<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> In the paper, an approach to measure farm level sustainability with the Synthetic Farm Sustainability Index (SFSI) is presented. SFSI is composed of five partial sustainability indexes based on 56 parameters describing different aspects of farms organization and functioning. The index, calculated for the sample of 120 Polish farms, was used to measure the state (static sustainability) and effects of possible improvements (dynamic sustainability) in the farming system. The results of the analyses show significant differences in the sustainability level between the farms in the sample, as well as the potential for increasing SFS. The increase of the synthetic sustainability index can be achieved by means of farm investments, but also low-cost activities that improve environmental performance and generate positive social effects without undermining economic viability. It was also found out, that larger size, intensive farms can achieve high economic and environmental sustainability level if properly managed.</abstract>

Measuring and Modelling Farm Level Sustainability

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Biofuels production has risen rapidly in the past decade. Growing tendency can be expected in the future if national governments will continue in achievement of higher share of ‘green energy’. Diversification and self-sufficiency in energy and environmental aspects should underpin national and international policy. Consumption of biofuels in the transport sector has been significantly increasing since 2000. Biofuels produced in the EU are mostly first-generation biofuels, mainly produced from agricultural raw materials. The aim of the article is utilization assessment of the main agriculture crop used in biofuels production in the EU, which is rapeseed. For achievement of the research objective have been used analysis methods, basic statistical indices, the share of rapeseed production used in industrial purposes estimation and self - sufficiency index. The results of the research confirm authors’ expectations concerning shifting of agricultural production primarily intended for food and feed production to industrial purposes due to continually growing demand for biofuels.</abstract>

The Utilization of Rapeseed for Biofuels Production in the EU

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The aim of this paper is to show the economic importance of the land sustainability. This topic is very complex because it is relevant universally - the land utilisation has an industrial, agricultural production, energy and environmental security aspect. The focus of the analysis is the relationship between land usage, scarcity and sustainability.</abstract>

Difficulties in Sustainability and Land Utilisation

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> This paper addresses the issue of matching agricultural policy with public preferences and willingness to pay for the possible non-market benefits that agriculture may deliver. The main goal is to review and to assess the policy relevance of the information derived by the preference-based valuation studies of non-commodity outputs of agriculture in the Czech Republic. First, the AHP was employed to examine the trade-offs between different identified functions (outputs) of agriculture, and to derive preference order in non-monetary context. In the second stage, the complex monetary value of non-market benefits was estimated using open-ended CVM question and the estimated value was then decomposed according to attribute preference weights.</abstract>

Economic Evaluation of Multifunctional Agriculture Outputs in The Czech Republic: Matching Agricultural Policy with Social Requirements

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Development of society is based on the existence of food resources. During the modern technogenic era, mankind needs to find a compromise between growing needs for the food and limitation of resources. Many countries still cannot use the world experience which effectively ensures food safety. Development of strategically important branches of agriculture and formation of laws according to which the basic food has to be made within the country by forces of its own producers has to become the condition of the problem solution. In Russia, a certain reserve in achievement of threshold values ensuring food safety of the state is already created. At the same time, the problem direction is the production of meat and milk. Among priorities there has to be a creation of modern infrastructure in order to decrease the storage expenses, transportation, and production realization. The agrarian policy of the Russian Federation has to be focused on the system management, including scientific, staffing and financial support, institutional modernization, the application of global experience, and also super-compliance of the economic agents’ rights.</abstract>

Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor, Orel State Agrarian University, Department of Entrepreneurial Business Organization and Management in Agrarian and Industrial Complex, 302019. Russian Federation, Orel region, Orel, General Rodin Str., 69, phone (4862) 45-40-89

Associate Professor, Orel State Agrarian University, 302019. Russia, Orel, General Rodin Str., 69, phone (4862) 76-21-77

Food Resources as the Basis of the Sustainable Development and National Security in the Age of Economic Globalization

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Caring for environmental protection through minimization of the food processing threats might turn out to be not only a complex process but it also demands a lot of expenditures. A survey carried out among small and medium-sized enterprises of the food industry in the Częstochowa region demonstrated that application of the best practices, which are environmentally friendly, is not common. It also showed that three fourth of the respondents do not implement formal environmental policies. The entrepreneurs participating in the survey exhibited a low level of environmental awareness, particularly in the area of involvement in ecological problems at the individual level.</abstract>

Environmental Awareness and the Best Environmental Practices in SME of the Food Industry in the Częstochowa Region

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Global financial and economic recession had negatively influenced the dynamic of the international trade in 2008-2012. The post-crisis period of global market development can be described by the tendency of growing international trade flows. However, according to many experts, to ensure this tendency, the international trade policy within the frame of the WTO should be changed. The paper includes the analysis of current market of the EU-CIS trade, describes the main tendencies of its post-crisis development and major approaches and tools to ensure sustainability of such development. The analysis involved main exporting and importing countries for each analyzed product group. Sub-goals include an overview of the WTO threats and opportunities for Russian agriculture and trade with agricultural products globally, as well as comparison of main consequences of the WTO accession for the CIS countries, such as Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Moldova. This is also related to the state support of agricultural production in Russia and CIS and its influence on volumes, directions, structure and effectiveness of international trade with agricultural products.</abstract>

Faculty of Social and Cultural Service and Tourism, Stavropol State Agrarian University, 12, Zootekhnichesky Pereulok, Stavropol, Russian Federation, phone: +7-8652-355980

Faculty of Master Business Administration, Moscow University of Finance and Law MFUA, 8 build. 1, Presnenskaya Embankment, Moscow, Russian Federation, phone: +7-499-995-19-63

Current State and Post-Crisis Develo Pments of EU-CIS Trade: Perspective Tools to Ensure Sustainability

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The everyday use of renewable energy sources is necessary and indispensable in today’s modern world, partly because of the difficult handling of environmental problems caused by the increasing use of fossil energy sources, and partly because of the still increasing energy demand. Concerning alternative energy sources, Hungary has great potential in geothermal energy, which can mean a breakout especially for the peripheral, disadvantaged micro-regions while developing their future strategies. This was the motivation of our research. In our study, we intended to highlight the economic development perspectives of the Hungarian micro-regions lagging behind regarding the renewable energy potential.</abstract>

The Perspectives And Roles of Renewable Energy Sources in the Economic Development of Peripheral Areas of Hungary

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