Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture 2010 10(25) (3)

Autor	Wiesław Ciechomski,
Tytuł	Evolution of the food retail trade in Poland
Title	Evolution of the food retail trade in Poland
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Key words	food trade, FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) market.
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Abstract	The food retail trade in Poland is undergoing significant structural changes. The changes basically consist in a dynamic increase in the number of large-format stores, and also in the processes of integration and concentration of trade. In the food trade there are also qualitative changes taking place, in the form of implementing innovations and modern methods of managing the stores. These questions are brought up in this article
Cytowanie	Ciechomski W. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 5-11
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.28

Autor	Matthias Heyder, Ludwig Theuvsen,
Tytuł	Corporate Social Responsibility in the agri-food sector: the case of GMOs
Title	Corporate Social Responsibility in the agri-food sector: the case of GMOs
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Key words	corporate social responsibility, GMOs, agri-food sector
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Abstract	Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are handled differently in different countries. Whereas global acreage of GMOs jumped to 134 million hectares in 2009 [Cultivation... 2010], in many European countries opposition to GMOs is still strong, and their acreage is very small. This situation poses a difficult situation for many companies and their corporate social responsibility [CSR] strategies. Against this background, we conducted an online survey of 170 agribusiness firms in order to shed some light on how companies handle the conflict between, on the one hand, the growing use of GMOs worldwide and, on the other, the rejection of GMOs by European consumers. The empirical results show that many agribusiness firms perceive the use of GMOs as a highly relevant management issue that shapes their CSR strategies. All in all, agribusiness firms apply a wide spectrum of CSR activities, furthermore, CSR is considered a top management responsibility. GMOs are of aboveaverage relevance in firms that have been criticized for their attitudes towards and use of GMOs. The empirical results have interesting implications for the management of CSR and legitimacy in the agribusiness sector
Cytowanie	Heyder M., Theuvsen L. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 15-32
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.29

Autor	Paweł Kobus,
Tytuł	Modelling wheat yields variability in Polish voivodeships
Title	Modelling wheat yields variability in Polish voivodeships
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Key words	wheat yield, variability, production risk, spatial autocorrelation.
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Abstract	The paper presents an analysis of wheat yields variability in the voivodeships of Poland. The main aim of the study was to find out what are the statistical relationships between the wheat yield variability and the following factors: arable area, size of wheat production area, share of arable land used for wheat production, land quality and average yield. For that purpose a multiple linear regression was applied. It was found out that the detected spatial autocorrelation of wheat yields variability measured by standard deviations can be explained in 75% by the fitted model. Two of the considered variables showed a significant negative effect on this variability: the logarithm of arable area and the land quality, while the other two: the average wheat yield and the wheat production area displayed a significant positive effect on the variability. The effect of share of arable land used for wheat production itself was not significant.
Cytowanie	Kobus P. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 33-40
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.30

Autor	Julian Krzyżanowski,
Tytuł	Are export refunds necessary?
Title	Are export refunds necessary?
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Key words	agriculture, Common Agriculture Policy, export subsidies in Poland, beef , veal
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Abstract	The paper deals with the problem of export refunds in the EU agricultural trade. While examining Polish exports of beef and veal, an answer to the question is sought, if the exports refunds are necessary. The answer is positive, despite the fact that most probably the export subsidies in the EU will cease to exist after 2012
Cytowanie	Krzyżanowski J. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 41-46
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.31

Autor	Marcin Bukowski, Henryk Manteuffel-Szoege,
Tytuł	Economic appraisal of flood protection projects
Title	Economic appraisal of flood protection projects
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Key words	flood, casualties, losses, economic appraisal
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Abstract	A model of the economic appraisal of flood protection projects using the NPV indicator is presented with a recent enlargements concerning economic valuation of casualties and psychological losses in victims’ well-being. This year’s series of big floods in Poland has made this topic come back to public attention.
Cytowanie	Bukowski M., Manteuffel-Szoege H. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 47-57
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.32

