The Osijek-Baranya County at the East part of Croatia, generally is known as lowland region in whose economy agriculture and food industry are of great importance. Eastern Croatia abounds in various ...traditional products, mainly based on smoked pork. The goal of this paper is to identify consumers' attitudes and behavior towards East Croatia traditional food products (TFP). Furthermore, the model for market power evaluation of each East Croatia TFP is created according to consumers¨ preferences and attitudes results. The research was performed in Osijek-Baranya County in spring 2019. The sample was consisted of 500 randomly chosen respondents older than 18 via self-fulfilled questionnaire survey. In paper is used descriptive, parametric and non-parametric statistics. People in East Croatia have a positive attitude to TFP of their region. Survey results related to supply, quality, demand and price willingness are used to modelling coefficient for East Croatia TFP commercialization. This coefficient can help producers and policy makers to decide easier about the most perspective production from market point of view. According to the survey results, production of kulen, cottage cheese, ham, honey and sausages are the most promising.
Vanjska trgovima ima veliki značaj u gospodarstvu svake zemlje kroz
multiplikativni efekt koji se ogleda ne samo kroz ekonomske komponente već i kroz
sociokulturni razvoj. Cilj rada bio je ...identificirati Tursku u europskom kontekstu
međunarodnih odnosa, odnosno ukazati na komparativnu i konkurentsku ulogu Turske u
vanjskotrgovinskom poslovanju. Čimbenici odnosa Turske u europskom kontekstu su:
demografski aspekti, sociološke i kulturološke razlike, pristupni kriteriji, ekonomski
aspekti i politički izazovi. U posljednja dva desetljeća carinska unija Europske unije
(EU) i Turske bila je okosnica razvoja u okviru bilateralne trgovine. U tom razdoblju
Turska je postala petim glavnim trgovinskim partnerom s EU na globalnoj razini s
vrijednošću bilateralne trgovine od 140 milijardi eura (2017). Slično tome, EU je
najvažniji trgovinski partner Turske, koja predstavlja 41% turske globalne trgovine.
Istraživanje u radu temeljeno je na analizi sekundarnih izvora podataka, a metode
sinteze i deskripcije primijenjene su u interpretaciji dobivenih rezultata i formiranja
zaključaka. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju kako je integracija Turske u Europsku uniju
određena kako „tvrdim“ ekonomskim čimbenicima korisnosti, tako i „mekanim“ čimbenicima kao što su osjećaj identiteta, religije ili stavovima prema imigrantima.
Iako Turska pokazuje pozitivne ekonomske trendove u europskom kontekstu, „mekani“
čimbenici ipak predstavljaju osnovnu barijeru integracije.
The Latest Common Agricultural Policy reform intends to expand and strengthen environmental and social support and to liberalise the delivery model carried out through strategic planning. This paper ...aims to assess the potential impacts of the new CAP reform on the main agricultural markets in Croatia. The impact assessment is analysed using the AGMEMOD model where, in addition to the baseline scenario, three scenarios of potential changes are developed and compared to the baseline. Changes in market patterns (production, yield and net trade) at the end of the simulated period are compared with the baseline scenario results by 2030. The reduction in support levels to production, abolishment of voluntary coupled supports and introduction of additional environmental constraints have a significant impact on the main Croatian agricultural markets. Crop markets prov to be less dependent on subsidies, so that market pattern changes will not mean the loss of Croatia’s net export status for soft wheat, maize and soy beans, while barley no longer holds this status. Livestock sectors, especially beef and dairy, in addition to demonstrating a distinct lack of competitiveness even before the Croatian accession to the EU, additionally suffer significant production volume losses along with an increase in imports. Although significant, changes to the Croatian agricultural market are not dramatic enough to cause a complete production breakdown by 2030.
The purpose of the study was to analyze social innovations in a broader context in order to achieve sustainable development goals. In terms of a response to the research questions, a comprehensive ...analysis of an alteration process in rural development was conducted while identifying the social innovations, highlighting the good practices, and conceptualizing the social innovation typology of peripheral rural areas. The methodology included a comparative analysis addressing three European regions, namely Northern, Central, and Western Europe, represented by Finland, Croatia, and France, respectively, together with their nine good practice examples during a biennial RUR’UP project period. The results demonstrate the typological differences between the selected examples of social innovations that stimulate the rural development of peripheral rural areas. These examples were formulated by the different social conditions in which these innovations were created. As a traditional economic activity in rural areas, agriculture is a great challenge for the application of innovations, can effectuate changes in the economic activities of the rural population, and can promote social and economic sustainability. In conclusion, significant differences among the regions were proven on the basis of social, environmental, and economic impacts arising from the application of social innovation.
Online business in agritourism is mostly done via internet which means it entails both many opportunities and challenges. Explaining the role and the specificity of agritourism is much easier and ...more efficient through the web and social networks. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of online business in agritourism, and this does not just involve advertising and communication, but also market research, competition, mutual cooperation, banking business, knowledge and skills through online tools (online lifelong education). An empirical study was carried out in order to determine how consumers perceive online activity of agritourism (N:101). Established hypotheses were confirmed: agritourism is not sufficiently promoted through internet and social networks (H1), internet and social networks could influence consumers’ knowledge of products and services in agritourism (H2), and older age groups are mostly not informed via internet H3).
