOriginal Paper

Jadwiga Bożek, Czesław Nowak, Monika Zioło

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(7):307-316 | DOI: 10.17221/43/2020-AGRICECON  

The paper presents the changes in the spatial structure of agricultural holdings in the European Union between 2010 and 2016 from the perspective of typological groups of countries. The research was conducted based on Eurostat data. The holdings were divided into the following groups: up to 5 ha of agricultural land (AL), 5-20 ha, 20-50 ha, and over 50 ha. Based on the fuzzy classification method, 4 typological groups of countries with a similar spatial structure of holdings were distinguished. The intergroup diversity is high. The dynamics of changes in the number of holdings in particular countries per typological group was presented. A downward...

Is Michał Kalecki's theory of investment applicable today? The case study of agricultural holdings in the EU countriesOriginal Paper

Aleksander Grzelak, Piotr Kułyk

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(7):317-324 | DOI: 10.17221/73/2020-AGRICECON  

The purpose of the article is to recognise whether Michał Kalecki's investment theory works in the functioning of farms in the EU countries. We use the data of farms of the EU FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) system. The dynamic panel (the 1st difference generalised method of moments - GMM) estimator model was employed for analysis. The assessments were related to the economic size of farms. The results have allowed the partial confirmation of the validity of Kalecki's model to explain agricultural holdings adjustment mechanisms in the investment sphere. It is about medium-large (ES4) and large farms (ES5). In smaller farms (ES1-3) this mechanism...

Off-farm role in stabilizing disposable farm income: A Lithuanian case studyOriginal Paper

Vida Dabkiené

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(7):325-334 | DOI: 10.17221/69/2020-AGRICECON  

The paper aims to investigate family farm income volatility by decomposing disposable farm income (DFI) into the on-farm income, income from production support and off-farm income (OFI) over time. The research is focused on the OFI, assessing its role in achieving DFI above reference level based on the average net earnings. Three main indicators consistent with Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) were indicated. The research results revealed the significance of OFI. In 2017, 76% of the family farms were engaged in off-farm activities indicating, on one hand that such approaches as part-time farming or lifestyle farming are becoming more attractive...

Regional trade and food security challenges: The case of SAARC countriesShort Communication

Muhammad Waqas Khalid, Ashar Sultan Kayani, Jamal Mohammed Alotaibi, Muhammad Muddassir, Bader Alhafi Alotaibi, Hazem S. Kassem

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(7):335-344 | DOI: 10.17221/3/2020-AGRICECON  

Higher consumption and increased import requirements for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region can be catered through neighboring trade partners if resources are optimally utilized. The purpose of this research is to analyze the connection between regional trade of SAARC countries and the food security challenges faced by the region. The study uses data from 1990-2018 for Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh to econometrically analyze the determinants of the volume of food trade. The results show that the gross domestic product of importing or exporting countries and foreign direct investment (FDI) have positive...