Trade-off between the economic and environmental sustainability in Czech dual farm structure

Abstract

Agricultural holdings select goals in various areas when setting their strategic objectives. Economic objectives tend to be viewed as strategic because of the requirement to maximise economic profit for the owners. Since there is significant interaction between agricultural holdings and the environment, it is also important to monitor the environmental aspects of farming. The article seeks to draw on unique multicriteria assessment to compare the compatibility of economic and environmental objectives at 1 189 agricultural holdings in the Czech Republic, broken down by farming specialisation and economic size on the basis of figures from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). A trade-off between environmental sustainability and economic performance occurs primarily among farming specialisation categories, where we found two extremes – intensive field cropping with high economic performance and low environmental sustainability, and, at the other end of the scale, extensive cattle farming with lower economic performance and high environmental sustainability. Within the farming specialisation categories, however, there was no significant correlation, with the exception of milk production, where the use of soil organic matter, a higher proportion of soil improving crops (for fodder) and greening made a positive contribution to the higher economic performance of farms.

Farm outcomes based on cluster analysis of compound farm evaluation

“…Policy makers can take into account the results of this study to find the areas where the sustainability rate should be increased and purposefully promote that by specific measures. On the other hand, it has been confirmed (Wrzaszcz 2014;Sulewski and Kloczko-Gajewska 2018;Špička et al 2020) that the agricultural dimensions have a relationship between themselves and can positively or negatively affect each other which should be taken into consideration. The future research could focus on modulation of the selected policy measures and its impact on the farm results and multidimensional evaluation.…”

The relationship between income and assets in farms and context of sustainable development

“…Different studies stress that larger units, and therefore those with more assets and income, have a better chance of having a positive relationship between the economic and environmental spheres [ 38 ]. Moreover, Špička et al [ 39 ], based on the experience of farms in the Czech Republic, underline, that a trade-off between environmental sustainability and economic performance occurs primarily among farming specialisation categories.…”

Pendekatan Dan Desain Pengembangan Kawasan Kakao Berbasis Inovasi Dan Berdaya Saing

“…Pendekatan dalam pengembangan kakao antara lain melalui kegiatan agribisnis yang berorientasi pada inovasi teknologi dan peningkatan daya saing, pengembangan usaha ekonomi yang berkelanjutan serta dilaksanakan dalam kerangka otonomi/kawasan untuk memperkuat perekonomian daerah, yang selanjutkan akan memperkuat ekonomi nasional. Langkah operasional strategis yang ditempuh harus terintegrasi dari hulu ke hilir, baik dari aspek komoditas maupun kelembagaannya (Yuliandi, 2014;Mulyono, 2016;Arfah, 2019;Špička et al, 2020;Leksono et al 2021). Peningkatan daya saing dapat dilakukan melalui inovasi on farm (budidaya dan panen) maupun inovasi off farm (pengolahan dan pemasaran), serta peningkatan kapasitas sumber daya manusia yang terlibat dalam pengembangan komoditas kakao tersebut.…”