With Croatia?s accession to the European Union (EU), numerous changes have
taken place within the key agricultural markets. This primarily relates to
the introduction of Common Agricultural Policy ...measures and instruments, the
convergence of domestic agri-food product prices, the opening of the
domestic market and the producer?s adjustment to the business conditions
within the EU single market. Sophisticated tools such as partial equilibrium
(PE) econometric models are commonly used in the impact assessments of the
integration processes and for the development of medium-term market outlook
simulations. The aim of this research is to develop a medium-term outlook of
the soft wheat market in the Republic of Croatia up to 2030. As an
appropriate tool, the AGMEMOD (PE) model was used to provide baseline
simulations. The model results simulate future trends of main agrarian
policy indicators (sown area, production, yield, import, export and average
producer price) on the soft wheat market. The Croatian soft wheat market
outlook assumes ceteris paribus market conditions with the existing
agricultural policy structure until the end of the simulated period. The
main findings of the simulated outlook indicate a slight growth trend of
sown areas, continued growth of yield and production, along with soft wheat
exports increase in Croatia by 2030 compared to 2018. Furthermore, the soft
wheat degree of self-sufficiency in Croatia is expected to be 114% by the
end of the simulated period.
Apple is the most represented fruit species in Croatia. Codling moth, Cydia pomonella L, is one of the most important apple pests whose population is growing from year to year. The aim of this study ...was to determine the economic effectiveness of four treatments against codling moth (1 - based on baculovirus; 2 - based on the group of synthetic pyrethroid; 3 - based on kaolin, 4 - control treatment), on the three apple varieties. The experiment was performed at the Agricultural Institute Osijek, Croatia, during three years (2012-2014). In order to analyze the results of apple production it was necessary to calculate production efficiency, labor productivity, and profitability of production. The results of the research of economic efficiency according to market prices treatment 1 and treatment 2 had economic coefficient above 1 with tendency of significant growth, while treatment 3 and 4 were uneconomical. The treatment 1showed advantage over the treatment 2 because of its positive effects on human health and biodiversity, as well as satisfactory economic efficiency.
The Osijek-Baranya County at the east part of Croatia, generally is known as lowland region in whose economy agriculture and food industry are of great importance. Eastern Croatia abounds in various ...traditional products, mainly based on smoked pork. The goal of this paper is to identify consumers' attitudes and behavior towards east Croatia traditional food products (TFP). Furthermore, the model for market power evaluation of each east Croatia TFP is created according to consumers" preferences and attitudes results. The research was performed in Osijek-Baranya County in spring 2019. The sample was consisted of 500 randomly chosen respondents older than 18 via self-fulfilled questionnaire survey. In paper is used descriptive, parametric and non-parametric statistics. People in East Croatia have a positive attitude to TFP of their region. Survey results related to supply, quality, demand and price willingness are used to modelling coefficient for East Croatia TFP commercialization. This coefficient can help producers and policy makers to decide easier about the most perspective production from market point of view. According to the survey results, production of kulen, cottage cheese, ham, honey and sausages are the most promising.
Bioeconomy, which encompasses a broad scope of activity and can be terminologically explained in many ways, essentially contributes to the innovation, sustainability, economic growth and employment. ...The common features of cooperatives and bioeconomy are recognized, among other things, in the values such as equality, social responsibility, environmental protection, self-reliance, self-responsibility, democracy, etc. Cooperatives possess a social note, but the goal of their positioning as the creators of sustainability has to involve raising public awareness about what a sustainable cooperative business is. A cooperative is an association that puts people, environment, and social responsibility first, after the profit. The aim of the research was to identify the links between a cooperative business and bioeconomy in the function of sustainable rural development, thus identifying the characteristics and challenges of cooperatives in Osijek-Baranja County while proposing the measures for cooperative operations in the context of social economy. The paper analyses internal and external problems, such as institutional support, legal regulation, administrative measures, financial incentives, interpersonal relationships, educational structure etc. Based on the identified problem, a correlation between the given variables was investigated. Numerous experiences demonstrate that a cooperative, as a model of socially responsible entrepreneurship, ensures better living conditions and contributes to the overall and sustainable development of the European society. In Osijek-Baranja County, cooperatives have great significance, and although the number of cooperatives in the observed period(2011-2016) tends to fall, the total annual income of cooperatives and the number of employees tend to grow.
According to the data of the Croatian Chamber of Economy (2016), department responsible for agriculture, fisheries, forestry, wood and food industry in Republic of Croatia 1.5 million hectares of ...utilized agricultural land 54% refers to arable land and gardens, 5% refers to orchards, vineyards and olive groves and 41% on permanent lawns. Viticulture and winemaking in Croatia has a long tradition, a high level of production knowledge and producers experience which, in addition to favorable natural conditions and a developed market of demand, give stimulating conditions for sustainable production development. A large number of competitors and fierce competition among the winemakers characterizes bought Croatian and European wine markets. ...according to the study (Del Vechio et al., 2017) buyers give primary importance to the quality of the product and if the domestic product is equal in this parameter with the foreign product, there is a strong motivation to purchase the product produced by the domestic industry. There are a large number of producers in the economy with different business plans, individual approaches to product management, and they do not have to (but can) participate in the international exchange of goods.
PDF