Autor	Oleksandr Odosii,
Tytuł	Possible economic consequences of the free trade area creation between the European Union and Ukraine for the agri-food sector
Title	Possible economic consequences of the free trade area creation between the European Union and Ukraine for the agri-food sector
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Key words	agricultural products, liberalization, free trade area, European Union
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Abstract	This paper investigates the possible development of Ukrainian agriculture in terms of creation of a free trade area (FTA) with the European Union. Prospects for export-import relations between Ukraine and the EU as well as the competitiveness of domestic agricultural goods in domestic and foreign markets are analyzed. An economic-mathematical model was used for determining negative and positive consequences of the FTA formation for grain, dairy and meat industries. It is expected that the current positive Ukrainian trade balance in agri-food products will decrease significantly as a result of the trade liberalization. The analysis also shows possible changes in the gross domestic product, trade, level of economic activity, human welfare etc. Suggestions how to avoid the negative effects of the FTA on agricultural markets in Ukraine have been developed.
Cytowanie	Odosii O. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 58-68
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.33

Autor	Karolina Pawlak,
Tytuł	Competitiveness of chief producers of plant raw materials in intra-EU trade
Title	Competitiveness of chief producers of plant raw materials in intra-EU trade
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Key words	competitiveness, comparative advantages, plant raw materials, export, import, the European Union, intra-EU trade
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Abstract	The aim of the paper was to assess the competitive position of the most important producers of plant raw materials in the intra-EU trade in 2004 and 2008. The analysis covered such product groups as cereals, oil seeds, fruit and vegetable. The competitiveness was assessed with the use of a selected set of quantitative measures of international competitive position. Moreover, the shares of the studied countries in the EU trade were assessed as well as the relative intensity of plant raw materials export from each country.
Cytowanie	Pawlak K. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 69-78
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.34

Autor	Roman Rudnicki,
Tytuł	Spatial differences in the level of absorption of Common Agricultural Policy funds by agricultural holdings in Poland over the years 2004–2006
Title	Spatial differences in the level of absorption of Common Agricultural Policy funds by agricultural holdings in Poland over the years 2004–2006
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Key words	Common Agricultural Policy, agricultural holdings, absorption of EU funds
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Abstract	The article offers a territorial analysis of funds acquired by Polish agricultural holdings in the years 2004-2006 via direct payments and through participation in measures of the Rural Development Programme and the Sectoral Operational Programme ‘Restructuring and Modernisation of the Food Sector and Rural Development’. The analysis was based on the data on subsidies obtained in individual spatial units (voivodeship, poviat) as expressed by two indices: PLN per farm and PLN per hectare of agricultural land. It was found that owing to the structure of payments with a predominance of area payments, those areas were preferred that had a favourable farm-size structure and a high, historically developed level of farming. Such an allocation of the EU subsidies had contributed very little to the levelling out of structural differences in Polish farming.
Cytowanie	Rudnicki R. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 79-87
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.35

Autor	Luc D’Haese, Marijke D’Haese, Ngwako Sefoko, Johan van Rooyen,
Tytuł	Good governance and social responsibility in the South African wine industry
Title	Good governance and social responsibility in the South African wine industry
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Key words	good governance, social responsibility, social capital development approach, wine transformation charter.
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Abstract	The paper reviews the institutional structure or strategic framework, the Wine Industry Transformation Charter and Scorecard, adopted on 31 July 2007, through which good governance and social responsibility programmes are fostered, implemented and monitored in the South African wine industry. In other words, the paper outlines how the wine industry seeks to foster social change through integrated socioeconomic support structures, as based on the Wine Industry Plan (WIP). The wine charter and scorecard components are a representation of good governance in the industry, whereas the social capital development approach is the focus of social responsibility programmes in the wine industry. The seven components of the wine transformation charter are: (i) ownership, (ii) management/control, (iii) employment equity, (iv) skills development, (v) enterprise development, (vi) preferential procurement, and (vii) rural development, land reform and poverty alleviation. Five areas that constitute the programmes of social responsibility are: (i) the responsible alcohol use, (ii) rural development and poverty alleviation, (iii) security of tenure, (iv) land, and (v) sectoral determination. The implications for the agri-food sector and conclusions are provided.
Cytowanie	D’Haese L., D’Haese M., Sefoko N., van Rooyen J. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 88-98
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.36

