Agricultural Economics, 2025 (vol. 71), issue 4
Effect of agricultural socialisation services on green grain production efficiency: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, ChinaOriginal Paper
Yue-Dong Zhang, Jing-Jing Li, Yi-Fang Zheng, Jia-Xian Xu
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(4):173-184 | DOI: 10.17221/296/2023-AGRICECON 
In this study, we examine the effect of Agricultural Socialisation Services (ASS) on green grain production efficiency in Jiangsu Province, China, by using data from the China Land Economy Survey. We used the generalised random forests model in this research to address potential issues of farming household self-selection into ASS and unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects. The results show that participation in ASS significantly improves green production efficiency, particularly for small-scale farmers. Efficiency gains are most pronounced in critical agronomic operations such as pest control, seeding and planting, whereas smaller efficiency...
Psychological perspectives on smallholder farmers' choice of climate change adaptation strategies and productivity nexus in Southwest, NigeriaOriginal Paper
Adetomiwa Kolapo, Akeem Abiade Tijani, Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi, Adeyera James Kolapo, Temitope Oluwaseun Ojo, Nolwazi Zanele Khumalo, Khalid. Mohamed Elhindi, Hazem Kassem
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(4):185-202 | DOI: 10.17221/87/2024-AGRICECON
In recent pasts, high priority has been placed on encouraging the implementation of various climate change adaptation techniques to adapt to the disastrous effects of climate change. Like in other countries affected by climate change, Nigerian farmers were also encouraged by governmental and non-governmental organisations to implement techniques for adapting to climate change impact. In this study, we use a psychological approach to investigate how a mix of socioeconomic and psycho-cognitive factors affect smallholder farmers' decisions about various climate change adaptation strategies and the consequent impact of the adoption of adaptation strategies...
How economic policy uncertainty affect the scale-up of hog breeding in China?Original Paper
Chunlei Li, Tao Feng, Gangyi Wang, Amètépé Nathanaël Beauclair Anani
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(4):203-217 | DOI: 10.17221/8/2024-AGRICECON
In recent years, China has promoted large-scale hog farming through various approaches. However, this scale-up process may be affected by economic policy uncertainty. This paper empirically examines the impact of policy uncertainty on hog farming scale-up using provincial panel data from 2016–2022 and a fixed-effects model. Our results indicate that economic policy uncertainty significantly inhibits hog farming scale-up, and this effect remains significant even when we increase the criteria for recognising scale-up, alternative estimation methods include two-stage least squares (2SLS), dynamic panel model and panel Poisson model. Mechanism analysis...
The economic aspects of organic farms selling their products to organic or conventional marketCase Study
Zuzana Fuksová, Iveta Bo¹ková, Jana Hlaváèková, Marek Novák
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2025, 71(4):218-227 | DOI: 10.17221/370/2024-AGRICECON
Organic farming is a topic often discussed in the scientific community and public space. The current European policy strongly supports the enhancement of organic farming concerning the environment, sustainability, and social aspects. It is generally assumed that a lower intensity of production, yields, livestock utility, fertilisation, and total costs should be compensated by premium prices, subsidies, or higher economic performance. Research revealed that achieving premium prices for organic products on the market is not obvious for organic farmers as some organic commodities have been sold on the conventional market. Our study focused on the price...