Agricultural Economics, 2020 (vol. 66), issue 8
The effects of the participation in producer organisations on the performance of dairy farmers in the Czech Republic and future challengesOriginal Paper
Iveta Boskova, Samuel Ahado, Tomas Ratinger
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(8):345-354 | DOI: 10.17221/2/2020-AGRICECON 
This study focuses on milk producer organisations (MPOs) acting in the Czech Republic, examines in counterfactual design economic benefits of MPO members, explores the expectations and satisfaction of farmers with services provided by MPOs and discusses changes in MPO strategies in response to market developments. The economic benefits were evaluated econometrically using a direct matching method, while for the assessment of MPOs services and strategies we designed a survey among the members which was complemented by interviews with managers of the three largest MPOs. The results confirm positive economic benefits for farms and rather high farmers'...
Economic and energy efficiency of agricultureOriginal Paper
Marcin Wysokiñski, Joanna Domaga³a, Arkadiusz Gromada, Magdalena Golonko, Paulina Trêbska
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(8):355-364 | DOI: 10.17221/170/2020-AGRICECON
Article concerns economic and energy efficiency of agriculture in European Union countries. The study period concerned 2016. For analysis and presentation of materials, descriptive, tabular and graphic methods and the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method - CCR (Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes) model focused on input-oriented minimisation were used. An assessment of the socio-economic development of the EU countries was made using the following measures: Human Development Index (HDI) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (USD per inhabitant). Modern agriculture depends on industrial energy sources and as the socio-economic development changes into...
Competitiveness of dried sector: A case study of world and TurkeyOriginal Paper
Tunahan Erdem
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(8):365-372 | DOI: 10.17221/98/2020-AGRICECON
The study aimed to reveal the competitiveness of the world dried sector for some selected products such as dried apples, prunes, apricots, figs, and grapes. In the study, the data was subjected to the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Relative Export Advantage (RXA), Relative Import Advantage (RMA), Relative Trade Advantage (RTA) and Relative Competitiveness (RC) indices. RCA is an index developed by Balassa to determine the competitiveness of a specific country for selected products or goods. To demonstrate the economic outlook for the world dried sector, the 2007 to 2017 data of China, USA, Chile, Germany, Iran, the Netherlands, South Africa,...
The impact of the subsidies on efficiency of different sized farms. Case study of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European UnionReview
Jakub Staniszewski, Micha³ Borychowski
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(8):373-380 | DOI: 10.17221/151/2020-AGRICECON
The aim of the study is to determine the impact of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidies on farm efficiency, depending on farm economic size. Although the impact of subsidies on efficiency is already relatively well recognised, earlier studies were focused on identifying this issue rather than explaining the variation in its intensity. Typically, the analysis of variation by type of production and country was conducted with microeconomic data. Our survey is based on data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) aggregated at the regional level, for farms representative for particular economic size classes. In the survey, we apply stochastic...
The planned reform of the Common Agricultural Policy with particular reference to the direct support systemShort Communication
Adrian Sad³owski
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2020, 66(8):381-390 | DOI: 10.17221/397/2019-AGRICECON
Having evaluated the situation in agriculture and rural areas, and having assessed the significance of new external and internal conditions, the European Commission has decided to reform the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. This article presents the essence of the part of the reform plan which affects the direct support system. The author of the article also examines the impact of the reform on the system's capacity to achieve the set goals, and on its efficiency. The research showed that the new legal framework proposed by the Commission would not directly improve the efficiency of the system, but the increased decision-making authority...