Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: editors Title: VOLUME 63, CONTENS Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: I-III Volume: 63 Issue: 12 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17221/10305-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/10305-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:63:y:2017:i:12:id:10305-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Tomas MACAK Author-Name: Jan HRON Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Title: The cybernetic stability of microeconomic variables in the agricultural sector: A case study from the agritourism field Abstract: Complexity in the management and variability of environmental factors in the agricultural, environmental and food industries has brought about the demand for developing robust methods that allow multiple variables to operate with compound dependencies and are inert to changing situation conditions (e.g. changing the agrarian policy of the state). Therefore, new attempts are being made to cope with these problems (i.e. complexity in control and the instability of initial conditions). There is one solution based on interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approaches; these methods were chosen for our case study on the agribusiness sector, where we use economic variables in the transformed form. This transformation allowed us to determine the optimal parameter settings (regarding factor instability) and the potential for regulating agribusiness activities using the corporate cybernetic diagrams. Estimations of the position and variability of the input values of the factors were carried out using a random vector. The practical experiment was conducted on the Agro-farm Krasna as a case study, thereby making it easy to repeat the designed procedure. Keywords: agritourism, cybernetic regulation, economic variables, factorial design, transformation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 531-538 Volume: 63 Issue: 12 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17221/268/2017-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/268/2017-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201712-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:63:y:2017:i:12:id:268-2017-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: You-Hua CHEN Author-Workplace-Name: College of Economics & Management and Guangdong Center for Rural Economic Studies, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China Author-Name: Pu-Yan NIE Author-Workplace-Name: Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Guangzhou, China Author-Name: Yong-Cong YANG Author-Workplace-Name: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China Title: Effects of corporate social responsibility on food safety Abstract: This paper develops the theory of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the food industry. The effects of CSR on the food industry are captured. First, we argue that CSR reduces the profits of a CSR firm under monopoly. Second, under complete information, regulation does not improve social welfare. We find that both active price regulation and active quality regulation reduce a monopolist's profits, consumer surplus and social welfare. Finally, under incomplete information, the monopolist exaggerates quality as much as possible. With quality regulation, CSR reduces exaggerated quality in the food industry. Keywords: food quality, game theory, quality regulation, social welfare Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 539-547 Volume: 63 Issue: 12 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17221/177/2016-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/177/2016-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201712-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:63:y:2017:i:12:id:177-2016-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Anna BRZOZOWSKA Author-Workplace-Name: Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland Author-Name: Dagmara BUBEL Author-Workplace-Name: Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland Author-Name: Antonina KALINICHENKO Author-Workplace-Name: Opole University, Opole, Poland Author-Name: Larysa NEKRASENKO Author-Workplace-Name: Poltava State Agrarian Academy, Poltava, Ukraine Title: Transformation of the agricultural financial system in the age of globalisation Abstract: The paper is an attempt to address the advantages and risks connected with the wave of financial globalisation, with a focus on its impact on financial policy in European agriculture. The aim of the paper is to identify the basic conditions of the functioning and change of the financial system of agriculture under the conditions of the globalisation of financial markets. Financial globalisation, also referred to as financial integration or openness, is understood as an increase in global ties and interdependences caused by capital flows. Potentially, globalisation can bring a lot of benefits, which are manifested in an acceleration of economic growth and decreased fluctuation in consumption, which should further improve the level of overall prosperity. On the other hand, however, internationalisation of financial flows entails a range of threats, including the possibility of crisis. Keywords: agribusiness, budget deficit, economic crisis, food markets, internationalisation, monetary policy, public debt Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 548-558 Volume: 63 Issue: 12 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17221/155/2016-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/155/2016-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201712-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:63:y:2017:i:12:id:155-2016-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jarmila LAZIKOVA Author-Name: Lubica RUMANOVSKA Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Ivan TAKAC Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic Author-Name: Zuzana LAZIKOVA Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic Title: Land fragmentation and efforts to prevent it in Slovak legislation Abstract: Agricultural land represents a country's natural heritage. Therefore, land protection is an issue that is the subject of various legislative measures, also including those that affect land fragmentation. Land fragmentation is a problem that hinders the effective use of land. In 1995, Slovak lawmakers adopted Law 180/1995 Coll., which prevents the fragmentation of land under a minimum size. The aim of this paper was to determine whether Slovak legislation concerning land fragmentation is effective and prevents this phenomenon. We compare the Slovak legislation with the legislations of other countries, and, further, we describe the existing situation with respect to land fragmentation in the individual regions of the country according to the requirements of Slovak legal regulations. The results include proposals for the potential amendment of the legal regulation to ensure the effective prevention of land fragmentation. Keywords: land fragmentation, legal regulation, minimum plot size Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 559-568 Volume: 63 Issue: 12 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17221/180/2016-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/180/2016-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201712-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:63:y:2017:i:12:id:180-2016-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Xiaoyong CAO Author-Workplace-Name: School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China Author-Name: Chih-Chun KUNG Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Poyang Lake Eco-Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Author-Name: Yuelong WANG Author-Workplace-Name: *Center of regulation and competition, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China Title: An environmental and economic evaluation of carbon sequestration from pyrolysis and biochar application in China Abstract: In the past decade, China has more than doubled its consumption of fossil fuels resulting in the emission of substantial amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2), which are considered to be the main cause of climate change. To mitigate climate change and ensure the continued survival of life on earth, the current level of CO2R emissions must be cut. This study establishes a price endogenous mathematical programming (Jiangxi Agricultural Sector Model) and incorporates bioenergy technologies such as ethanol, conventional co-firing and pyrolysis to examine how an agricultural province may contribute to bioenergy development and carbon sequestration. The results indicate that under moderate energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) prices, net electricity generation reaches 6.5 billion kWh annually. Net emission reduction is affected by market operations. At high GHG prices, pyrolysis and biochar application can sequester up to 4.74 million tons of CO2R emissions annually. However, this measure fluctuates significantly when GHG prices vary. Our study shows that pyrolysis and biochar application provide significant environmental effects in terms of carbon sequestration. Keywords: climate change, GHG mitigation, renewable energy, soil amendment Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 569-578 Volume: 63 Issue: 12 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17221/195/2016-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/195/2016-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201712-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:63:y:2017:i:12:id:195-2016-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: editors Title: AUTHOR INDEX, 63 Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: IV-VI Volume: 63 Issue: 12 Year: 2017 DOI: 10.17221/10306-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/10306-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:63:y:2017:i:12:id:10306-AGRICECON