{"title":"Social and economic points of the rural development","authors":"F. Střeleček, R. Zdeněk, J. Lososová, M. Jílek","doi":"10.17221/5230-agricecon","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/5230-agricecon","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"354 1","pages":"431-444"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76487801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-02-11DOI: 10.17221/37/2009-AGRICECON
C-H. Yang, L. Wu, Hui-Lin Lin
Along with the rapid economic growth, there has been a booming demand for agricultural products in china, but the increased land usage for the manufacturing sector has caused a decrease in the total cultivated land. Through the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach, this study first constructs the index of the total-factor cultivated land efficiency (TFcLE) by taking the ratio of the actual cultivated land input to target the cultivated land input. next, we examine the determinants of inefficiency on the cultivated land use. Based on a province-level panel data over 1997–2006, the empirical estimates indicate that the TFcLE is moderate and fluctuates during the sample period, ranging from 0.601 to 0.713, suggesting room for efficiency improvement in chinese farmland use. The coastal regions are found to experience a significantly higher degree of the TFcLE compared with non-coastal regions. overall, there is no significant competition effect brought on by the WTo entry on promoting TFcLE, though this effect differs between the coastal and non-coastal regions. The second-stage regression results show that the natural and artificial disasters, flood, drought, and pollution are the the main causes of inefficiency. innovative activity and the FDi are evidenced to have a significantly positive relation with the TFcLE in chinese agriculture. We also find the positive TFcLE-enhancing the effects of production diversification and
{"title":"Analysis of total-factor cultivated land efficiency in China's agriculture.","authors":"C-H. Yang, L. Wu, Hui-Lin Lin","doi":"10.17221/37/2009-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/37/2009-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"Along with the rapid economic growth, there has been a booming demand for agricultural products in china, but the increased land usage for the manufacturing sector has caused a decrease in the total cultivated land. Through the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach, this study first constructs the index of the total-factor cultivated land efficiency (TFcLE) by taking the ratio of the actual cultivated land input to target the cultivated land input. next, we examine the determinants of inefficiency on the cultivated land use. Based on a province-level panel data over 1997–2006, the empirical estimates indicate that the TFcLE is moderate and fluctuates during the sample period, ranging from 0.601 to 0.713, suggesting room for efficiency improvement in chinese farmland use. The coastal regions are found to experience a significantly higher degree of the TFcLE compared with non-coastal regions. overall, there is no significant competition effect brought on by the WTo entry on promoting TFcLE, though this effect differs between the coastal and non-coastal regions. The second-stage regression results show that the natural and artificial disasters, flood, drought, and pollution are the the main causes of inefficiency. innovative activity and the FDi are evidenced to have a significantly positive relation with the TFcLE in chinese agriculture. We also find the positive TFcLE-enhancing the effects of production diversification and","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"148 1","pages":"231-242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76572600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of regional unemployment characteristics in the Czech Republic","authors":"J. Dufek","doi":"10.17221/5450-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/5450-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"9 1","pages":"571-578"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78276889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Social-political transition in the former socialist countries led to a new understanding of borders and created the prerequisites for renaissance and significant activation of the cross-border co-operation. This way, Slovakia along with other countries joined the Euro-regional movement in Europe, which spread since the end of 60-ies through Western-European countries. Formation and institutionalisation of Euro-regional relations, links and co-operation was initially hindered by a whole range of obstacles, including the ones with political background. It was obvious mainly in Slovakia where it influenced the existence and potential establishment of new Euro-regional associations. Rebirth of the Euro-regional activities started after 1998. Currently, there are Euro-regions practically operating along the entire Slovak border with its neighbours. The extent and form of institutionalisation and professional staffing varies. Activities of Euro-regions are merely based on projects which bring funding. Projects are broadly oriented, while the prevailing focus is currently on the economic activation of Euro-regions. There is a lack of partner co-operation and co-ordination of activities between countries and their activities, including cross-border activities and activities of Euro-regions. Euro-regional activities play a significant role in activation of border areas in the country, while they have a complementary character for the regional state policy and regional policy of self-governed regions which is being formulated.
