Selected trends forming European agriculture

Svatoš, M.

doi:10.17221/238-agricecon

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“…In spite of this, there has been comparatively little effort to analyze this phenomenon and relate it to the contemporary narratives on organic agriculture. Organic farming in the Czech Republic has been mainly studied by economists, analyzing the economic performance of various sectors, such as organic beef production (Hrabalová et al 2006); the effects of governmental subsidies (Jánský et al 2007); environmental outcomes of organic methods (Lustigová et al 2006) or more general trends shaping sustainable agriculture in the Czech Republic (Svatoš 2008). There have been several sociological studies co nducted that have referred to the activities of Czech organic farmers (for example, Librová 2003;Lošťák et al 2007), but none of these focus on the organic sector and its participants as such, or with the goal of generating information which would explain the actual form of organic agriculture in the Czech Republic.…”

Section: Curre Nt Structure and Issues Of The Czech Organic Sectormentioning

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How organic farmers view their own practice: results from the Czech Republic

Zagata

2009

Agric Hum Values

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This paper addresses the development of organic agriculture in the Czech Republic, which is seen as a success story among post-communist countries. The relatively short history of organic farming and specific contextual factors raises questions about the nature and meaning of Czech organic farming. The goal of this study was to find out how farmers view their own practice, interpret its symbolic value, and construct its content. This empirical study uses Q methodology aimed at the identification of the collectively-shared perspectives belonging engaged actors. Data were gathered through semi-standardized interviews with Czech farmers registered in official organic scheme. The analysis emphasized three components, which are considered as three distinct perspectives possessed by organic farmers; that is, (1)

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Section: Curre Nt Structure and Issues Of The Czech Organic Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

How organic farmers view their own practice: results from the Czech Republic

Zagata

2009

Agric Hum Values

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“…Formation of European agriculture and its dynamics and productivity is infl uenced by many heterogenous processes and trends. The attention will be paid to the connections of the basic global trends, to the determining role of the CAP, the infl uence of agrarian markets, enforcement of the multifunctional agriculture trend, the development of GMO technologies and other (Svatoš, 2008). The European agriculture has infl uenced by the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for decades with the objective of increasing productivity and the income of farmers.…”

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The Significance of Farm Size in the Evaluation of Labour Productivity in Agriculture

Novotná¹,

Volek²

2016

Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun.

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The paper deal with the analysis of diff erence in labour productivity of farms categorised according to their size, to determine if the set subsidy system infl uences labour productivity in the size groups of the farms. The source of data for enterprises analysis was the fi rms database, which contains accounting data of 926 farms with at least one employee. The observed data were from the 6 year period (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012). The farms were divided, according to their size into four categories defi ned by the European Commission: micro, small, medium and large enterprises. The analysis of the labour productivity I based on the added value and labour costs revealed that there are big diff erences of the labour productivity levels in particular size groups of farms. The further analysis revealed that an adjustment of the farm approach of the labour productivity, when the paid operation subsidies are added (labour productivity II), changes this conclusion and the diff erences between particular size groups of farms decreased. Using -convergence, it was proved that the relative variability of the labour productivity II values decreased signifi cantly in the case of the medium-sized farms. We can say that subsidies signifi cantly infl uence the labour productivity in farms. On one hand, there is decrease of diff erences between the level values of particular size groups of farms; on the other hand, there is no signifi cant decrease its variability (except the medium-sized farms).

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“…The Czechia also reduced the importance of non-EU territories and began focusing its trade activities specifically on European partners (Ferto, 2008;Lukas, 1998). On the other hand the period immediately after the accession significantly encouraged not only the export, but also import performance (Svatos, 2008). During the first years of Czech EU membership the import value was growing even faster in comparison to export value development.…”

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Czech Agrarian Foreign Trade Comparative Advantages Distribution: Transformation Process

Smutka

Svatoš

Maitah

2018

Proccedings of International Scientific Conference "RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2017"

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This paper primarily focuses on Czech agrarian foreign trade comparative advantage issues. The structure and comparative advantages distribution are analyzed in the period before (2001) and after the Czech EU accession (2015/2016). The main central aim of this paper is to identify and analyze changes in comparative advantages distribution and trade commodity structure which have occurred. Trade structure and comparative advantages distribution are analysed in relation to the EU and rest of the World (Developing countries, OECD members, CIS, etc.). Commodity structure (we applied HS system) is analysed specifically in relation to unit value development, trade volume development and comparative advantages distribution development. To successfully accomplish the above mentioned objectives, this paper applies Lafay index and Trade balance index. The results derived from individual analyses are highlighted through the "Product mapping method". The product mapping matrix divides the entire set of exported products into 4 groups. The LFI index has been chosen for the "product mapping" approach because of its ability to take into consideration only those transactions which are truly related to individual countries' trade performance. The TBI index has been utilized for its ability to divide the products according to their real trade performance into the above specified four quadrants. In the analysed period, Czech agrarian trade increased its dependency on EU Countries. The share of EU countries in regards to Czech agrarian trade turnover has increased from 78% to nearly 90%. Czech agrarian exports are dominated by low processed and semi-processed aggregations having a low unit value. On the other hand, imports can be characterized by a much higher unit value and a much higher processing level. Unfortunately, the unit value of Czech agrarian exports has been constantly decreasing on the other hand the unit value of imports is increasing. Czech trade comparative advantages exist in relation to the following set of products: HS10, HS12, HS01, HS04, HS15, HS24, HS22, HS11, HS17, HS03, HS16, HS09, HS13 and HS14.

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Selected trends forming European agriculture

Cited by 27 publications

References 1 publication

How organic farmers view their own practice: results from the Czech Republic

How organic farmers view their own practice: results from the Czech Republic

The Significance of Farm Size in the Evaluation of Labour Productivity in Agriculture

Czech Agrarian Foreign Trade Comparative Advantages Distribution: Transformation Process

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