To increase the competitiveness of the European model of agriculture, an environment of innovation must be created in … the field of primary agricultural production and in the subsequent processing industries. The level of innovation in the … verify the possibilities of use of the TCI-38 tool in the Czech Republic. The TCI-38 factor structure in the Czech Republic …

Development Programme in Abia State, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used in the selection of the local … result also posted the Gini-coefficient (measures the extent of inequalities in income distribution) of the male and female … fadama land equitably put in place. …

employment and unemployment indicators. In order to achieve the study target, the adequate multivariate exploration procedures … have been chosen. In the first part of processing original data, principal component analysis (PCA) was employed. PCA is a … according to observed indicators of labour markets. This paper describes the crucial steps in PCA and procedure for ranking …

The article deals with agricultural foreign trade of the Czech Republic in the period of 2008 – 2011. For the whole …) index, and the Lafay index. The last, most comprehensive criterion was utilized – the Lafay index. For the years in … being shown. The results for the year 2008 are set out briefly, and changes in the structure that occurred within the past …

, agricultural trade in the case of all of the countries of the Visegrad group represents only a marginal part of the total … merchandise trade. The agricultural trade of the individual analyzed countries is, both in terms of the commodity structure as … as well as import – je conducted in relation to EU countries. These countries participate in agricultural trade of …

Technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in the economic development of both developed and … international trade, more investment in public research and education, strengthening intellectual property right (IPR) enforcement …, and limiting the role of foreign inventors. However, the role of the extension of patent life in the early 1990s has …

Jiangsu Province in China. The authors are grateful for comments from Dr. William Lin and Dr. Francis Tuan at ERS/USDA, and … our previous finding that in the short run the market share of biotech oil decreased significantly by a small amount as a … in the long run, major concerns and needs for the future are raised including a series of data issues and a special focus …

The impact of genetically modified (GM) crops on the poor in developing countries is still the subject of controversy … from India to analyze welfare and distribution effects in a typical village economy. Bt cotton adoption increases aggregate …