Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Klára HENNYEYOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Peter DEPEŠ Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic Title: Analysis of the exploitation of information and communication technologies in the agri-food sector companies Abstract: Information and communication technologies are an essential source of success in the current information society. Effective exploitation of ICT requires expert knowledge in the areas of hardware, software, IT marketing and IT security. If the company does not want to be out of step with competition and information progress as well, it must react flexibly to the changes in the IT market. The aim of this article is to review the exploitation of information and communication technologies in agri-food sector companies and to find the appropriate combination of various ICT elements that their use will be effective in carrying out business activities and proposing concrete company solutions. Keywords: information and communication technologies (ICT), Internet, agri-food sector companies, statistical methods Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 403-408 Volume: 56 Issue: 9 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/100/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/100/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201009-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:9:id:100-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mei-Qiu CHEN Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Author-Name: Tai-Yang ZHONG Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Territorial Resources and Tourism, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Author-Name: Bing-Juan ZHOU Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Author-Name: Hong-Sheng HUANG Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Author-Name: HE Wei-jia Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Title: Empirical research on farm households' attitude and behaviour for cultivated land transferring and it's influencing factors in China Abstract: Cultivated land transfer is an important way to deal with the conflict between the cultivated land fragmentation of landholders and the large-scale agricultural modernization in China. The farm households, as the direct user of cultivated land, play a key role in the cultivated land transfer. For this paper, a survey of 1 396 farm households in 74 villages, 64 townships, 42 counties in Jiangxi, the traditional agricultural province, was conducted. Using this information, a logistic regression model was employed and the attitudes of those farm households were analyzed using the family characteristics, the household economic factors and the resource endowments. The results showed that there is a little incentive for the cultivated land transfer and no macro-environment exists for the cultivated land transfer market because of the low economic benefits. Farm households which moved out to urban areas for employment play the most important role in the cultivated land transfer and become the largest force to drive the cultivated land transfer out. Family income also affects the cultivated land transfer; the income of farm households transferring cultivated land in is much lower than those of the cultivated land transferring out. In addition, the topographic characteristic of cultivated land is also an important factor influencing the cultivated land transfer; it is easier to transfer land out if the terrain is flat, but it is more difficult if the land is fragmented. Keywords: farm households, cultivated land transfer, attitude, behaviour, empirical study Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 409-420 Volume: 56 Issue: 9 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/93/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/93/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201009-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:9:id:93-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Karel JANDA Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Microeconomics and Mathematical Methods, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Banking and Insurance, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Workplace-Name: Affiliate Fellow at CERGE-EI, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jakub MIKOLÁŠEK Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Microeconomics and Mathematical Methods, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Martin NETUKA Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Microeconomics and Mathematical Methods, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Title: Complete almost ideal demand system approach to the Czech alcohol demand Abstract: Tax interventions into alcohol beverages market are an important and recently discussed tool of the Czech fiscal policy. The impact of any such measure would be strongly dependent on the microeconomic behavior of the consumers. The aim of this paper is to provide a reliable set of income, own-price, and cross-price elasticities of demand for the key alcohol beverages based on the Almost Ideal Demand System model applied on the most relevant Czech data set of the Household Budget Statistics. Keywords: Almost Ideal Demand System, alcohol, beer, brewing industry, consumption, the Czech Republic, elasticity, price, spirits, tax, wine Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 421-434 Volume: 56 Issue: 9 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/117/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/117/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201009-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:9:id:117-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Nalini ARUMUGAM Author-Workplace-Name: UniversitiDarul Iman Malaysia, Kuala Terenggonu, Malaysia Author-Name: Mohamed Arshad FATIMAH Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies, Universiti Putra, Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia Author-Name: Eddie F.C. CHIEW Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agribusiness and Information System, Faculty of Agriculture, Author-Name: Mohamed ZAINALABIDIN Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agribusiness and Information System, Faculty of Agriculture, Title: Supply chain analysis of fresh fruits and vegetables (FFV): Prospects of contract farming Abstract: The paper examines the factors that lead farmers to participate in c the contract farming in the Peninsular Malaysia. The primary data was collected through a survey using a questionnaire on the total of two hundred and eight farmers from various states in Malaysia. The study utilizes the stratified sampling method. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The survey identified forty-one contract farmers. Factor analysis was carried out to identify the factors that lead farmers to participate in the contract farming. Based on the analysis, five factors were identified as the reasons for contracting, namely, market stability, and access to marketing information and technology, transfer of technology to improve farming practices, access to inputs and indirect benefit. Contract farming or contract arrangements can be a valuable source of an additional income and knowledge that can be employed to enhance the productivity of the entire farming enterprise. Keywords: supply chain, contract farming, contract farmers, factor analysis Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 435-442 Volume: 56 Issue: 9 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/30/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/30/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201009-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:9:id:30-2009-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mehdi MOGADDAM Author-Workplace-Name: State University of Baku, Baku, Azerbaijan and Islamic Azad University, Bonab Iran Author-Name: Soleyman IRANZADEH Author-Workplace-Name: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran Author-Name: Hossein BEVRANI Author-Workplace-Name: University of Tabriz, Tarbiz, Iran Title: Determinants of the location choices in sugar industry of Iran: using the logit & probit model Abstract: The main objective of this research is to offer a model for determining the most proper location for investment in sugar industry. This model classifies the possible options for investment, taking into account several variables. The orientation of this research is an applied orientation and its objective is an explorative one. Therefore, no hypothesis is proposed to prove it. The required data for determining the parameters of the model is extracted from statistical yearbooks of the Iran Ministry of Agriculture during 1996 to 2006. According to the results obtained from this research, if new investments in sugar industry are carried out based on the offered classifications and pattern, the profitability will definitely increase. Keywords: location model, logit model, probit model, sugar industry Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 443-448 Volume: 56 Issue: 9 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/51/2009-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/51/2009-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201009-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:9:id:51-2009-AGRICECON