Studies in Agricultural Economics Volume 120, Number 1

Studies in Agricultural Economics Volume 120, Number 1

Studies in Agricultural Economics Volume 120, Number 1 Guest Editor-in-Chief Klaus WAGNER Contents Bundesanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft, Wien, Austria FOREWORD Chair of the Editorial Board ARTICLES JUHÁSZ Anikó Agrárgazdasági Kutató Intézet, Budapest, Hungary Applying a social-ecological approach to enhancing provision of public goods through agriculture and forestry Editorial Board activities across the European Union 1 Vilija ALEKNEVIČIENĖ Aleksandro Stulginskio universitetas, Kaunas, Lithuania Thilo NIGMANN, Thomas DAX and Gerhard HOVORKA Jerzy BAŃSKI Former political borders and their impact on the evolution Instytut Geografii i PZ PAN, Warszawa, Poland Sabine BAUM of the present-day spatial structure of agriculture in Poland 8 Halle (Salle), Germany Roman RUDNICKI, Aleksandra JEZIERSKA-THÖLE, Štefan BOJNEC Łukasz WIŚNIEWSKI, Jörg JANZEN and Leszek KOZŁOWSKI Univerze na Primorskem, Koper, Slovenia Richard M. CRUSE CommunalAudit, a guide for municipalities in Austria to Iowa State University, Ames, USA foster inclusive and sustainable development 17 Sophia DAVIDOVA Erika QUENDLER University of Kent, Canterbury, UK Thomas DAX Design and implementation of the Local Development Bundesanstalt für Bergbauernfragen, Wien, Austria Strategy: a case study of Polish and Italian Local Action FARKASNÉ FEKETE Mária Groups in 2007-2013 25 Szent István Egyetem, Gödöllő, Hungary Paweł CHMIELIŃSKI, Nicola FACCILONGO, FEHÉR Alajos Mariantonietta FIORE and Piermichele LA SALA Debreceni Egyetem, Debrecen, Hungary FELFÖLDI János The role of product-related information and factors Debreceni Egyetem, Debrecen, Hungary impacting consumer attitudes during health-conscious food FERTŐ Imre purchase in Hungary 32 Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Budapest, Hungary Mariantoinetta FIORE SOÓS Gabriella and BIACS Péter Ákos Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy Impacts of climate on technical efficiency in the Hungarian Matthew GORTON arable sector 41 University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK David HARVEY VÍGH Enikő, FERTŐ Imre and FOGARASI József University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK Precision agriculture in Hungary: assessment of perceptions Wim J.M. HEIJMAN Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands and accounting records of FADN arable farms 47 Carmen HUBBARD TAKÁCSNÉ GYÖRGY Katalin, LÁMFALUSI Ibolya, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK MOLNÁR András, SULYOK Dénes, GAÁL Márta, JÁMBOR Attila KEMÉNYNÉ HORVÁTH Zsuzsanna, DOMÁN Csaba, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary ILLÉS Ivett, KISS Andrea, PÉTER Krisztina and KEMÉNY Gábor KATONÁNÉ KOVÁCS Judit Debreceni Egyetem, Debrecen, Hungary Efficiency of Polish organic and conventional farms 55 KEREKES Kinga Agnieszka BAER-NAWROCKA and Justyna BŁOCISZ Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania MAGDA Róbert INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Szent István Egyetem, Gödöllő, Hungary Jan W. OWSIŃSKI Manuscripts should be prepared in English and sent via e-mail to the Instytut Badań Systemowych, PAN, Warszawa, Poland Editor-in-Chief at [email protected]. POPP József Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Budapest, Hungary Vladimír SZÉKELY Geografický ústav, SAV, Bratislava, Slovakia TAKÁCSNÉ GYÖRGY Katalin Óbudai Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary TÓTH József Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary The cost of printing this issue is supported VÁSÁRY Viktória by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem Budapest, Hungary Hillka VIHINEN LUKE Luonnonvarakeskus, Helsinki, Finland Hans VROLIJK © Agrárgazdasági Kutató Intézet, 2018 Wageningen Economics Research, Den Haag, The 1463 Budapest, POB 944, Hungary Netherlands https://www.aki.gov.hu/studies ISSN 1418 2106 (printed) Production Manager VRANA Attila ISSN 2063 0476 (electronic) Agrárgazdasági Kutató Intézet, Budapest, Hungary Established 1962 i Foreword Foreword As has become customary, the first issue of this volume their case-study Local Action Groups in Poland and Italy of Studies in Agricultural Economics has been compiled in were generally working effectively. However, excessive partnership with the European Rural Development Network institutionalisation (transfer of the proposal evaluation role (www.erdn.eu). It shares the theme ‘Innovation and Coopera- away from the LAG in Poland, and excessive formalisation tion in Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Regions’ with of the application rules in Italy) could be the major constraint the 15th ERDN Conference which was organised by the Bun- to effective programme implementation. desanstalt für Agrarwirtschaft, Wien, and held in Eisenstadt In the context of the increasing interest in functional (Austria) on 3-4 October 2017. Several