Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Lukáš Čechura Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Technical efficiency and total factor productivity in Czech agriculture Abstract: The paper deals with the analysis of technical efficiency and the total factor productivity (TFP) in Czech agriculture. The aim is to identify the key factors determining the efficiency of input use and the TFP development. The Fixed Management model is used for the estimation of technical efficiency and the construction of TFP for the total agriculture and its individual branches. The results show that technical inefficiency is an important phenomenon in Czech agriculture and its individual branches. The TFP development is determined by all components, i.e., technical efficiency, scale effect, technological change and management. Their contributions differ intrasectorally and intersectorally, and also in time. Finally, the developments in the individual branches are characterized by idiosyncratic factors, as well as the systemic effect, especially in the animal production. The most important factors which determine both technical efficiency and TFP are the factors connected with institutional and economic changes, in particular a dramatic increase in the imports of meat and increasing subsidies. Keywords: technical efficiency, technology, heterogeneity, total factor productivity (TFP), Fixed Management model and agriculture Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 147-156 Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/56/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/56/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201204-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:4:id:56-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Hai Lin Author-Workplace-Name: College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, P.R. China Author-Workplace-Name: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe Author-Name: Thomas Glauben Author-Workplace-Name: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe Author-Name: Jun Yang Author-Name: Ling-Yun He Author-Workplace-Name: College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, P.R. China Title: Impacts of the US Farm Bill 2008 on China's agricultural production and rural poverty Abstract: Whether the US Farm Bill 2008 has any impacts on China's agriculture, is highly related to the China's rural poverty alleviation and it deserves to be explored to see what will happen. According the existing empirical studies in the past, we expect that the US Farm Bill 2008 will exert an influence on the agricultural production and rural poverty in developing countries, especially China. In order to fully capture such an effect, we link two equilibrium models together: the multinational CGE model - GTAP and the China's partial equilibrium model - the China's Agricultural Policy Simulation and Projection Model (CAPSiM). A scenario based on the US Farm Bill 2008 will be constructed and compared with the baseline. A more liberalized scenario is also built for the simulation. The results have shown that the US Farm Bill 2008 has a little positive impact on the China's farmer income, and that the more liberalized the policy is, the more China will benefit. Keywords: US Farm Bill, China, Poverty, CGE Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 157-164 Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/122/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/122/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201204-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:4:id:122-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Milan Vošta Author-Workplace-Name: Department of World Economy, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Agriculture under the conditions of globalisation focussed on the expansion of the EU Abstract: Agriculture ensures the physical existence of the population and it creates a fund of basic foodstuffs. In addition, it produces non-food commodities as well as being a region forming and political element. It fulfils the function of an internal political stabilising factor and it is a requirement for an overall, balanced, development. The article puts into context: global agriculture; agricultural production within the expanded EU, which is developing under the conditions of the integrated Common Agricultural Policy. It also draws attention to the current trends characteristic of agriculture within the EU. Emphasis is also put on how the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is perceived, as well as its consequences for the agrarian production and the position of the EU in the international trade of agricultural products. Keywords: agriculture, globalisation, European Union, plant production, animal husbandry, foreign trade Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 165-171 Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/141/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/141/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201204-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:4:id:141-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jarmila Lazíková Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Law, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Ivan Takáč Author-Workplace-Name: Department of European Policies, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Štefan Buday Author-Workplace-Name: The Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, Bratislava, Slovak Republic Title: Economic and legal aspects of the agricultural land market Abstract: Agricultural land market is usually defined as the purchase of agricultural land. In the most of the European countries, the land rental transactions have received the dominant position in the land market. Therefore, the land rental transactions are included into the agricultural land market analysis. The decision processes of market subjects are often influenced by the law. On the one hand, there is the law regulating the value of agricultural land from the various points of view. On the other hand, there are some statutes stipulating the rental legal rules. The objective of this paper is to analyse the influence of the law on the behaviour of market subjects in the agricultural land market. Keywords: agricultural land, land market, land transactions, land rent, land legal regulation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 172-179 Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/33/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/33/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201204-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:4:id:33-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Saeed Rasekhi Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran Author-Name: Shideh Sadat Shojaee Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran Title: Determinant factors of vertical intra industry trade in agricultural sector: A study of Iran and her main trading partners Abstract: The present study has investigated the country specific determinants of the vertical and total intra-industry trade between Iran and its main trading partners (including 24 countries) in the agricultural products group during the time period 2001-2007. For this purpose, first we have measured the types of the intra-industry trade. Then we have examined the determinants of the vertical and total intra-industry trade in the agricultural sector by using the panel technique. Based on the obtained results, it has confirmed that economic development (both per capita income and HDI) has a positive and significance effect on the Iran's bilateral intra-industry trade. Also, the results verify the Linder hypothesis. In sum, the Iran's foreign trade in agricultural sector is mainly based on comparative advantage. Specifically, there is a negative and significant relationship between the revealed comparative advantage and the industry trade. In addition, the endowment of land affects positively the high vertical intra-industry trade. Also according to the results, the size market differences impact the intra-industry trade negatively. Keywords: total and vertical intra-industry trade, agricultural products, Human Development Index, Linder, revealed comparative advantage, Iran Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 180-190 Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/13/2011-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/13/2011-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201204-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:4:id:13-2011-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Petr Kment Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Humanities, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Lucie Kocmánková Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Humanities, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Rural and environmental concern - focus on the Czech Republic Abstract: An increasing number of works on the rural-environmental connection can be found at present. However, their overview and classification are needed - this is the guiding idea of this paper. We distinguish three approaches to the rural-environmental connection and label them scientific approach, environmentalist approach, and development approach. In the paper, theories of environmental concern (post-materialism, paradigm shift, and ecological modernisation) are discussed at first and then a classification of works is proposed. Keywords: environment, rural areas, Czech Republic, post-materialism, paradigm shift, ecological modernisation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 191-199 Volume: 58 Issue: 4 Year: 2012 DOI: 10.17221/37/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/37/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201204-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:58:y:2012:i:4:id:37-2010-AGRICECON