The economic empowerment of rural women in the recent development of agriculture through entrepreneurship is considered an important challenge. Rural women often manage complex households and pursue multiple livelihood strategies. Their activities typically include cultivation of crops, farming animals, processing and preparing food, working for wages in agricultural or other rural enterprises, collecting fuel and water, engaging in trade and marketing, caring for family members, and maintaining their homes. The research aimed to collect up-to-date data on Slovak rural women dealing with business in the field of agriculture, women's role and status in society in rural areas, on the farm, women's participation in education, training, and agricultural services. The main focus is dedicated to their share on the management of agricultural entities, land cultivation, employment of rural women and men, and their deal on the selected entrepreneurial activities of Slovak agriculture. Women doing business in agriculture dispose of with considerable knowledge and experience in the agricultural and food sectors. The realized research showed that the scale of farms managed by women is 325 hectares. Rural women in the surveyed group are taking care of about 2.5% of the total area of agricultural land in Slovakia and they are employing 2.40% of the working forces in the agricultural sector in Slovakia. According to our survey, rural women are under-represented in managerial and ownership positions of agricultural entities.
The present linear (take-make-waste) model of economy representing as well with textile and clothing indus-try has slight chances of effectively adopting sustainable development principles. In recent decades, clothing produc-tion has significantly changed and has grown into a Fast fashion trend characterized by mass production of clothes, low prices, and their short life cycle. Supporting the sustainability, circularity, and resource efficiency of all materials, processes and general business operations is essential in this sector. The paper deals with the issue of the negative envi-ronmental, social, and economic impacts of the clothing industry on society. To better understand the situation on the market, paper analyses and evaluates consumer behavior in the clothing industry through the results of a questionnaire survey. Draws attention to the negatives of the linear economy model and proposes solutions to mitigate the detrimen-tal effect of the clothing industry on the environment and society through education, stricter legislation, simplification of the certification process, support and promotion of organic production, and by highlighting the necessity to move from linear economy to the circular economy. Mitigating the negative impact of the clothing industry is essential to achieving sustainable living conditions.
The Proceedings of Scientific Articles and Studies is a partial output of the research project VEGA1 / 0708/20 Socio-economic determinants of sustainable consumption and production and represents one of the planned outputs within the research tasks solved by an experienced team of scientific and pedagogical staff of the Faculty of Business Management of the University of Economics in Bratislava. The aim of the Proceedings is to publish the achieved partial output of the project solution. Contributions are sorted in alphabetical order according to authors' names. The aim of the Proceedings is to stimulate new ideas for scientists who could contribute to the use of new expertise in sustainable consumption and production in the conditions of the current Slovak economy, thus contribute to a more objective view of the researched issues. I believe that the peer-reviewed scientific volume will contribute not only to the popularization of the presented topics, but also to a broader scientific and professional discussion of the authors and their followers.
The art of controlling consists in predicting changes within the company, evaluating the identified changes and then proposing appropriate processes and approaches. One of the changes to which controlling must respond is the constantly increasing importance of environmental aspects at the company level, which is becoming a cross-sectional element of every functional area of the company. In recent years, the term "green controlling" has become increasingly common. It can be defined as a management supporting function that leads to that planning, management and control in the company include the so-called "Green content". The research study is focused on the evaluation of the approach of small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises in Slovakia to the ecological aspects of business, which is promoted by green controlling. In order to obtain objective information, an empirical research was realized -a questionnaire survey supplemented by interviews with representatives of selected agricultural entities. The results of the research study indicate that although the topic of environmental sustainability in business has become increasingly important in recent years, environmental aspects are not really integrated into corporate management. Many green controlling tools are unknown to representatives of selected companies. Farms prioritize achieving economic goals and environmental goals remain aside. The limiting factor of the research is the considerable ignorance of the agricultural holdings representatives about the ecological aspects entering into the management of the company, as well as their negative approach.
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