of the papers included foods in Hungary, four consumer segments were identified in this thematic issue were presented at the conference. by Soós and Biacs, and characterised according to socio- As the basic and infrastructural conditions in many rural demographic, behavioural and attitude variables. Familiarity regions of the European Union (EU) have steadily improved with the term ‘functional food’ is still limited, and consum- in recent decades, specific and integrative topics on the fur- ers’ demand for information to justify food purchase deci- ther development, chances and opportunities of rural regions sions varies according to their level of knowledge, involve- are increasingly being addressed in research, policy mak- ment, personal attitudes and socio-demographic indicators. ing and the public discourse. Against this background, this The remaining three papers cover aspects of agricultural issue of Studies in Agricultural Economics includes papers innovation and sustainability. Using different methodolog- on diverse topics such as the provision of public goods, ical approaches, Vígh, Fertő and Fogarasi sought to deter- inclusive and sustainable development of rural municipali- mine the climate factors which may influence the technical ties, and changes in consumer preferences. Papers related to efficiency of Hungarian arable farms. Their results show that innovation in farming address adaptation to climate change the processes resulting from climate change are determining and the roles of precision agriculture and organic farming. factors in the evaluation of the adapted sectoral patterns and In the frame of the EU H2020 research project PEGASUS, market conditions. Nigmann, Dax and Hovorka explain the manifold interrela- Precision agriculture technologies have been recognised tions among the diverse ecosystem services and functions as one of the rare win-win solutions for environmental and of land use and land management, based on the empirical socio-economic goals. Data analysis and survey work con- findings of twelve case study areas from across the EU. The ducted by Takácsné György and colleagues confirm that pre- Common Agricultural Policy has a core role for provision of cision farming leads to increasing yields and has profitability ecosystem services beside other EU and national policies. benefits compared to conventional farming. The high invest- Owing to the nature of its history, Poland includes his- ment cost is the main barrier to diffusion, while subsidies torical borderlines that separated diametrically-opposite and more appropriate information could foster it. agricultural systems. The impact of this historical factor was Finally, Baer-Nawrocka and Blocisz compare the effi- shown by Rudnicki, Jezierska-Thöle, Wiśniewski, Janzen and ciency of Polish organic and conventional farms. In terms Kozłowski to be evident even today, especially in the territo- of efficiency criteria only, the organic farms show significant ries further away from that borderline, particularly for features disadvantages in land and labour efficiency which should be associated with agrarian structure, rural socio-demography, considered when formulating agricultural policy objectives and productivity and profitability of agricultural holdings. and conceptualising measures. Rather than competing with Monitoring and evaluation is crucial to enhance the sus- each other, the concepts should be seen as complementary. tainable development of municipalities in an inclusive and ERDN seeks to advance international scientific coop- sustainable way, in terms of their long-term intention of eration in rural development and agriculture, as well as to greater attractiveness, competitiveness and sense of identity. share and promote scientific experiences and achievements CommunalAudit is a tool developed in Austria for achieving in order to support policy makers and stakeholders. We, the this development. Quendler sets out the relevant definitions joint Editors, hope that this thematic issue of the journal con- and concepts of this tool and discusses its implementation, tributes to the further development of these objectives. benefits and drawbacks, and further evolution. The Leader approach is now well established across the S. Egartner, J. Niedermayr and K. Wagner EU. Chmieliński, Faccilongo, Fiore and La Sala show that Wien, March 2018 Reviewers Prof. Dr. Jerzy BAŃSKI • Dr. Martin BRÜCKLER • Dr. Paweł CHMIELIŃSKI • Prof. Sophia DAVIDOVA • Dr. Thomas DAX Prof. Matthew GORTON • Dr. Carmen HUBBARD • Prof. Dr. Mária KADLEČÍKOVÁ • Dr. KISS Judit Prof. Dr. Małgorzata MICHALEWSKA-PAWLAK • Julia NIEDERMAYR • Dr. SZAKÁLY Zoltán • Dr. Klaus WAGNER Editorial Advisory Panel CSÁKI Csaba, Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary ● Mária KADLEČÍKOVÁ, Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre, Slovakia KISS Judit, MTA Világgazdasági Kutatóintézet, Budapest, Hungary ● LEHOTA József,

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