{"title":"Cross-border Euro-regional activation and regional development in Slovakia","authors":"L. Faltan","doi":"10.17221/5150-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/5150-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"Social-political transition in the former socialist countries led to a new understanding of borders and created the prerequisites for renaissance and significant activation of the cross-border co-operation. This way, Slovakia along with other countries joined the Euro-regional movement in Europe, which spread since the end of 60-ies through Western-European countries. Formation and institutionalisation of Euro-regional relations, links and co-operation was initially hindered by a whole range of obstacles, including the ones with political background. It was obvious mainly in Slovakia where it influenced the existence and potential establishment of new Euro-regional associations. Rebirth of the Euro-regional activities started after 1998. Currently, there are Euro-regions practically operating along the entire Slovak border with its neighbours. The extent and form of institutionalisation and professional staffing varies. Activities of Euro-regions are merely based on projects which bring funding. Projects are broadly oriented, while the prevailing focus is currently on the economic activation of Euro-regions. There is a lack of partner co-operation and co-ordination of activities between countries and their activities, including cross-border activities and activities of Euro-regions. Euro-regional activities play a significant role in activation of border areas in the country, while they have a complementary character for the regional state policy and regional policy of self-governed regions which is being formulated.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"43 1","pages":"547-554"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78551849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Competitiveness in the production of selected crops from the perspective of variable costs","authors":"D. Matošková","doi":"10.17221/5242-agricecon","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/5242-agricecon","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"685 1","pages":"514-523"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76875547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-02-11DOI: 10.17221/15/2010-AGRICECON
J. Husák
The paper is focused on the problems of the cross-border cooperation and the regional policy of the European communities and the implementation of theoretical issues in the South Bohemia region. The main aim of this paper is to compare the cross-border cooperation and its influence on the regional development of the South Bohemia region between the 2004–2006 programming period (after the accession of the czech republic to the European communities) and the 2007–2013 programming period. The paper also provides the typology of the realised cross-border projects from the perspectives of the number of projects and also their financial allocation. The results document the increasing importance of the cross-border cooperation and its highly positive impact on the social and economic development of the South
{"title":"Regional policy of the European Communities and cross-border cooperation within the South Bohemia Region","authors":"J. Husák","doi":"10.17221/15/2010-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/15/2010-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is focused on the problems of the cross-border cooperation and the regional policy of the European communities and the implementation of theoretical issues in the South Bohemia region. The main aim of this paper is to compare the cross-border cooperation and its influence on the regional development of the South Bohemia region between the 2004–2006 programming period (after the accession of the czech republic to the European communities) and the 2007–2013 programming period. The paper also provides the typology of the realised cross-border projects from the perspectives of the number of projects and also their financial allocation. The results document the increasing importance of the cross-border cooperation and its highly positive impact on the social and economic development of the South","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"32 1","pages":"292-300"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79095731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-02-11DOI: 10.17221/103/2010-AGRICECON
Concetta Castiglione, L. Grochová, D. Infante, J. Smirnova
The paper focuses on beer consumption in the Czech Republic, the country with the highest beer consumption per capita in the world. To understand the recent beer-consumption behaviour, we use the monthly data from a three year period, 2006-2008, to estimate both the 2SLS and the SUR model charting the demand for beer extended to the past con- sumption and advertising expenditure. The demand for beer in the Czech Republic reacts more strongly to the changes in price than it does to the investments in advertising. The results suggest two implications for the policy-makers. Consump - tion is as sensitive to the price of beer and its alternatives as it is to advertising, so taxes or restrictions on advertising can affect the consumption of beer, considering the long tradition of Czech consumers in drinking beer as the strong role of the past consumption demonstrates.
