Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Peter BIELIK Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Luboš SMUTKA Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Miroslav SVATOŠ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Daniela HUPKOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic Title: Czech and Slovak agricultural foreign trade - two decades after the dissolution Abstract: Agrarian trade of the Czech Republic and Slovakia has undergone very significant changes in the period since the break-up of Czechoslovakia up to the present, which have influenced its commodity and territorial structure. The process of dividing the state, building a new business structure and the EU accession influenced the current form of Czech and Slovak agricultural trade and also particularly the competitiveness of Czech and Slovak agricultural and foodstuff products in relation to the EU market and also in relation to the world market. The process of transformation of agricultural production and trade in both countries has also affected their relationships. For this reason, the primary objective of this paper is to highlight the changes that have occurred in relation to the Czech and Slovak agricultural trade performance development - and in particular the changes in the mutual export and import operations are analysed. During the period 1994-2010, agricultural exports from the Czech Republic to Slovakia became considerably more dynamic than those in the opposite direction. Czech agricultural and foodstuff products have gradually established themselves and have gained comparative advantages over Slovak agrarian production. As a result of this development, a gradual increase of the negative balance of Slovak agricultural trade has occurred in relation to the Czech Republic. Since the Slovak agrarian sector has in recent years significantly decreased its own production capacity, in the future a continuation of the current trend can be expected. Keywords: agricultural trade, commodities, Czech Republic, development, EU27, export, import, Slovakia, structure, territories, third countries, trend, value, volume Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 441-453 Volume: 59 Issue: 10 Year: 2013 DOI: 10.17221/26/2013-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/26/2013-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201310-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:59:y:2013:i:10:id:26-2013-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: HU Wuyang Author-Workplace-Name: College of Economics and Management and College of Land Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China Author-Name: Ping QING Author-Workplace-Name: College of Economics and Management and College of Land Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China Author-Name: Marvin BATTE Author-Workplace-Name: Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA Author-Name: Tim WOODS Author-Workplace-Name: Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA Author-Name: Stam ERNST Author-Workplace-Name: Ohio State University Extension, Columbus, USA Title: What is local and for what foods does it matter? Abstract: This study answers two important questions related to local food that have not been sufficiently addressed before: what is the greatest distance food can travel and still be accepted by consumers as local, and is "local" an equally important product attribute across food categories. Using survey data from two states in the USA, this research found that consumers' accepted food travel distance may be much shorter than what is generally believed. In addition, there exists a great variation in the importance consumers attach to "being local" for different food categories and these differences can be related to variations in consumer demographics. Keywords: distance, food category, importance rating, local, regression Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 454-466 Volume: 59 Issue: 10 Year: 2013 DOI: 10.17221/29/2013-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/29/2013-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201310-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:59:y:2013:i:10:id:29-2013-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Manxiu NING Author-Workplace-Name: School of Public Administration, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China Author-Name: Hung-Hao CHANG Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Title: Migration decisions of parents and the nutrition intakes of children left at home in rural China Abstract: Using an individual-level dataset drawn from the China Health and Nutrition Survey in 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2009, this paper investigated whether the parental labour migration is associated with deficiencies in the nutrition intakes of children left at home in the rural area. The results show that the parental migration increases the probability of deficiency in the energy and protein intake of children left at home. Although several studies have pointed out that the parental remittances can increase the economic well-being of their children at home, this study points to an undesired cost of the parental migration. Governments should establish effective policies to promote the benefits of migration while minimizing the potential costs. In particular, specific social welfare programs targeting on children in the rural area can be designed to insecure the nutritional health of children left at home in the rural area. Keywords: China Health and Nutrition Survey, health and nutrition, labor supply, parental migration Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 467-477 Volume: 59 Issue: 10 Year: 2013 DOI: 10.17221/19/2013-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/19/2013-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201310-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:59:y:2013:i:10:id:19-2013-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Asif Reza ANIK Author-Workplace-Name: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur, Bangladesh Author-Name: Siegfried BAUER Author-Workplace-Name: JustusLiebig University Giessen, Geissen, Germany Author-Name: Mohammad Jahangir ALAM Author-Workplace-Name: Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh Title: Why farm households have differences in corruption experiences? Evidences from Bangladesh Abstract: The article explores the household-level determinants of corruption and its different forms in Bangladesh. It also identifies the micro-level factors for which households pay different amount of bribe. To attain these objectives, experiences of 210 Bangladeshi farm households belonging to six different districts of the country are analyzed. The econometric analyses show that the households with higher expenditure are more likely to face corruption and bribery, and also pay a higher amount of bribe. However, these households are less likely to face the negligence of duty and nepotism or favouritism. Such differences in the impact of the expenditure variable can be argued to be the outcome of a situation where corruption is pervasive and the officials have the bribe maximizing objective. Relationships with different power entities reduce the households' probability to face corruption and its different forms, and can avoid a higher bribe payment. The results argue for several policy actions for combating corruption in the country. Keywords: corruption, Cragg's double hurdle model, probit model, Tobit model Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 478-488 Volume: 59 Issue: 10 Year: 2013 DOI: 10.17221/41/2013-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/41/2013-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201310-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:59:y:2013:i:10:id:41-2013-AGRICECON