Impact factor (WoS):

2022: 2.2
Q2 – Economics; Q3 – Agricultural Economics & Policy
5-Year Impact Factor: 2.1

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Agricultural Economics

  • ISSN 0139-570X (Print)
  • ISSN 1805-9295 (On-line)

An international open access peer-reviewed journal published by the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic. Published since 1954 (by 1999 under the title Zemìdìlská ekonomika)

  • The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
  • Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Luká¹ Èechura, Ph.D.
  • Co-editors: Ing. Jarmila Curtiss, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Jindøich ©pièka, Ph.D.
  • Executive Editor: Mgr. Barbora Vobrubová, Ph.D.
  • The journal is published monthly

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes scientific articles: original scientific papers dealing with agricultural subjects from the sphere of economics, management, informatics, ecology, social economy and sociology. An extensive scope of subjects in fact covers the whole of agribusiness, that means economic relations of suppliers and producers of inputs for agriculture and food industry, problems from the aspects of social economy and rural sociology and finally the economics of the population nutrition. Papers are published in English.


Current issue

Corporate social responsibility and the relationship to stakeholders in large agricultural holdings in the Czech RepublicOriginal Paper

Marie ©impachová Pechrová, Ondøej ©impach

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(4):155-164 | DOI: 10.17221/369/2023-AGRICECON  

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is also implemented in agriculture, where larger agricultural holdings have a higher influence. We focused on them and situated our study to a country with a large average farm acreage – the Czech Republic. The aim of the paper is to assess to what extent large agricultural holdings perceive socially responsible behaviour as being important and how it is manifested in their relationship to the stakeholders and the behaviour in economic, social and environmental areas using Carroll’s pyramid and concept of 3 ‘P’. It is also examined if the higher perception of CSR influences the assets....

Unravelling the bidirectional impact of Chinese agricultural subsidy policy on agricultural efficiency and farmers‘ income through panel data analysisOriginal Paper

Yungang Tang, Haojie Liao, Ye Wu, Gang Lei

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(4):165-177 | DOI: 10.17221/335/2023-AGRICECON  

This study examined the bidirectional impact of Chinese agricultural subsidy policies on agricultural efficiency and farmers’ income. It employed panel data from 2004 to 2020 across 31 Chinese provinces, and the three-stage least squares method was used for simultaneous estimation. Different regions and farmer types were analysed separately. The findings revealed a significant bidirectional impact of the agricultural subsidy policy on agricultural efficiency and farmers’ income, signifying a strong positive feedback loop. Varied types and levels of subsidy policies differently impacted regions and farmer categories, showcasing diverse...

Will the financialisation of agricultural products exacerbate food security risks? Empirical analysis from major grain-producing countries worldwideOriginal Paper

Yujie Chen, Jiangwei Tang

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(4):178-186 | DOI: 10.17221/432/2023-AGRICECON  

Based on data from 10 countries from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CBOT) wheat futures market for the period from 2000 to 2021, this study examines the impact of the financialisation of agricultural products on food security and its mechanism of action. We found that the higher the degree of financialisation of agricultural products, the stronger the negative effect on food security, which is more prominent after the financial crisis in 2008, and the effect on developing countries is more obvious than that on developed countries. The test results of the mediation effect model showed that the financialisation of agricultural products affects food...

Impact of production outsourcing on the adoption of low-carbon agricultural technologies in ChinaOriginal Paper

Ruirui Du, Aftab Khan, Rui Shi, Yujie Shen, Minjuan Zhao

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(4):187-197 | DOI: 10.17221/385/2023-AGRICECON  

Adopting low-carbon agricultural technologies (LCATs) is fundamental to reducing carbon emissions in agriculture. Our study explores the factors influencing the adoption of LCATs and the roles of production outsourcing and specialised farming within the framework of off-farm employment. In this regard, survey data were collected from 1 040 farmers in the Yellow River region of China in 2020 to examine the effect of production outsourcing on the farmers’ adoption of LCATs. Potential mechanisms associated with specialised farming and off-farm employment are considered to comprehend this relationship. We also investigate the heterogeneous...