Competitiveness of Polish regional Agro-clusters

Bronisz, Urszula; Heijman, Wim

doi:10.19041/apstract/2008/1-2/5

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“…Agricultural production index in Spain was similar to the World average and steadily increasing, while agricultural production has decreased in many Eastern European countries since 1980s. Similar trends were reportd by Majewski, (2008) and Bronisz, Heijman, (2008) for Poland and Kovács Katona, (2007) for Hungary.…”

Section: Growth Rate Of Agricultural Productionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Trends in agriculture and food production

Lazányi

2009

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Agricultural reform resulted a shift from collective farming to small-scale production in China. This reform also has resulted a strong increase in gross agricultural output, which coincides with a slower increase in labour productivity. At the beginning of the reforms, agriculture accounted for 70 percent of total employment in China and still employs more than 50%. As a result of these reforms, China has undergone impressive economic growth also in the agriculture; the country has become one of the world’s top exporters and is attracting record amounts of foreign investment. The government has also stepped up investments in rural areas to meet the market demand for agricultural products. Results are very competitive compared to Central and Eastern European countries, where agriculture accounted for only 15 percent of total employment, but agricultural reform resulted a strong decline in gross agricultural output, which coincides with a similarly strong decline in employment. When approaching the issue of sustainable agriculture, we have to take into consideration, which China and India feed the largest populations in the world and both countries have had its own agricultural successes in the past 50 years. China has used land far more efficiently than many developed countries. With nine percent of the world’s arable land, China is responsible for the greatest share of agricultural production worldwide. Volume of produced pork, eggs, wheat, cotton, tobacco, and rice has increased and China exports an increasing amount of product each year. China has opened his borders, but do not expose food consumers to price shocks and producers to risks and disincentives. In this paper, the land-tenure system and the trends of agricultural developments are analysed in China and selected countries of EU.

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Section: Growth Rate Of Agricultural Productionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Trends in agriculture and food production

Lazányi

2009

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“…Competitiveness has been addressed from qualitative theories and quantitative indexes (Moon & Cho, 2000). In the first place, in the literature review, a qualitative competitiveness analysis of the SI was carried out in Denmark applying the five forces of Porter's Diamond Model and a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) (Selva, 2005 (González et al, 2012), in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia (Dorzhieva & Dugina, 2015), in Poland (Bronisz & Heijman, 2008), and in Canada (Li, 2018) were included.…”

Section: Competitiveness Studies In the Swine Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Identification of pig farm practices in the central Andean region of Colombia

Trujillo-Díaz

Díaz-Piraquive

Herrera

et al. 2021

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The Colombian Swine Industry (CSI) has high pork carcass imports from the US due to the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) signed. The CSI is aimed at supplying domestic demand because not all departments are free of swine fever. In fact, pig farmers are focused on controlling the feeding costs and biosafety, and increasing the birth rate. The problem of the CSI is the search to increase profitability and eliminate intermediaries to be able to reach the consumer directly. This study is descriptive, and aims to identify the state-of-the-art of worldwide practices compared to the central Andean region of Colombia (CARC). For this, a measurement instrument was designed to identify the CSI practices, and the results were used to identify the improvement points for the CARC region. This instrument was validated with ten experts in terms of content, and these were not considered in the sampling. The results were obtained through a probabilistic sampling for a finite population comprised of pig farms located in the departments of Cundinamarca, Boyacá, Tolima, and Huila. The identified population was 191 pig farmers located in the CARC, and the sample calculated to be surveyed, was 50 pig farmers; however, the response rate was higher, and the measurement instrument was applied to 53 pig farmers. As a result, pig farmers want to create new business lines, but there is no trust with competitors. Besides, there is a deficit in technology, infrastructure, public policies, and economic incentives.

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“…• geographical proximity and concentration of producers and institutions that are engaged in the food and agricultural sector and that inter-connect and build value networks, either formally or informally, when addressing common challenges and pursing common opportunities 5 ; • organisation that connects key actors including farmers and local entrepreneurs (involved in supplier and channel value chains), businesses indirectly serving agriculture or ecosystem services stemming from food production and also bankers (financial services), entities conducting R&D activity or business development services in the same region 6 ; • concentration of a critical mass of agricultural producers, food industry enterprises and their servicing infrastructure organisations operating in the agro-food and other markets in a comfortable business environment, supported by the authorities, while their relations are in equal measure cooperative and competitive in nature and give rise to synergistic ecological and socio-economic effect, enhancing the competitiveness of the territory 7 ; • formal or informal organisation, comprised of a set of entities from industries farm production (farming business), farm-related industries (supporting industries), and other agribusiness partners 8 . Agribusiness cluster is characterised by specialisation and different dimension of proximity, e.g.…”

Section: Conceptual Framework Of Agribusiness Clustermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Its development is a lengthy process, which evolves in different ways across time and space 11 . 5 E. Galvez-Nogales, Agro-based clusters in developing countries: staying competitive in a globalized economy, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome 2010, p. Agribusiness cluster has a nature of eco-cluster, if it is a part of eco-business or green economy in general. Through the eco-innovations and eco-efficiency strategies it creates new environmentally friendly products and services.…”

Section: Conceptual Framework Of Agribusiness Clustermentioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusive Business Model – Strategic Challenge for Agribusiness Cluster Management

Bembenek¹,

Kowalska²

2017

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The aim of the article is to present the key assumptions of the inclusive business model and the justification for its application in agribusiness cluster. Scientific considerations were conducted on the basis of theoretical and empirical research results. The starting point in the accepted range of considerations was a well-known statement that well-managed clusters can shaping the competitiveness not only of its members but also the economy and contributing to strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion. The article consists of three integral parts, in which the strategic dimension of an agribusiness cluster, the essence, and significance of the inclusive business model and the existing experiences of the AgroBio Cluster in the area of implementation of this model were characterised. The authors show that the concept of agribusiness clusters provides a solid basis for adopting a new way of thinking about creating the competitiveness of food economy entities, taking into account social needs and values. Different types of clusters, in particular, agribusiness clusters, can create inclusive groups when an open membership is ensured in their environment, and the willingness of cluster cooperation is a decisive factor to belong to the cluster. The key factor in the development of clusters is the inclusive ties, which connect people and organisations from different environments. Thus, they determine the quality and intensity of partnership in the cluster, strengthening the involvement of the cluster community. These and other premises presented in the article, referring to the specificity of agribusiness cluster functioning, confirm emphatically that the inclusive business model may prove to be a valuable tool in the process of achieving the cluster goals, especially in less-developed regions. Although the implementation of this model is still a strategic challenge in cluster management, its numerous practical advantages justify the focus of the coordinator and cluster members efforts on shaping the inclusive business and sustainable supply chain within the cluster. In this process, measurable public support is required, both financial and nonfinancial.

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Competitiveness of Polish regional Agro-clusters

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Trends in agriculture and food production

Trends in agriculture and food production

Identification of pig farm practices in the central Andean region of Colombia

Inclusive Business Model – Strategic Challenge for Agribusiness Cluster Management

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