Agricultural Economics, 2023 (vol. 69), issue 7
Analysis of global warming potential: Organic vs. conventional tomatoesOriginal Paper
Alessandro Scuderi, Giuseppe Timpanaro, Mariarita Cammarata
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(7):267-275 | DOI: 10.17221/104/2023-AGRICECON 
Climate change threatens the possibility of ensuring sufficient and quality food for the population. The agricultural sector, considered to be one of the main contributors to the increase of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq) in the atmosphere, faces one of the most difficult challenges for the sector: increasing production while reducing its impact on the environment. The improvement of adopted practices should be preceded by the quantification of generated emissions. This study aims to provide information on the analysis of the global warming potential (GWP) of tomatoes in Sicily, comparing organic and conventional cultivation methods....
A blockchain-based approach for food surplus managementOriginal Paper
Gianpaolo Iazzolino, Francesca Guerriero, Luigino Filice, Giorgio Scarpelli
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(7):276-283 | DOI: 10.17221/146/2023-AGRICECON
Food surplus recovery is one of the priorities of modern society. Mass distribution allows one to reserve goods unsuitable for selling for organisations able to distribute them to people in need. This work contributes to this direction by considering a reward programme for donors. A methodology for supporting the cycle of the reallocation of the food surplus to people in need usingblockchain technology to support the traceability of the flows and to allow the exact evaluation of the rewards to be assigned to each retailer is described. A mathematical model is proposed for calculating the reward. An actual application of the methodology is also...
A parametric analysis of eco-efficiency and its determinants: Evidence from Norwegian dairy farmsOriginal Paper
Habtamu Alem
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(7):284-290 | DOI: 10.17221/149/2023-AGRICECON
This study aims to estimate eco-efficiency scores and identify determinants of Norwegian dairy farms using a parametric approach that accounts for methane emissions. The study incorporates an environmental output measure and draws on 30 years of panel data from 692 specialist dairy farms (1991–2020). The findings indicate that Norwegian dairy farms are inefficient, with room for improvement in the dairy production system and the environment. According to the average eco-efficiency score, conventional dairy farms could cut input use and CH4 emissions by 5% while maintaining output. Furthermore, the study found that land tenure,...
Economic determinants of the development and sustainability of family farms in SlovakiaOriginal Paper
Katarína Novotná, ¥ubomír Gurèík, Zuzana Lu¹òáková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2023, 69(7):291-299 | DOI: 10.17221/143/2023-AGRICECON
The sustainability of the family business mirrors the business success and functionality of the family. Sustainability cannot be ensured without sufficient business profitability, solvency and financial stability. A company unable to pay its obligations on time is insolvent and, therefore, unhealthy. The paper’s main goal is to evaluate the impact of selected economic aspects on the sustainability of family farms in Slovakia. The Finstat database serves as the source of input data for the research. For the economic analysis of the family and non-family sets of companies, Grünwald's bonity index (GIB) was chosen for its universality. According...