The issue of food security is relevant for all countries, but it does not have a universal solution. In particular, this is confirmed by the countries of the European Union, which, despite a common food policy, demonstrate different levels of food security. Using their example, this study aims to...

Food insecurity is a salient dimension of household poverty and a crucial issue viewed on a global or within a country level. It applies not only to less-developed countries, but also to countries of the European Union. In the European conditions, it implies that people affected by this problem...

Ensuring the energy and food independence of each state will not only remain important but that its importance will continue to grow given the constant need for the state to properly guarantee the basic needs of the population. However, the rapid development of bioenergy is a potential precondition ...

The majority of the world's smallholders live in countries that experience(d) socialism, but they largely remain invisible in agrarian studies. This special issue puts the spotlight on postsocialist smallholders, asking whether, and how, they (1) fulfil important functions in society; (2) engage in ...

After the EU accession agriculture in Visegrad countries went through difficult times, sometimes called second phase of agricultural transformation. Production patterns changed as well as changed self-sufficiency in particular products. And because land is being constantly lost, not only due to...

Ensuring food safety in food operations in the Czech Republic is currently regulated by an extensive range of European and national legal regulations. Nevertheless, there are also customers' demands beyond this framework for independent declaration of compliance not only with these legal...

Maintaining food security means producing foods which are both high-quality and in sufficient quantities. As far as farming production is concerned, maintaining biodiversity is essential for the protection of the natural environment, while allowing for the production of a more diverse high-quality...

Food security lies in effort to provide to population such resources of agricultural raw materials with transformation to food, that consumption habits are maintained. The aim of the paper is to assess the height of domestic production to preserve current consumption structure of beef, pork and...

Sugar can be seen as a fundamental commodity needed across the food industry and also in households for actual preparation of food. It is sugar purchased directly by households that is the subject of this paper, which aims to analyse sugar consumption within the consumer price index. Attention is...

The paper deals with statistical analysis of Czech agriculture's efficiency and with assessment of the level of foodstuffs self-sufficiency in Czech Republic (CR). The solution is subdivided into two parts. In the first part, long-term development tendencies are being discovered, described and...