scholarly journals The Role of Agribusiness in Maintenance of Future Rural Employment in Latvia

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Agnese Krievina ◽  
Ieva Leimane ◽  
Andris Miglavs
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Rural Space ◽  
Rural Employment ◽  
Agricultural Potential

Abstract Agriculture and manufacture of food products is important source of employment in Latvia. The number of people engaged in agribusiness has considerably decreased over the past years in Latvia. Therefore the paper seeks to analyze the existing situation in utilization of agricultural potential, as well as to evaluate the role of agribusiness potential in maintenance of rural employment in Latvia. The potential is analyzed in the context of the productivity of the persons employed in agribusiness, land use and the self-sufficiency level with the main food products in Latvia. The value added in Latvian agribusiness is very low in comparison with other EU countries, indicating low labour productivity in Latvia. The potential of agricultural land is also not fully utilized in Latvia, which gives basis to consider obtaining of higher agribusiness output in Latvia at the expense of inclusion of additional land resources. The development of the potential of Latvian agribusiness is to be associated with the satisfying of demand for meat in local market and increase in the supply of dairy products on export market. Considering the necessity to reach at least the EU average labour productivity, even the full utilization of agricultural potential is not sufficient for the maintenance of rural employment in Latvia at the level close to current. The decrease in employment in the agribusiness of Latvia cannot be stopped, even more - it is possible that it will continue provoke the decrease also in other sectors of economic activity, namely - sectors of public and private services provided to people in rural space.

scholarly journals THE PROBLEM OF LANDLORDIZATION IN THE AREA OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGROINDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF UKRAINE

2019 ◽  
pp. 185-197
Author(s):  
Ivan ZUBAR
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Land Relations ◽  
Comparative Structure ◽  
Food Market ◽  
Agroindustrial Complex

The article deals with current trends in the global agro-food market, which determine the prospects for increasing domestic export expansion and significant competitive advantages in diversifying the product range in the direction of the creation of food products of final consumption, maximizing the resulting value added. The duality of the perspectives of augmentation of domestic export agricultural productivity at the expense of large agro companies and small forms of management is singled out. The emphasis is on the necessity of implementation of the concept of sustainable development in the domestic agricultural policy. In the projection of the requirements of this Concept, the need for a meaningful analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of large-scale land use, which in the theorized by the predicate "landlordization" is outlined. The author substantiates the theoretical and content content of this definition and expands the subject composition of land relations by the term "landlord". The historical genesis of these concepts and the global causal experience of the existence of the phenomenon of landlordization are analyzed. The legal composition of the landlords spectrum is identified with the domestic practice of forming large agroholding companies. The article describes the activities of domestic landlords and their export potential. The comparative structure of the production of key commodity positions of landlords and households is systematized, where it is determined that the latter provide the production of key food products, which provides a weight for ensuring food security. The dynamics of landlordization in Ukraine, and their subject structure and structure, are analyzed. The insufficient implementation of agrarian potential in relation to the leaders of the world agro-food market, represented by the highest agricultural land plots and the lowest level of GDP per capita and negative trade balance, was established.

scholarly journals Labour productivity in the Hungarian agriculture

2018 ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Norbert Bozsik ◽  
Róbert Magda
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Cheap Labour ◽  
Agricultural Employment ◽  
Agricultural Labour Productivity ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Eu

This paper presents the situation of the agricultural labour employment and evaluates the agricultural labour productivity in Hungary. Since Hungary’s EU accession, the share of agricultural employment in the total employed population has been stabilized at around 5% in the country. Due to low wages, low profit and low prestige, agricultural jobs are not attractive. The gross and net labour productivity gap between Hungary and the EU have been significant since the EU accession. The agricultural labour productivity of the Hungarian regions also shows a different picture. The labour productivity influences the cost, profitability and competitiveness of products. The advantage of the cheap labour force in Hungary’s agriculture significantly decreased due to low labour productivity. There are several opportunities to increase the agricultural labour productivity such as the increase of labour force qualification, moving toward producing higher value added agri-food products, rejuvenation of population in agriculture and the improvement of the conditions of financing agriculture.

scholarly journals Icepac Limited: Strategic Growth Choices for an SME in the Frozen Food Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-99
Author(s):  
Shehla R. Arifeen
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Growth Options ◽  
Frozen Food ◽  
Growth Option

In 2012, Mr Mansoor Arifeen, CEO of Icepac Ltd/Kold Karrier (Pvt.) Ltd, was considering growth options for his small businesses. Icepac Ltd was the first company to provide branded, value-added frozen vegetables and meat products within Pakistan, and from Pakistan to the export market. He had managed to survive in the challenging frozen food industry by diversifying into logistics (Kold Karrier [Pvt.] Ltd) and warehousing (Icepac Ltd). Over the years, Icepac Ltd/Kold Karrier had grown from microbusinesses in 1988–1990 to small and medium enterprises. The majority ownership still rested with Mr Arifeen for both the businesses. He faced two options for growth. Option one was an investment in warehousing and logistics. Option two was to focus on frozen food business, investing heavily in developing the Icepac brand. Option two could be limited to the local market or expanded to the export market. Each of these decisions had its own pros and cons. However, it was a complex decision for him as he had always been emotionally invested in the frozen food business, as frozen vegetables had been the raison d’être for his entrepreneurial venture.

scholarly journals Przemiany i uwarunkowania wydajności pracy w rolnictwie Unii Europejskiej w latach 2005-2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Gołaś
Keyword(s):  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Deterministic Analysis ◽  
Productivity Decomposition ◽  
Productivity Convergence ◽  
Production Subsidies ◽  
Productivity Ratio ◽  
The Eu

