Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vladimír JENÍČEK Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Population problem in the future - challenges, questions Abstract: Population regulation cannot be left just to wars, epidemics and famines in future. A mutual cooperation is necessary to accept suitable measures helping to decrease, or at least to sustain, the population at the desirable level and at the same time to improve life conditions of many inhabitants of the Earth. The mankind has the necessary knowledge and means to find the right solution. The belief into a better future is the driving force of the necessary steps. A decisive role is played by the population transition. Its first phase, which still prevails in some regions, started the exponential increase of the Earth population. In the second phase, the demographic revolution causes ageing of the population. At present, the world population increments are decreasing and it can be presupposed in the long run that the size of the population will stabilise. All population increments will be the matter of developing countries, while the population of the most developed countries will stagnate or, under the influence of the de-population in some countries, even slightly decrease. Keywords: forecast of the population, population changes, allocation, ageing of population Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 97-107 Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/91/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/91/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201003-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:3:id:91-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Petr BIELIK Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Daniela HUPKOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Matúš VADOVIČ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Vladimír BENDA Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Title: Agricultural basic industry subjects productivity development examination in the region Trnava (SR) by adopting the Malmquist indexes Abstract: Analysis of the productivity and efficiency development could be used to asses the trend and factors influencing this process. The main goal of this paper is estimation of the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) development of agricultural farms in the Trnava region in the period 2002-2006. Results of this analysis could be used to detect the trend in the TFP development. The results of the analysis confirmed there is no evident trend in the average TFP indicators. This could be explained by the variation of technical efficiency change and technological changes during this period. These two factors represent the components of the TFP indicator. According to the present development of the TFP indicator, it is not possible to unambiguously forecast the future trend. Keywords: Total Factor Productivity (TFP), technical efficiency change, technological change, Malmquist index Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 108-115 Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/10/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/10/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201003-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:3:id:10-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Tomasz Siudek Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Title: Polish cooperative banking sector in the face of systemic transformation and European integration in agriculture Abstract: In this study the principal changes in Polish cooperative banking sector over the past two decades were presented. The primary data obtained from a survey of bank presidents, performed in 2007 on a nation-wide sample of 100 cooperative banks, were supplemented by the banking statistics from the Central Statistical Office and the Polish Financial Supervision. Research provides the evidence that cooperative banks, in general, took advantages from the consolidation process. While the number of the banks was declining, own funds per bank, bank offices and staff were expanding. The banks managed to adjust to the EU requirements by having implemented limits on loan concentration, procedures for counteracting money laundering and meeting minimum capital requirements. They introduced system of the deposit guarantee, monitoring and control of credit risk and adapted new regulations. The cooperative banks for the most part retained their original characteristics. The sector still plays the prominent role in serving and financing of agriculture and rural development. Keywords: cooperative banking, agricultural banks, restructuring, transition, Poland Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 116-134 Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/102/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/102/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201003-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:3:id:102-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: (John) Yeong-Sheng TEY Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Author-Name: Suryani DARHAM Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Author-Name: Aswani Farhana MOHD NOH Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Author-Name: Nurjihan IDRIS Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Title: Acreage response of paddy in Malaysia Abstract: This study investigated the relative impacts of various factors on acreage response of paddy by analyzing time series data of 1961-2007 via first difference logarithmic functional form of linear Nerlovian expectation model. It is apparent that future paddy price can be identical like previous year. Farmers, therefore, do not have additional incentives to adjust to desired paddy planted area. This scenario is further illustrated by farmers' inelastic response to government supports (incentives). Paddy planted area is not likely to be responsive to the incentives. Paddy price is found associated with higher production cost and may result in a shrink of paddy planted area in Malaysia. All the emerging findings from this study provide an important message for an imperative need to correct paddy related policies so as to reduce the distortions and increase economic efficiency. Keywords: paddy, adjustment coefficient, expectation coefficient, Nerlovian expectation model Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 135-140 Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/54/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/54/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201003-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:3:id:54-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vecdi DEMIRCAN Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey Author-Name: Turan BINICI Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Şanliurfa, Turkey Author-Name: Carl R. ZULAUF Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Environmental, Development and Agricultural Economics, Ohio State University, Ohio, USA Title: Assessing pure technical efficiency of dairy farms in Turkey Abstract: Compared with results from other studies of dairy farm production in developing countries, this study finds that the samples of 132 dairy farmers in Burdur province, Turkey, are producing at a low level of technical efficiency. Using Data Envelopment Analysis, technical efficiency ranges from 28.6 to 100.0%, with the average being 64.2%. Forage feed and labor inputs are used most inefficiently. A statistically significant, positive relationship between a herd size and efficiency underscore the importance of larger herd size to catch benefit of scale economics. This study also finds no statistically significant relationship between contact with extension and the degree of farm production efficiency. In contrast to expectation, negative and statistically significant relationship was found between forage feed land size and production efficiency. Keywords: pure technical efficiency, dairy farms, data envelopment analysis (DEA) Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 141-148 Volume: 56 Issue: 3 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/3127-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/3127-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201003-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:3:id:3127-AGRICECON