Autor	Edita Smelíková,
Tytuł	New challenge for competitiveness of an agro-food company: to gain global competitive advantage
Title	New challenge for competitiveness of an agro-food company: to gain global competitive advantage
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Key words	globalization, competitiveness, competitive advantage, star analysis, agro-food sector.
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Abstract	As globalization continues its rapid pace, business managers must have tools and expertise to discover new ways to obtain gains from trade and new ways to reduce the costs of trade. It is necessary to adopt original approaches, capabilities, and strategies to succeed in world markets. Developing international knowledge is the foremost management challenge in the emerging global market place. The aim of this paper is to introduce the ‘Star Analysis’ as a method for applying this knowledge to obtain international competitive advantage. The results have been developed by the research project MSM 6215648904 ‘The Czech Economy in the Process of Integration and Globalisation, and the Development of Agricultural Sector and the Sector of Services under the New Conditions of the Integrated European Market’ of Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies.
Cytowanie	Smelíková E. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 99-105
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.37

Autor	Vladimir Golovkov, Anna Sytchevnik,
Tytuł	Prospects of table eggs production in Belarus
Title	Prospects of table eggs production in Belarus
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Key words	egg production, poultry farming, production efficiency, efficiency factors
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Abstract	Problems of development of egg production in Belarus are considered. Dynamics of volume of egg production is considered for the period of 1995-2009. Results of production and sale of eggs by integrated (mass production) poultry farms are analyzed by means of a correlation method.
Cytowanie	Golovkov V., Sytchevnik A. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 106-113
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.38

Autor	Wioletta Wereda,
Tytuł	Role of good governance in the development of a commune within a subregion
Title	Role of good governance in the development of a commune within a subregion
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Key words	commune, good governance
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Abstract	Topic of good governance is an issue of great importance to quality of governance, understood as the manner and effects of governance, which basically amounts to administrative action. Recently the terms ‘governance’ and ‘good governance’ are being increasingly used in the literature. Bad governance is being increasingly regarded as one of the root causes of all bad things within communities and public administration on the local as well as on the national level. That is why the paper shows the main role of good governance in the functioning of a commune in a subregion and its influence on the creation of development strategies and on improving of living conditions in the local areas.
Cytowanie	Wereda W. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 114-123
Pełny tekst	PRS_2010_T10(25)_n3_s114.pdf
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.39

Autor	Joanna Wiśniewska,
Tytuł	Internationalization of agro-food trade in the Visegrad Group countries after their entering into the European Union
Title	Internationalization of agro-food trade in the Visegrad Group countries after their entering into the European Union
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Key words	internationalization, agro-food trade, competitiveness, comparative advantage, market share, trade specialization, trade concentration
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Abstract	The foreign trade performance in agro-food sector in the Central European Countries for the period of 2004-2007 has been evaluated. The main exports and imports measures, comparative advantages, specialization as well as market shares and competitiveness have been analyzed. After entering into the European Union by the Central European Countries, the importance of foreign trade in agro-food sector has increased, an intra-branch trade has been intensified and its structure has changed. The comparative position of these countries in the trade has been created by rising comparative advantages of some sections and lowering of the others. The foreign trade turnover has risen and the agro-food trade has been internationalized.
Cytowanie	Wiśniewska J. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 124-133
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.40

Autor	Christian Henning, Nana Zarnekow,
Tytuł	Local government performance and spatial dependencies: drivers of structural support allocation?
Title	Local government performance and spatial dependencies: drivers of structural support allocation?
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Key words	regional policy, government performance, spatial econometrics, SAPARD.
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Abstract	A central aim of the Regional Policy of the European Union is a regional cohesion. Major instruments are regional policy programs financed via various European funds. The allocation of regional policy funds varies dramatically across regions even when one controls for regional development indicators. Thus, what political economy factors determine the access to financial support of regional policy funds? With this regard, the paper highlights the role of local government performance. Beyond, it is tested for spatial dependencies, e.g. if knowledge spillovers determine the ability to capture regional funds. Pars pro toto empirical analyses focus on the allocation of SAPARD funds in Slovakia using cross-section as well as panel data. The government performance is measured as a technical efficiency of local public good provision and derived within a non-parametric DEA approach. Results show that the government efficiency has a positive significant impact on the structural funding allocation. Furthermore, spatial dependencies occur. With respect to the program duration, it is concluded that knowledge spillovers take place, supporting a successfully program participation.
Cytowanie	Henning C., Zarnekow N. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 134-144
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DOI	10.22630/PRS.2010.10.3.41