Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: J. Jánský Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: I. Živělová Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Title: Subsidies for the organic agriculture Abstract: The paper presents selected results of the research intent No. MSM 6215648904 "Czech national economy in processes of integration and globalization and the development in sectors of agriculture and services under conditions of European integrated market". Its authors evaluate the effects of subsidies on the development of organic farming in the Czech Republic and in some selected EU countries. In the Czech Republic, the height of subsidies for the organic farming is continuously increasing. In 1998, the total amount of subsidies was 48 million CZK while in 2004 it increased to nearly 277 million CZK. Numbers of organic farms as well as the area under organic farming increased in dependence on the subsidies for this form of agricultural production. Keywords: organic agriculture, development of organic agriculture, state subsidies for organic agriculture Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 393-402 Volume: 53 Issue: 9 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/992-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/992-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200709-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:9:id:992-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: I. Živělová Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: J. Jánský Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Title: The conditions of organic market developmenti Abstract: The aim of the paper is the evaluation of the present sale of the chosen organic products in the condition of the Czech Republic. The sale analysis is made according to the structure of plant and animal products with the help of both qualitative and quantitative evaluation parameters as for example the amount of production and their prices, sales conditions and the used distribution channels. The part of the paper is also analyses of present state of demand for chosen organic foodstuff and of the consumer's interest in organic foodstuff. The attention is paid mainly to the recognition of the consumer's interest in organic foodstuff, for the consumer's interest is the limit factor of the demand for organic products. Keywords: organic market, distribution of organic foodstuff, consumption of organic foodstuff, supply for organic foodstuff Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 403-410 Volume: 53 Issue: 9 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/635-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/635-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200709-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:9:id:635-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: P. Syrovátka Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Title: Exponential model of the Engel curve: Application within the income elasticity analysis of the Czech households' demand for meat and meat products Abstract: The paper is focused on the economic and mathematical analysis of the Engel demand model in the exponential form: q = a0 × ea1/X.Properties of this exponential model are studied with respect to its application possibilities in the field of evaluation of the income elasticity of the Czech households' demand for meat and meat products. According to the used database of the consumer behaviour of the average Czech household from 1995 to 2000 (CZSO-HES), the analysed exponential model of the Engel curve attained the following parameters:, Qt = At × e-17336.8908/Xt, where At = 44,6019 × e1,1119×10-4 × t2 and t = 1, 2, …, 24. For the analysis of the income-demand elasticity of the developed exponential form, the model offers the static hyperbolic function: η (Xt) = 17 336.8908/Xt. The derived hyperbolic function of the income-demand elasticity falls digressively and the simulated values tend to the zero level. In analysed time period (1995-2000), the income-demand reactions were simulated in the elastic form with the values from 1.3866 to 1.1340. The average level of the analysed income- demand elasticity between the observed years reached the value of 1.2121, thus the 1% rise in the real level of the quarter households' incomes per capita led to the average increase in the average Czech household's demand for meat and meat products, including fish and fish products, of about 1.21%. Keywords: exponential Engel model, explicit dynamic model, income demand elasticity, demand for meat and meat products Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 411-420 Volume: 53 Issue: 9 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/636-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/636-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200709-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:9:id:636-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: K. Ryglová Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Title: Limiting factors in the field of business activities in rural tourism Abstract: This paper deals with problems of rural tourism development. The works is focused on researching the situation in the area of rural tourism in the Czech Republic, on understanding the attitudes of entrepreneurial sphere and rural population to this entrepreneurship and mainly on the determination of limiting factors that prevent this form of tourism from a more distinctive development. Rural tourism in the Czech Republic is still in the initiating stage of its development and it is not as developed as in some countries in West Europe. This goal has been reached with the help of primary questionnaire inquiry among business and agricultural subjects in rural areas in the individual regions and the detail results of this questionnaire inquiry are enclosed to the following paper. These identified factors were mainly insufficient financial means and at the same time insufficient state assistance connected with this. Insufficient awareness of this support as well as its inaccessibility for small business appears to be a difficulty, too. From the other obstacles, we can mention the current legislation system, bureaucracy, the state of communication and tourist infrastructure, fears of neighbours' intolerance and losing privacy and also unfamiliarity and little experience. Keywords: rural tourism, agrotourism, entrepreneurship, limiting factors Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 421-431 Volume: 53 Issue: 9 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/628-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/628-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200709-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:9:id:628-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: F. Dařena Author-Workplace-Name: Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic Title: Global architecture of marketing information systems - Scientific Information Abstract: The paper is focused on study of information systems that can be applied in the process of marketing planning. General terms from information systems theory are examined from marketing perspective, particular examples of marketing activities support are identified on the basis of literature review and global structure of the Marketing Information System (MkIS) is proposed. The main subsystems of MkIS - internal reporting system, marketing intelligence system, marketing research system, and decision support system are discussed in higher level of detail. The main attention is paid not only to supported marketing processes but also to technologies that can be used in individual parts of MkIS. The result is the architecture that integrates isolated marketing applications into one comprehensible framework. This architecture also creates a framework for following research in the field of marketing activities support. Keywords: Marketing Information System, marketing research, marketing intelligence, decision support systems Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 432-440 Volume: 53 Issue: 9 Year: 2007 DOI: 10.17221/625-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/625-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200709-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:53:y:2007:i:9:id:625-AGRICECON