{"title":"The demand for beer in presence of past consumption and advertising in the Czech Republic.","authors":"Concetta Castiglione, L. Grochová, D. Infante, J. Smirnova","doi":"10.17221/103/2010-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/103/2010-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"The paper focuses on beer consumption in the Czech Republic, the country with the highest beer consumption per capita in the world. To understand the recent beer-consumption behaviour, we use the monthly data from a three year period, 2006-2008, to estimate both the 2SLS and the SUR model charting the demand for beer extended to the past con- sumption and advertising expenditure. The demand for beer in the Czech Republic reacts more strongly to the changes in price than it does to the investments in advertising. The results suggest two implications for the policy-makers. Consump - tion is as sensitive to the price of beer and its alternatives as it is to advertising, so taxes or restrictions on advertising can affect the consumption of beer, considering the long tradition of Czech consumers in drinking beer as the strong role of the past consumption demonstrates.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"52 1","pages":"589-599"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79129910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Czech settlement structure as well as the structure of public administration on municipal level is extremely disintegrated. Besides a great number of very small villages – small settlement units – there exists a big share of very small municipalities with self-government. Those municipalities can and often do cooperate in voluntary associations, which can transfer some of their competencies by a specific municipal treaty. This paper is focused on the discussion of possibilities and limits of cooperation among rural municipalities. Different forms of existing collaboration are discussed and possibilities of new forms of municipal collaboration are drafted, including the possible presumed and real dangers of such collabo-
{"title":"The co-operation of rural municipalities – chance or condition of achievement","authors":"R. Perlín","doi":"10.17221/5023-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/5023-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"Czech settlement structure as well as the structure of public administration on municipal level is extremely disintegrated. Besides a great number of very small villages – small settlement units – there exists a big share of very small municipalities with self-government. Those municipalities can and often do cooperate in voluntary associations, which can transfer some of their competencies by a specific municipal treaty. This paper is focused on the discussion of possibilities and limits of cooperation among rural municipalities. Different forms of existing collaboration are discussed and possibilities of new forms of municipal collaboration are drafted, including the possible presumed and real dangers of such collabo-","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"30 1","pages":"263-272"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79284774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information on the proceeding and contents of the Autumn School of Rural Sociology","authors":"L. Kocmánková-Menšíková, I. Herová","doi":"10.17221/5453-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/5453-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"36 1","pages":"587-589"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87042566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-02-11DOI: 10.17221/96/2012-AGRICECON
H. Chládková, P. Tomšík, J. Sedlo
Th e paper describes changes in the structure of varieties grown in the Czech Republic. Th e authors examine the development taking place in this domain within the last 14 years (i.e. from 1997 to 2010). Th e paper analyses the reasons of these changes and tries to describe the future development expected after 2010. Th e article also examines the cost and profi tability of growing grapes and wine prices. Th e current production potential of the Czech Republic is 19 633.45 hec- tares of vineyards. As compared with 1960, the total acreage of vineyards increased nearly three times and the number of the most frequent varieties has also increased. As far as the percentages of Muller Th urgau, Green Veltliner, Italian Riesling and Sankt Laurent varieties is concerned, it is anticipated that their acreages will further decrease, whereas those of Rhein Riesling, Sauvignon, Lemberger and Zweigeltrebe are expected to grow. Th e results from the survey of consumer behaviour in the wine market in the CR point to the connection between the structure of the vineyards and consumer demand. Lem- berger, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muller Th urgau, Gruner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, Saint Laurent, Blue Portugal, Chardonnay, Ries- ling and Bohemia Sekt have been the most popular varieties of the market research.
{"title":"Changes of the varietal structure of vineyards in the Czech Republic.","authors":"H. Chládková, P. Tomšík, J. Sedlo","doi":"10.17221/96/2012-AGRICECON","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17221/96/2012-AGRICECON","url":null,"abstract":"Th e paper describes changes in the structure of varieties grown in the Czech Republic. Th e authors examine the development taking place in this domain within the last 14 years (i.e. from 1997 to 2010). Th e paper analyses the reasons of these changes and tries to describe the future development expected after 2010. Th e article also examines the cost and profi tability of growing grapes and wine prices. Th e current production potential of the Czech Republic is 19 633.45 hec- tares of vineyards. As compared with 1960, the total acreage of vineyards increased nearly three times and the number of the most frequent varieties has also increased. As far as the percentages of Muller Th urgau, Green Veltliner, Italian Riesling and Sankt Laurent varieties is concerned, it is anticipated that their acreages will further decrease, whereas those of Rhein Riesling, Sauvignon, Lemberger and Zweigeltrebe are expected to grow. Th e results from the survey of consumer behaviour in the wine market in the CR point to the connection between the structure of the vineyards and consumer demand. Lem- berger, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muller Th urgau, Gruner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, Saint Laurent, Blue Portugal, Chardonnay, Ries- ling and Bohemia Sekt have been the most popular varieties of the market research.","PeriodicalId":48961,"journal":{"name":"Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika","volume":"19 1","pages":"557-565"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2018-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87057542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}