Agricultural Economics, 2011 (vol. 57), issue 11
Modelling direct payments to agriculture in a CGE Framework - analysis of the Czech Republic
Zuzana KŘÍSTKOVÁ, Andrea HABRYCHOVÁ
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(11):517-528 | DOI: 10.17221/57/2010-AGRICECON 
The paper deals with modelling of the direct payments subsidies to agriculture and their impact on the economy of the Czech Republic. With the use of the general equilibrium model, scenarios concerning an increase of subsidies reaching 100% of the national envelope and a complete removal of both SAPS and Top-Up payments are applied. The results show that if the full amount of subsidies is granted, the value added in agriculture and the connected sectors is stimulated, with a positive effect on the total GDP. However, if the direct payments are completely removed, negative effects on employment can be expected, suggesting that the direct payments play...
Microfinance as a suitable instrument of European and Czech development cooperation
Karel SRNEC, Jiřina SVITÁKOVÁ, Magdalena VÝBORNÁ, Pavel BURIAN
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(11):529-533 | DOI: 10.17221/52/2011-AGRICECON
European countries use microfinance as an instrument of development cooperation in three separate forms, which differ in the financial flow. In the first type, the government transfers grant money to their non-government organizations (NGOs), which then distribute the funds directly to the local microfinance institutions (MFIs) (eg. Finland). In the second form, the funds are sent through to the branch-offices of the NGOs located in the developed country to developing countries (eg. Norway, Sweden). The third type allows for a direct relationship between a donor country development co-operation agency and a local microfinance institution in a developing...
The influence of the Slovak household income differentiation on food expenditures - the Engel's expenditures functions estimation --
Iveta ZENTKOVÁ, Elena HOŠKOVÁ
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(11):534-544 | DOI: 10.17221/68/2010-AGRICECON
The economy of the Slovak Republic, as a part of the European economic area, is significantly determined by the world globalization process. One of the aspects, which globalization brings, is the social differentiation deepening between countries as well as across the particular countries. This phenomenon occurs in the Slovak Republic also as a consequence of the increasing households' income differentiation. It is logical to assume that the household's members who live in the different living conditions behave differently in the commodity and service market due to different preferences. The purpose of this article is to quantify the influence of the...
Potential for pork production in the Czech Republic
Michal MALÝ, Zdeňka KROUPOVÁ, Dana ŽÍDKOVÁ, Jarmila PETEROVÁ, Lenka ŠOBROVÁ, Lukáš ČECHURA, Ludmila PÁNKOVÁ, Jiří MACH, Zuzana KŘÍSTKOVÁ, Tomáš MAIER, Jan HUČKO
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(11):545-554 | DOI: 10.17221/58/2010-AGRICECON
The main aim of the paper was a partial analysis of the production potential for pig fattening in the Czech Republic. This aim was achieved by econometric modelling of the production function, which was specified as a Cobb-Douglas function, with the level of average daily increase as the dependent variable, and feed compounds, mortality and weight of new stock as independent variables. The model was specified as a fixed effect model, and the parameters of the function were estimated by the method of least squares dummy variable, based on the ordinary least squares method. Verification of the estimated model was based on a t-test, coefficient...
From industrial holdings to subsistence farms in Romanian agriculture. Analyzing the subsistence components of CAP
Gabriel POPESCU, Jean ANDREI
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(11):555-564 | DOI: 10.17221/72/2010-AGRICECON
In terms of the EU enlargement from 15 to 27 states, the need to reform the CAP mechanisms was felt more than ever. Reorientation towards rural development measures and not towards supporting agricultural production raised a whole issue in which the efficiency criteria of the agricultural policies are concerned. If until now the Union entire attention was directed towards industrial farms, the option to promote family farms, with lower returns but with a high social impact by mobilizing the human resources from the rural area towards this field and preventing migration towards the city and the industrial areas, raised fierce debates. This paper presents...