Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: V. Jeníček Author-Workplace-Name: University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: World commodity trade in the globalisation processes Abstract: The real trade development is estimated by the recalculation of nominal value through unit values (prices). The unit value indices reflect, besides the change of prices, also the changes in the structure and qualitative changes of the traded products. In the 70s, the average yearly increase of unit values reached 14% and reflected namely the inflation caused by the oil shocks. Since then, it reaches in average up to 1%. We can suppose that, under the normal conditions, unit values growth is rather the consequence of the qualitative and structural changes (increased share of the more sophisticated products of processing industry), in fact, prices in international trade have been decreasing for years already. The question whether the world trade growth rates decrease or accelerate is then still open. It is certain that the world trade volume growth rate (6.3%) has shown a considerable surpass to the production growth rate (4.1%). Keywords: world commodity trade, SITC nomenclature, territorial structure, European Union foreign trade Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 101-110 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/454-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/454-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200703-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:3:id:454-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: P. Ciaian Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra Author-Name: J. Pokrivčák Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra Author-Name: L. Bartová Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra Author-Name: D. Drabik Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra Title: The impact of the CAP reform and exchange rates on Slovak agriculture Abstract: This paper uses a dynamic, partial equilibrium econometric model to analyze the impact of the 2003 CAP reform and changes of exchange rate on agricultural markets and agricultural incomes in Slovakia. We evaluate three scenarios: (1) baseline scenario with no change in agricultural policies (Single Area Payment Scheme and top-ups are assumed until 2015), (2) CAP reform scenario with full decoupling from 2007 and with modulation from 2013, and (3) exchange rate scenario. In the baseline scenario, production increases. Consumption increases with some exceptions (like pork). Agricultural income rises significantly in the baseline scenario. The full decoupling has a minor impact on agricultural markets relative to the baseline. Weak Euro would lead to higher prices and higher production but lower consumption. Change in the exchange rate causes substitution in consumption of certain commodities due to the relative price changes. Keywords: agricultural policy, agricultural markets, CAP reform, decoupling Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 111-122 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/456-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/456-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200703-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:3:id:456-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: P. Froněk Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: L. Jelínek Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: T. Medonos Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: The multicriterial evaluation of agricultural enterprises Abstract: A number of approaches and methods has been applied to evaluate an enterprise's success (rating) in a way to look on the firm's performance in more or less comprehensive view. The paper presents methodological tools for evaluation of the financial and non-financial characteristics, specifically the application of discriminant and cluster analysis in the case of agricultural enterprises. The methodology for total evaluation will further require the improvement in the assessment of financial and non-financial variables along with justification of their weights. The key thing is to ensure that the designed criteria for total assessment have the capabilities to assess the potential risks linked to business. That would enable to evaluate the business not only from the past and present point of view but also from the future perspective. Keywords: financial evaluation, efficiency, agriculture, discriminant and cluster analysis Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 123-131 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/455-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/455-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200703-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:3:id:455-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: M. Putićová Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: P. Froněk Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: J. Mezera Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Predication of labour forces and personal expenditures development in Czech food industry branches in the Czech Republic till 2013 Abstract: Production of food and beverages is one of the Czech traditional branches of processing industry. The article tries to describe the model prediction on the sector structure development oriented on labour and personal costs in food industry sector up to 2013 and it is based on the continuous monitoring of these indicators in the period 2000-2005. Except regress analysis of time orders, there was used the method of exponential smoothing. With regard to certain antagonistic tendencies, i.e. the lasting fall of the number of workers in the monitored period but at the same time the growth of personal costs, there were projected separate predictions of these indicators up to 2013, aimed namely at the set of companies with 20 and more employees. The prediction of the selected data up to the year 2013 is based on the running results of the Research Plan of the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (VÚZE). The probable development of the number of workers and personal costs in the individual branches of food industry is characterised. Keywords: manufacture of food products and beverages, economic forecasting, labour forces, personal expenditures, wages Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 132-137 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/457-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/457-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200703-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:3:id:457-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: K. Ryglová Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic Title: Eco-certification as a tool of sustainable tourism Abstract: This paper deals with problems of sustainable tourism. The goal of this work is to point out the current situation, possibilities and approaches to ecological certification in tourism in the Czech Republic. A survey was conducted among accommodation providers - it was targeted on assessing the level of conversancy with ecolabels that already exist in the Czech Republic as well as in Europe. The results of this survey are included in this paper. Furthermore, the attitudes of providers towards obtaining ecolabels were being found out. Keywords: sustainable tourism, ecocertification, accommodation services Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 138-143 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/489-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/489-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200703-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:3:id:489-AGRICECON