STAFF NUMBER REDUCTION IN THE CZECH AND SLOVAK REPUBLIC
                          Introduction
    • Agriculture is the traditional sector of the 
       national economy.
    • The competitiveness of agriculture is given by 
       both technical and technological levels of the 
       processing industry.
    • Agriculture is influenced by internal and 
       external factors.
                          Internal and external factors
      Internal                                   External
      •  Factors determining a                   •  Level and development of 
         technical and economic level               national economy
         of agriculture                          •  Market structure of the 
          – Human resources issues                  agricultural and food sector 
          – Risk management issues                   – Increasing sales potential/sales 
                                                       strategy
      •  Technical side of the                   •  Formation of the economic 
         production quality                         environment of agriculture by  
      •  Adaptability to market                     instruments of agricultural policy 
         conditions                                  – Partnerships and cooperation
          – Competitiveness
                                       STAFF NUMBER REDUCTION IN THE CZECH AND SLOVAK REPUBLIC
                          Theoretical background 
     • Agricultural enterprises in the Czech Republic:
         –are increasingly determined by the environment;
         –are highly dependent on natural conditions;
         –there is time discrepancy between production and the running 
           of a working process, long production cycle and  demands for 
           big stocks of own production;
         –there is seasonal work;
         –prices of agricultural producers are characterized by high 
           fluctuation rates.
         → key factor in the economic backwardness of the Czech 
         Republic is low productivity.
                                        STAFF NUMBER REDUCTION IN THE CZECH AND SLOVAK REPUBLIC
                          Theoretical background 
     • Agriculture in the Czech Republic is characterized 
        by:
         – over 48,000 subjects;
         – enterprises of natural persons account for 91.7% and manage 
            30.4% acreage of utilized agricultural land;
         – enterprises of legal entities are represented by 8.3% business 
            entities which manage 69.6% utilized agricultural land;
         – in 2013, the agricultural sector recorded a slight increase in the 
            value of the total agricultural production (2.3%) and the 
            growth was mainly influenced by a higher value of livestock 
            products. 
                                       STAFF NUMBER REDUCTION IN THE CZECH AND SLOVAK REPUBLIC
                                 Profitability
     • Main factors influencing profitability:
         – gross value added (GVA) is a primary indicator of an 
            economic result which expresses the value of total 
            agricultural production after the deduction of production 
            consumption and taxes; 
         – in 2012 the gross value added grew to 17,993 CZK per ha, 
            i.e. by 5.7%;
         – EVA growth was recorded for both legal entities businesses 
            (2.7%) and physical entities businesses (12.5%).