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 Zemědělská ekonomika)

  • The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board
  • Editor-in-Chief: prof. Ing. Lukáš Čechura, Ph.D.
  • Co-editors: Ing. Jarmila Curtiss, Ph.D., prof. Ing. Jindřich Špička, 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

Palm oil trade restrictiveness index and its impact on world palm oil exportsOriginal Paper

Hakimah Nur Ahmad Hamidi, Norlin Khalid, Zulkefly Abdul Karim

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(3):101-111 | DOI: 10.17221/332/2023-AGRICECON  

Despite numerous attempts to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers, the average number of barriers in the agricultural sector, particularly in the palm oil sector, is rising. Non-tariff effects are subjective, which makes them challenging to quantify. A new palm oil trade restrictiveness index that considers each trade barrier imposed on palm oil exports, such as tariff and non-tariff measures, is necessary to facilitate the sector’s exports. Hence, this study aims to calculate the trade restrictiveness index (TRI) of palm oil and analyse its impact on Malaysia’s and Indonesia’s palm oil exports. This study uses a gravity model...

Farm size and greenhouse gas emission: Do large farms in China produce more emissions?Original Paper

Zhe Zhao, Fan Zhang, Yiqiong Du, Xin Xuan, Ying Cai, Gui Jin

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(3):112-124 | DOI: 10.17221/307/2023-AGRICECON  

Farms are key to agricultural advancement and carbon emission reduction. Understanding the influence of farm size on emissions is vital for eco-friendly farming. Our study used an econometric model with instrumental variable adjustments to examine the effect of farm size on greenhouse gas emissions, revealing an inverted U-shaped relationship. The findings revealed that emissions increased with farm size until a peak and then decreased. We identified an optimal farm size range (0.45 km² to 0.58 km²) for lower emissions, where the farm size maintaining the lowest greenhouse gas emissions per unit area was 0.58 km², while the lowest greenhouse...

Assessment of agricultural carbon emissions reduction potential and optimisation pathways based on a framework of equity and efficiency principles: Evidence from Fujian Province in ChinaOriginal Paper

Jie Ye, Renshan Xie, Xingwei Deng, Minling Lin, Yang Chen, Ketao Lin, Jianzhou Yang

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(3):125-136 | DOI: 10.17221/329/2023-AGRICECON  

Fujian Province, China was chosen as the study area for estimating the marginal agricultural abatement costs within the province based on data for 2010–2020. The study employed these estimations as a pivotal factor affecting the efficiency of carbon emissions reduction, constructed an index model to gauge the potential of agricultural carbon emissions reduction, and delved into the urban agricultural carbon emissions reduction potential from the perspectives of economic development rights (equity) and carbon emissions reduction difficulty (efficiency). Our findings indicated a marked regional disparity in the marginal abatement costs of agriculture...

Indirect use value of improved soil health as natural capital that supports essential ecosystem services: A case study of cacao agroforestryCase Study

Yudha Kristanto, Suria Tarigan, Tania June, Bambang Sulistyantara, Pini Wijayanti

Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2024, 70(3):137-154 | DOI: 10.17221/281/2023-AGRICECON  

Multifunctional landscapes, such as agroforestry, that improve soil health are essential in sustaining terrestrial life by supporting various ecosystem services (ESs). However, decision-making often requires more attention to soil health because its parameters have no market value. In this study, we aim to evaluate soil health parameters in cacao agroforestry and monoculture and their degradation due to erosion and to estimate their indirect use value (IUV). We develop a soil health economic valuation approach bridged by ESs because the economic valuation of ESs tends to be better studied. We estimated the IUVs of the eight soil health parameters by...