Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Š. Buday Title: Agricultural land market in Slovakia in years 2001-2008 Abstract: The article presents the results from the monitoring analyses of the buying/selling prices of agricultural land in accordance with the deposited contracts in the Real Estate Cadastre in years 2001-2008. Agricultural land sales, land areas and market prices are observed and evaluated under the size structure of the sold estates and their anticipated further utilization in the counties Dunajská Streda, Topoľčany, Rimavská Sobota, Liptovský Mikuláš, Michalovce and Svidník and for all observed counties as a whole. By data analyzing and evaluating of the agricultural land purchases/sales, there was taken into consideration the fact that the average price of the sold estates is to a large extent influenced by their size, location and the purpose of further utilisation. The estates of small area characterized as agricultural land are selling for the highest prices, but they already figure in the development studies and the land-use plans of the villages or they are regarded as building estates in the future. Therefore, the sold estates were divided into two categories in accordance with the expected further land utilization. As the estates for further agricultural utilization, there were considered the estates with the area above 1 hectare of agricultural land. In the case of smaller estates, it is assumed that they will be of building, recreational, sporting or other utilization after the landowner change. Keywords: agricultural land market, land area, land price, county, estate utilization Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 1-9 Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/145/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/145/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201101-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:1:id:145-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marian BOŽÍK Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agriculture and Food Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Reform of the CAP after 2013 and its impacts on Slovak agriculture Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of the proposals of the European Union Common Agricultural Policy reform (the EU CAP) after 2013 and modelling forecast of its impacts on Slovak agriculture. The behaviour of business entities in agriculture is significantly influenced by the current support scheme and the level of support within the EU CAP but also by market conditions. The impacts of the particular scenarios on the changes of production indicate that Slovak agriculture will approach just slowly the 2008 production level. This will be decisively influenced by the price development. Despite of this, it is evident that the most favourable result can be achieved under the Flat Rate Scenario while the absolute abolition of direct payments (Liberal Scenario) will bring very unfavourable economic consequences with impacts on agricultural production in Slovakia. Keywords: Common Agricultural Policy reform, agriculture, direct payments, 1st pillar, 2nd pillar, impacts of the EU's CAP Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 10-20 Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/146/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/146/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201101-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:1:id:146-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: S. Buchta Title: Development of agrarian employment in Slovakia after 2013 Abstract: The article discusses the prediction of the agrarian employment development in Slovakia in the new programming period, i.e. in the perspective of 2014-2020. The introduction covers the analysis of the current state in 2009 when 65.3 thousand of persons were employed within agriculture. The development of employment in the target years will be characterised by the increased number of self-employed persons, the increased social polarisation between the owners of enterprises or managers and agricultural employees. The class of the socially degraded agricultural pensioners characterised by income deprivation will be formed. Under the influence of the EU CAP reform, the decline in agrarian employment in the less-productive Northern districts of Slovakia and significant spatial changes in labour force distribution are being expected in dependence on the productive conditions of the agricultural production. Keywords: changes in agrarian employment, entrepreneurial structure, social polarisation in agriculture, work seasonality, restructuring of agriculture Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 21-26 Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/141/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/141/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201101-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:1:id:141-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Eva UHRINČAŤOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Effects of the Common Agricultural Policy potential scenarios after 2013 in the Slovak Republic Abstract: The contribution presents the modelling solution of the potential scenarios impact of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union after 2013 in the selected sectors of the Slovak Republic national economy. The solution is accomplished using the Computable General Equilibrium model with the emphasis on the productive and less favourable agricultural areas and the theoretical rents for agricultural land. If we take into consideration both pillars of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, according to the modelling calculations in Slovak conditions the most favoured is the Conservative scenario, the Reference and the Flat Rate scenario are neutral and the least favourable is the Liberalisation scenario. Keywords: Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union reform, impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on Slovak agriculture, production and less favoured areas Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 27-34 Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/144/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/144/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201101-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:1:id:144-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Dagmar Matošková Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Volatility of agrarian markets aimed at the price development Abstract: Significant price volatility has been observed at the world agri-food markets in these latter years. It has been caused by the triggers of the so-called market shocks that negatively influenced the stability of supply and demand of agri-food commodities. The contribution analyzes the causes of the price volatility incidence, it calls attention to the potential jeopardy of the price volatility transmission on the territory of Slovakia and it finds appropriate measures for its elimination. The price volatility of the Slovak agri-food commodities was reviewed pursuant to the variation coefficient calculation in three consecutive five-year intervals. Keywords: world prices, volatility, supply, demand, agri-food commodities Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 35-40 Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/143/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/143/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201101-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:1:id:143-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jozef GÁLIK Author-Workplace-Name: Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Development and efficiency of agri-food foreign trade of the Slovak Republic in the international context Abstract: The contribution is aimed at changes in the foreign trade of the Slovak Republic with agricultural and food products from 2004. The attention was paid to mutual relations of the imported and exported agricultural products. The contribution was supplemented by the comparison of the SR agri-food trade performance with the other EU member countries. To attain the objective, an unconventional methodical practice based on the calculation of trade balance per one inhabitant was used. Keywords: agri-food foreign trade, balance, trade efficiency Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 41-46 Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/142/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/142/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201101-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:1:id:142-2010-AGRICECON