Organic agriculture as one of aspects of multifunctional agriculture

Brožová, Ivana

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“…Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) introduced by the United Nations motivates governments and farmers to innovate farming principles as agriculture does not have only the production function, but it also serves as provider of environmental and social factors (Brožová, 2018). Agricultural sector struggles to follow growing global population and rising global demand.…”

Section: Organic Farming and Agricultural Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable development: Innovations in business

2021

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Innovation and sustainable development have become buzzwords in the 21st century with the idea of creative destruction launched by Joseph Alois Schumpeter being the base for evolutionary economics. However, new institutional economics helps to understand the necessity of support provided to entrepreneurs and innovators by science and administration to reduce the risk of launching the said innovations. This e-book is devoted to selected types of innovation. Every type of innovation is described with the use of theoretical background and is enriched by adequate case study. Traditional division into four types of innovation, proposed by J.A. Schumpeter (1934), containing product, process, organizational and marketing innovations, was widely accepted, including European Union institutions (OECD/Eurostat, 2008). The concept of innovation has long been dominated by a technical approach to the innovation process, despite the economic arguments exposed by one of the precursors of the theory of innovation and, at the same time, the school of evolutionary economics—Joseph Alois Schumpeter. Frequently, in the context of innovation, it is indicated that organizational and marketing aspects play a part in the successful introduction of innovation onto the market. The structure of the book is based on the typology proposed by Keeley, Walters, Pikkel and Quinn (2013), which focuses on the economic character of innovations. Ten types of innovation are directly related to Schumpeter’s and Oslo Manual classification. A new set of innovations emphasize the economic side of innovation process. The technical novelties are to support new configuration, offering or customers’ experience. This new approach is based on presumptions coming from design thinking idea, leading to user—driven innovation and on cooperation with institutions and entities supporting innovation process. The chapters are devoted to every type of innovation, grouped into three major parts: innovations based on configuration, offering and experience. In the book, configuration includes types of innovations focused on innermost workings of an enterprise and its business system. Offering part contains the types of innovations, that are focused on an enterprise’s core product (good or service), or a collection of its products. The last part, dedicated to innovations based on experience, is focused on more customer-facing elements of an enterprise and its business system.

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Sustainable agriculture: Development of organic farming. Case study of the Czech Republic

Kotyza¹,

Smutka²

2021

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Sustainability is a crucial topic in today’s agricultural policy discussion. Agriculture faces 2 challenges—feeding increasing number of people, while being sustainable and reducing negative environmental effects. Agriculture will require “structural transformation” to meet goals of global society—the Sustainable Development Goals. Land management, bio-diversity and soil degradation are often correlated with farming practices. Thus, having sustainable agriculture requires transformation of farming practices, and organic farming belongs to potential directions. For over 3 decades, organic farming has gained on importance, market share as well as popularity among consumers, producers and policymakers. Health concerns, public support and market potential convinced farmers to introduce non-conventional farming practices. On the contrary, organic farming is often criticized for lower production potential, higher pricing and labour intensity. In the Czech Republic current organic production is rather extensive (on pastures), and products are not sold as organic due to the market oversaturation. However, slow but increasing trend in crop production, which could lead to improved farm economies is observed. The future of organic farming development as individual by side effects related to organic farming are considered to be of the key significance for long-term sustainability of agricultural activities. Organic farming is not a solution to current society issues, but it could be considered as innovative alternative approach for future generations.

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Bio cash-cow? Context and content of Czech organic farming

Zagata¹

2007

AGR ECON-CZECH

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This work presents results of a qualitative empirical study on practices of farmers participating in the Czech system of organic agriculture (ecological agriculture). Growth of this sector has been seen almost solely in positive terms, without questioning its content. However, Czech organic agriculture does not stem from the organic movement as is the case in Western Europe and therefore it is necessary to ask what it draws on and to discover, with regard to its nature, whether it can meet the expectations stated in official policies. This paper briefly describes the development of organic farming in other countries and the current problem of its conventionalization. The research study then shows evidence that organic farming is not adopted only because of state's subsidies, but also due to the specific value orientation of farmers, despite the history and the lack of tradition of these specific practices in the Czech Republic. Key words: organic movement, ecologic farming, motives, conventionalization, bioproductsAbstrakt: Tato práce prezentuje výsledky kvalitativního empirického výzkumu praxe českých ekologických zemědělců. Růst tohoto odvětví je viděn téměř výhradně pozitivně, bez toho, aby byla položena otázka ohledně povahy tohoto sektoru. Protože české ekologické zemědělství nevyrůstá z praxe organického hnutí jako v západní Evropě, je třeba se ptát, na čem tedy staví, a zjišťovat, zda-li s ohledem na svou povahu může plnit očekávání oficiální politiky. Tento text stručně zachycuje vývoj organického sektoru a aktuální problém konvencionalizace. Studie ukazuje, že ekologický způsob hospodaření v České republice neexistuje jen díky dotacím státu, ale také díky specifickému hodnotovému zaměření zemědělců, které je přítomno v jejich praxi navzdory historii a chybějící tradici tohoto způsobu hospodaření u nás.

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Organic agriculture as one of aspects of multifunctional agriculture

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Sustainable development: Innovations in business

Sustainable development: Innovations in business

Sustainable agriculture: Development of organic farming. Case study of the Czech Republic

Bio cash-cow? Context and content of Czech organic farming

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