Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Debora Scarpato Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economic and Legal Studies (DISEG), University of Naples "Parthenope", Naples, Italy Author-Name: Mariarosaria Simeone Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy Author-Name: Giacomo Rotondo Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economic and Legal Studies (DISEG), University of Naples "Parthenope", Naples, Italy Title: The challenge of Euro-Mediterranean integration for Campania agribusiness sustainability Abstract: This work aims to investigate whether and for which products the Campania region, as compared to other Italian regions, has managed to exploit the opportunities resulting from the gradual opening of MTC (Mediterranean third countries) markets which took place following the 1995 Euro-Mediterranean Conference in Barcelona. The results obtained through the use of a relative specialisation index show that Campania, compared to other Italian regions, enjoys a competitive advantage resulting from relative specialisation in the sale of processed and preserved fruit and vegetables and of bakery and flour products on MTC markets. Of great interest is the result, that the performance recorded by Campania with reference to the MTCs regarding the production of processed and preserved fruit and vegetables did not entail the repositioning of the same region on other European markets. Ultimately, the results highlight a strong specialisation and competitiveness of Campania in the production of processed and preserved fruit and vegetables and how the region has managed to fully exploit the gradual opening of MTC markets positioning itself on the markets and without being affected by the other main markets of MTC competition. Keywords: agri-food production, agricultural sustainability, competitiveness, Euro-Mediterranean integration, free trade, specialisation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 539-549 Volume: 65 Issue: 12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.17221/18/2019-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/18/2019-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201912-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:65:y:2019:i:12:id:18-2019-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Agnieszka Tłuczak Title: Potential and competitiveness of EU countries in terms of slaughter livestock production Abstract: Models and methods of spatial econometrics are gaining more and more popularity. Their advantage is the opportunity to examine the interrelationships between individual territorial units. These methods, apart from the own potential of the region, take into account the impact of neighbouring objects and location in space. The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between the potential and the level of competitiveness of individual European Union countries in the field of slaughter cattle production. In addition, the paper attempts to determine the specialisation of individual EU countries in the production of slaughter animals by sector. The analysis covered the years 2010-2016, using Eurostat data. The obtained results allow indicating countries in which there is a strong concentration of income potential (Sweden, Spain, Great Britain, France and Belgium). Countries in which the highest values of the potential quotients in the entire European Union are distinguished (Poland, Finland and Belgium). Keywords: animal production, competitiveness, specialisation Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 550-559 Volume: 65 Issue: 12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.17221/156/2019-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/156/2019-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201912-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:65:y:2019:i:12:id:156-2019-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ľubica Kubicová Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing and Trade, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Zdenka Kádeková Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Marketing and Trade, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Natália Turčeková Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Author-Name: Peter Bielik Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia Title: Consumption of food in relation to income and saturation limit of Slovak households Abstract: Food represents everyday need and from this point of view is stable and computable demand on the consumer market. Based on the current development of households' net money income and consumption expenditures, the aim of the paper is to point at the development of food consumption and changes in the cost of living of the population in Slovakia. Previous food consumption analyses proved that eating habits of the Slovak population comply neither with healthy lifestyle nor recommended doses, due to the low level of disposable net money income. In the analysis, linear and nonlinear functions were used in order to evaluate the development and saturation of demand for basic foods in Slovakia in the period 2008-2017. During these years, the share of expenditures on food and non-alcoholic beverages did not significantly change the consumption expenditures; they moved in intervals from 19.2% (2017) to 23.1% (2013), which is still a high share in comparison with EU countries (12.2%). The analysis provided in the paper is a suitable base for food businesses to create a product portfolio based on different net money income and saturation demand for basic foods. Keywords: expenditures, income saturation of demand, standard of living, Tőrnquist's function Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 560-568 Volume: 65 Issue: 12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.17221/94/2019-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/94/2019-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201912-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:65:y:2019:i:12:id:94-2019-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Bisera Andric Gusavac Author-Name: Milan Stanojevic Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Operations Research and Statistics, Faculty of Organisational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Author-Name: Mirjana Cangalovic Author-Workplace-Name: Department of Operations Research and Statistics, Faculty of Organisational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Title: Optimal treatment of agricultural land - special multi-depot vehicle routing problem Abstract: This paper describes a problem of optimal agricultural land treatment using aviation. The studied problem consists of determining the optimal routes for a given set of aircraft used for chemical treatment of arable agricultural land divided into parcels. This NP (nondeterministic polynomial time) problem is represented on a graph and a mixed integer mathematical programming model of the problem is formulated. This mathematical model is a specific variant of the multi-depot vehicle routing problem where a min-cost plan for the transportation of a homogeneous product (chemicals used for land treatment) from different supply locations (airfields) to different demand locations (agricultural parcels) should be generated. Some specifics of the agricultural land chemical treatment are described in the paper and the following specific conditions are taken into consideration: each parcel is treated only by one way of treatment and one aircraft; for each aircraft its chemical and fuel reservoir capacities are sufficient to serve its route. The complexity of the problem and the impossibility to obtain exact solutions for larger dimensions of the problem led to the formulation of a special heuristics which is presented in this paper. Numerical experiments are successfully conducted for larger problem dimensions and results are presented. Keywords: agriculture, combinatorial optimisation, mathematical model, multi-depot vehicle routing problem, optimisation, special heuristics Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 569-578 Volume: 65 Issue: 12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.17221/134/2019-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/134/2019-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201912-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:65:y:2019:i:12:id:134-2019-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Imron Zahri Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Author-Name: Elisa Wildayana Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Author-Name: Agus Thony Ak Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sjakhyakirti, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Author-Name: Dessy Adriani Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Author-Name: M. Umar Harun Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sriwijaya, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia Title: Impact of conversion from rice farms to oil palm plantations on socio-economic aspects of ex-migrants in Indonesia Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the impact of land conversion from rice farming to oil palm plantations on the socio-economic aspects of ex-migrants in the South Sumatra tidal swamp, Indonesia. Land conversion from rice farming to oil palm plantations is a form of adaptation for ex-migrant farmers and will increase food deficits in Indonesia. Ex-migrant farmers initially cultivated food crops with conventional technology. This pattern has been changing, which have led to the formation of two large groups of farms, namely rice-based farms implementing mechanisation, and oil palm-based plantations. The results showed that changes from rice farming to oil palm plantations did not make the economy of farm households better. Between the two groups of farmers, there is no difference in arable land, the labour allocation for agriculture and the farmers' income. In addition, there is not much difference between farmers' participation in on-farm and out-farm activities. The area of arable land owned, the husbands'age, and family size variables are determinants of farmers' choice to participate in other jobs activities and influence farmers' income. Thus, changes in crops from rice to oil palm have no impact on cultivation area, labour allocation, income, on-farm and out-farm activities. Keywords: household, migrant, socio-economic, tidal swamp Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 579-586 Volume: 65 Issue: 12 Year: 2019 DOI: 10.17221/349/2018-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/349/2018-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201912-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:65:y:2019:i:12:id:349-2018-AGRICECON