Agricultural cooperatives play an important role in the development of the agriculture and rural areas, especially in developing countries and in the time of economic crises – like the current started in 2008. In order to raise global awareness of the importance of agricultural cooperatives,...

The starting point of the present study was the assumption that the intensity of grain production (wheat and maize), on family farms/holdings, can be raised to a higher level by increasing the use of mineral fertilizers per unit area as one of the fastest, simplest and economically most rational...

Due to its specific nature agriculture is exposed to a number of risks, whose emergence could lead to the losses in production as well as volatility in the business. The risks can not be completely eliminated, but they can be managed and their impacts can be minimized. Insurance could have the...

This paper is aimed at examining the impact of change of sowing structure on the employment of labour force and on the economic effects of business operations of farms directed at final production of fattened beef cattle in the conditions of unchanged estate size. Thereby, appropriate models of...