Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Miloslav LAPKA Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Eva CUDLÍNOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: J. Sanford RIKOON Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA Author-Name: Martin PĚLUCHA Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Viktor KVETOŇ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Rural development in the context of agricultural "green" subsidies: Czech farmers' responses Abstract: The study compares the role of agricultural green subsidies in rural development of the Czech Republic before and after joining the European Union (EU) in 2004. We use the perspective of multifunctional agriculture and contribute to the research on the contemporary trends in Czech agriculture by using the data collected through surveys in 2000 and 2006, as well as 2008 comparative statistical support, to ask if there have been significant changes and improvements in farmers' evaluations of these programs. The empirical case study results show some positive changes connected with the participation in the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). In spite of improvements, farmers continue to cite two primary weaknesses and constraints - administrative procedures and shifting program guidelines - that were evident prior to joining the EU. It can be assumed that the environmental subsidies in the Horizontal Rural Development Plan 2004-2006 have had an effect on the stabilization of the livelihoods of rural inhabitants. In general, there is a positive shift of valuation of the CAP among farmers in the Czech Republic. Keywords: green subsidies, Czech farmers, multifunctional agriculture, European Union Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 259-271 Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/4/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/4/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201106-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:6:id:4-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jana MIKULEC Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Environmental Science, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Michaela ANTOUŠKOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Landscape and tourism potential in the protected landscape areas Abstract: Reasons to travel and to visit concrete destinations in the Czech Republic are especially the nature and cultural/historical sightseeing. The presented paper specializes on the first reason and it studies the specific landscape features together with the primary tourism potentials. It focuses on the protected landscape area of Kokořínsko, which is divided into 6 landscape units according to their landscape character. In these landscape units, the authors study the primary tourism potential and the elements of natural, cultural-historical and aesthetical characterization of landscape. The relation between the tourism potential and the landscape features is measured by the Spearman´s coefficient. Moreover, the expert's evaluation of landscape characteristics is confronted with the the landscape perception of tourists which were questioned in the PLA Kokořínsko. Keywords: tourism potential, protected landscape area, landscape evaluation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 272-278 Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/16/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/16/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201106-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:6:id:16-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pavel POSPĚCH Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Brno, Czech Republic Author-Name: Daniela SPĚŠNÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information, Brno, Czech Republic Title: What is the importance of social capital in Czech agriculture? An analysis of selected components Abstract: The paper examines the role of social capital in Czech agricultural sector. It is argued that social capital, just like economic capital, can be employed as a resource for the improvement of economic performance of agricultural enterprises. This hypothesis is tested on a sample of primary data and an analysis of the selected indicators of social capital is presented. These include personal social networks, membership in agricultural associations and access to sources of information. Following the results, it is argued that the presence of informal personal ties displays a stronger relationship to the entrepreneurial success than formal membership in agricultural associations. This outcome suggests a comparatively strong role of social capital in the dynamics of the sector. Keywords: social capital, social networks, agriculture, sociology, microeconomics Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 279-287 Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/163/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/163/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201106-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:6:id:163-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Josef ABRHÁM Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Rural development and regional disparities of the new EU Member States Abstract: The integration of Central and Eastern Europe into both the European and the world economy was in the last decade associated with a relatively high growth of gross domestic product and with a gradual increase in the economic level. The processes of convergence at the national level, however, were accompanied by an unbalanced spatial development. The paper analyzes, on the basis of the empirical statistical data, the impacts of the first years of the membership in the European Union on the development of regional differentiation and on development disparities between rural and urban regions. The evaluation of regional development is performed in regional units at the levels NUTS 2 and NUTS 3. Rural regions are monitored at the level of regional units NUTS 3. The examination based on the NUTS 2 units would not allow identifying of such a large number of rural areas. Keywords: new EU Member States, rural development, regional disparities Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 288-296 Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/6/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/6/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201106-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:6:id:6-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Anita Silvana ILAK PERŠURIĆ Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Agriculture and Tourism, Porec, Croatia Title: Social roles of farmwomen: The case of Croatia Abstract: The article is based on a field research on family farms in Croatia. On a sample of 350 farmwomen their social roles were analysed. The keys of the gender division of typical feminine tasks such as household tasks, family care tasks and the position in the family and on farm was analysed. Through statistical data processing in multivariate matrixes the latent matrix of independent variables: family, progessional position and farm economic status showed significant effects on matrix of dependent variables traditional feminine work, family care tasks and expectations of women hindering farmwoman's possibilities for off farm employment. Keywords: family farms, farmwoman, Croatia Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 297-307 Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/41/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/41/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201106-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:6:id:41-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: L. Zagata Title: Matthew Reed: Rebels for the soil: The rise of the global organic food and farming movement Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 308-309 Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Year: 2011 DOI: 10.17221/44/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/44/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:57:y:2011:i:6:id:44-2011-AGRICECON