The main aim of the work was to present the changes observed in the labour productivity in EU agriculture in years 2005-2016. The author proposed also the methodical decomposition of the labor productivity ratio in agriculture. Seven factors (ratios) have been taken into account in three models of labor productivity decomposition. These factors are: inputs productivity, land productivity, value added index, production taxation, production subsidies, equipment employed in agricultural land and the level of agricultural production intensity. The use of the deterministic method allowed to analyse the changes in labour productivity from the perspectives both in the EU agriculture (EU-28) and in the Polish agriculture. Performed studies seems to prove that in the years 2005-2016 the labor productivity measured by gross value added increased in case of EU-28 by average 2.13% and in the case of EU-15 only by 0.98%. At the same time, higher increase was observed in the case of EU-13 which equal to 3.45%. It may suggest that can be observe the ongoing process of the labor productivity convergence in EU agriculture. In the light of deterministic analysis, it was possible to specify the main factors contributing to the increase in labor productivity in agriculture in the EU-28 and in Poland, which are the increase in production intensity and the increase in agricultural land/labour relation. However, it should be also noted that the favorable direction of changes in labour productivity was weakened by the decreasing efficiency of production measured by the inputs productivity and the share of value added in revenues.

Measuring the strength of market selection in Russia: When the (firm) size matters

2020 ◽  
pp. 101-124
Author(s):  
Ivan V. Savin ◽  
Oleg S. Mariev ◽  
Andrey A. Pushkarev
Keyword(s):  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Firm Productivity ◽  
Market Selection ◽  
Revenue Growth ◽  
Market Shares ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Econometric Assessment

In this study, we evaluate the effectiveness of market selection based on data of Russian manufacturing firms from 2006 to 2017 and compare our results with those for foreign countries. To do this, we decompose the labor productivity at the industry level to determine the contribution from the redistribution of market shares from less to more productive companies. We also conduct a direct econometric assessment of the relationship between firm productivity and revenue growth. The results obtained indicate a moderate role of market selection in Russia. If we measure the firm productivity by estimating the value added per employee (labour productivity), then estimates for Russia are lower than for other OECD countries, while estimates based on total factor productivity are generally comparable. We also find that the role of market selection is higher for small and medium-sized enterprizes, which indicates the need to stimulate competition especially among large firms.

scholarly journals Tunisian consumers perception and behavior towards organic food products

New Medit ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Nadhem Mtimet ◽  
Asma Souissi ◽  
Neama Mhamdi
Keyword(s):  
Organic Food ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Sales Channels ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
And Cluster Analysis ◽  
And Behavior

Organic agriculture production in Tunisia is relatively recent and was mainly oriented to the export market. However, local market demand is growing for such products. The objective of the current study is to assess consumers’ awareness and consumption of organic food products. A survey was implemented and included 250 respondents from the capital city Tunis. We used descriptive statistics, factor and cluster analysis to analyze the data. The results indicated that respondents’ perceptions towards organic food are positive. Four groups of consumers were identified with respondents from the main three groups have good understanding about organic food products characteristics. However, the proportion of consumers who purchase organic food on a regular basis is quite low (16%). Improving availability and access to organic products through the integration in mainstream sales channels and lower price premiums will help narrowing the gap between the intention to purchase organic products and the actual purchase. Nadhem Mtimet, Asma Souissi, Neama Mhamdi

scholarly journals Significance of Agriculture for Bioeconomy in the Member States of the European Union

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8709
Author(s):  
Anna Nowak ◽  
Anna Kobiałka ◽  
Artur Krukowski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Agricultural Potential ◽  
Environmental Public Goods ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Eu

Bioeconomy is a response of the European Union and its member states to global challenges such as ensuring food security, mandatory sustainable management of natural resources, mitigating climate change and reducing dependency on non-renewable resources. One of the sectors playing an important role in the development of bioeconomy is agriculture, which accounts for the largest part of biomass used as a raw material for producing bioproducts. This paper is an attempt to answer the following questions: What is the essence and significance of the bioeconomy sector in the EU? How significant is agriculture to the bioeconomy sector? What is the potential and competitiveness of agriculture in EU countries? Data used in surveys is sourced from the Data-Modelling platform of agro-economics research and covers the years 2008–2017. The position of agriculture in the bioeconomy was determined based on measures such as level of employment and gross value added (GVA), turnover, while its competitiveness was assessed based on labour productivity. The results of surveys showed that more than 50% of all bioeconomy workers were employed in agriculture. The sector produced nearly 30% GVA and had a more than 18% share in bioeconomy turnover. Member states of the European Union featured diverse agricultural potential. At the same time, the productivity of agriculture was one of the lowest in the bioeconomy sector. The importance of agriculture stems not only from its food function, but also from the production of biomass. However, its social function is equally important, and in the face of escalating environmental problems the function connected with reducing external costs and producing environmental public goods has become complementary.

Enhancement of food production quality: the truffle case

2020 ◽  
pp. 587-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Viganò ◽  
Federico Gori ◽  
Antonella Amicucci
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Marketing Literature

The central role of quality agri-food production in the promotion of a given territory is actually widely recognized by both the economic and marketing literature and the stakeholders involved in the enhancement process of rural systems. On this basis, this work analyzes one of the finest Italian agri-food products: the truffle. This work tries to point out the main problems characterizing the current regulatory framework, the trade and the production of the Italian truffle sector, emphasizing their causes, consequences and possible solutions.

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