Agricultural Economics, 2024 (vol. 70), issue 10
Are there trade-offs between animal welfare and egg-producing farm efficiency?Original Paper
David Hampel, Markéta Matulová, Martina Lichovníková, Jitka Janová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(10):465-473 | DOI: 10.17221/93/2024-AGRICECON 
Agribusiness is currently faced with the challenge of providing sufficient quality food for a growing population with limited natural resources. Egg production, as an important source of nutrition, is a dynamically developing sector of livestock production on a global scale. Simultaneously, the increasing public and legal considerations of animal welfare affect egg-producing operations. This paper aims to provide insight into missing evidence in the trade-offs between animal welfare and efficiency in egg-producing farms in the Czech Republic and the European Union. Detailed data were gathered on the extent of the enriched cage and indoor cage-free...
Driving factors of green production behaviour among farmers of different scales: Evidence from North ChinaOriginal Paper
Yong Liu, Jixin Yang, Guanghong Zhang, Xufeng Cui
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(10):474-494 | DOI: 10.17221/188/2024-AGRICECON
The agricultural production in China is gradually transitioning from extensive agriculture to green agriculture. In this context, identifying the driving factors and dimensions of farmers’ green production behaviour can contribute to promoting sustainable agricultural development. Existing studies lack investigation into the identification of driving factors and dimensions of green production behaviour among farmers of different scales. This study examined 1 142 farm households from five major grain-producing provinces in the North China Plain in 2019. We employed probit-ISM (interpretive structural modelling) models to analyse the driving factors...
Strategic interactions and market equilibrium in China’s agricultural catastrophic insuranceOriginal Paper
Xiaolan Wang, Xinli Wang, Jundi Liu, Jing Wang
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(10):495-512 | DOI: 10.17221/358/2023-AGRICECON
In China’s agricultural catastrophe insurance market, issues of non-equilibrium are prominent. To understand the causes of non-equilibrium in agricultural catastrophe insurance and to develop prevention strategies, this study employs an Evolutionary Game Model, incorporating disaster and insurance data for three types of cereal crops in Henan Province to analyse the Evolutionarily Stable Strategies in the agricultural catastrophe insurance market. The research also considers government policies and disaster reinsurance as implicit participants in the model. The findings reveal significant differences in the impact of non-equilibrium in the agricultural...
How does urbanisation affect agricultural economic resilience? Evidence from ChinaOriginal Paper
Ruihan Wang, Zheng Lu, Chunyu Tang
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(10):513-526 | DOI: 10.17221/207/2024-AGRICECON
As an important path to breaking the urban-rural dual system and promoting agricultural modernisation in China, the process of urbanisation might have a strong influence on promoting agricultural economic resilience (AER). Using panel data from provincial-level administrative regions of China’s mainland, we constructed a novel indicator system to measure AER, and employ the system generalised method of moments model to examine the impact of urbanisation on AER and the moderating roles of land transfer and heterogeneous human capital. Our study yielded three notable findings. First, the urbanisation process can significantly enhance AER. This...