Ante KOLEGA a),
Ivan JURIĆ and Marija ĐIKIĆ
a)
Univ. of Zagreb, Fac. of Agriculture, Animal
Science Department, Svetošimunska 25, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia, Prof., Ph.D.
Original scientific paper
Language: English
ABSTRACT
The food balance sheet of animal products showed that Croatian production did
not satisfy domestic consumption of milk, beef, pork and sheep and goat meat.
Trade balance is positive for poultry meat and eggs. It is to be expected that
Croatian animal production will increase due to increase in domestic consumption
and increase of domestic competitiveness because of its comparative advantages
in corn production. Higher number of tourists already showed a positive
influence on animal production.
Miran KASTELIC a)
a) Emona Farma Ihan, Breznikova 89, SI-1230 Domžale, Slovenia, Ph.D.,
M.Sc.
Preliminary report
Language: English
ABSTRACT
Slovenian resources for pig production are relatively small, but there is a
possibility for production of 6 million 30 kg-pigs mostly for export. This would
preserve milk quota for the farms on absolute grassland and increase intensity
of Slovenian agriculture. Pig production development has to be connected to
environment protection. The new organisation of pig producers must be
established and knowledge obtained from the countries with the most advanced pig
production.
Key words: pig production / development /
Slovenia / EU
PROSPECTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF
BROILER MEAT PRODUCTION IN PERUTNINA PTUJ RESP. SLOVENIA
a), Marko VOLK, Vladimir STRELEC and Ciril VARGA
a) Perutnina Ptuj d.d.,
Potrčeva 10, SI-2250 Ptuj, Slovenia, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Professional paper
Language: English
ABSTRACT
Poultry production in Slovenia and worldwide has been rising faster than other
sorts of meat production, primarily due to numerous advantages offered by
genetic improvements, intensive feeding and improved technology. All this
enabled poultry farming to become a successful and highly profitable
agricultural activity, which has gained a prominent position in Slovenia. As
regards the overall food industry in Slovenia, chicken meat accounts for 7.8 %
of domestic market sales, and represents 9.2 % of foreign market sales. In
recent years, Slovenia has reached approximately 42 000 tons of annual poultry
production, 59.6 % of which is produced by Perutnina Ptuj. Trends towards
increased consumption of chicken meat, particularly in the form of products and
ready-to-eat food have been in the recent years quite notable and it seems that
the production is bound to increase.
Key words: poultry / broilers / consumption /
breeding technology / meat production / food industry
a)
and Antonija HOLCMAN
a) Jata, Joint Stock
Company, Hladilniška 34, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Review paper
Language: English
ABSTRACT
Farmers used to rear turkeys besides chickens especially on the hilly regions of
Slovenia near the Croatian Zagorje. Turkeymeat production became more intensive
in 1980. After three years turkey production ceased due to increased chicken
meat exports. Following the independence, Slovenia lost ex-Yugoslav markets and
poultry producers had to diminish the production. Nevertheless, poultry
producers wanted to use the available capacities and they started to produce
turkey meat. Also a healthy nutrition became popular. From the point of view of
nutritional value turkey meat is very important. In the total poultry meat
production turkey meat represents 15 %, and 3.3 kg per inhabitant was produced
in 2000. The consumption of turkey meat is 4.1 kg per inhabitant. The increase
of turkeymeat production in future is expected and self –sufficiency
anticipated.
THE EXPANSION OF DEAD-LABOUR IN CONNECTION
WITH PLANT SIZE IN GROWING OF FODDER-PLANT
János EMBER a)
and Gyula HORVÁTH
a) Univ. of Kaposvár,
Fac. of Animal Sciences, Guba Sándor street 40, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary,
Prof., Ph.D.
Professional paper
Language: English
ABSTRACT
The land structure has been dramatically changed after the Second World War.
Between the two world wars the Hungarian agriculture was half-feudal, 52 % of
the population able to work lived on agriculture, 20 % of farms cultivated less
than 2 ha, 30 % 12 ha and 14 % more than 2 000 ha. After the Second World War
only 7 % of agricultural land was in private property, 70 % in cooperative and
12 % in state property, with an average size of 7, 3 600 and 7 600 ha. In the
year 2 000 most of the agricultural land was in private property, where small
farms with less than 1 ha predominated and only some of them owned around 100
ha. With regard to costs of use of machines of different capacity, a 50 ha farm
appears to be the most appropriate.
Key words: agriculture / dead labour / farms / size / feed
production
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EUROPEAN DAIRY
FARMERS IN HUNGARY AND THEIR ACTUAL RESULTS
Szilárd GESZTI
a)
a) Univ. of Kaposvar,
Fac. of Animal Sciences, Dept. of Farm Economics, Guba Sándor street 40,
H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary.
Professional paper
Language: English
ABSTRACT
In the aspect of the European Union (EU) enlargement and globalisation, the
investigation of the competitiveness of the Hungarian agricultural production as
well as of dairy production is necessary. Based on the database of the European
Dairy Farmers (EDF) the current situation in the Hungarian milk production and
its future opportunities are compared to the economic figures of the European
farmers. The analysis covers 15 Hungarian farms providing sufficient information
for the comparison. The results show that the current economic level of milk
production in Hungary does not have the ability of acquiring international
market share, however it meets current and future domestic demands.
INTRODUCTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FARM
COMPARISON NETWORK AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES IN THE HUNGARIAN MILK PRODUCTION
Bernadett KOVÁCS
a)
a) Univ. of Kaposvar,
Fac. of Animal Sciences, Dept. of Farm Economics, H-7401 Kaposvár, Hungary,
P.O. Box 16., M.Sc.
Preliminary publication
Language: English
ABSTRACT
The provisions of the WTO agreement project an image of a global scenario now
totally commercially liberalised. It is in the interest of everyone to know what
chances their countries stand in entering a competitive arena on a market free
of protectionism. The International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) endeavours to
meet these challenges; and thus engaged in the construction of a research
network with the capacity to react rapidly and with a high degree of reliability
to changes occurring on the global market or locally. The IFCN has been working
in Hungary for 3 years and based on its results, works out the way of the
network’s development by providing up-to-date, reliable and comparable
information for scientists, farmers and politicians locally and world wide.
Key words: milk production / Hungary /
globalisation
WHAT IS THE OPINION OF THE CONSUMERS ABOUT
THE WELFARE RULES, IN HUNGARY, COUNTY SOMOGY?
Attila CSORBAI
a) , Péter JANKOVICS and Gábor CSERVÁRI
a) Univ. of Kaposvár,
Fac. of Animal Sciences, Dept. of Farm Economics, Guba Sándor street 40,
H-7401 Kaposvár, Hungary.
Preliminary publication
Language: English
ABSTRACT
The Animal Welfare rules in the European Union (EU) members are a serious
challenge. They were inducted by consumers, and followed by laws. The
disadvantages of the animal welfare technologies are that the production
parameters were getting down, therefore the costs of the production went higher,
however most of the EU consumers are willing to pay the difference. The authors
researched what the Hungarian consumers think about animal welfare as Hungary
will become the member of the EU. The main questions were: “Have you ever heard
about it, do you need it or not, which are the most problematic production
processes and animal species, do the products have any advantage if they are
produced in animal welfare way, against the intensive products?” Our results
were comparable to the results of Karine Latuche, who researched the consumers’
answers on animal welfare issues in France.
PERSPECTIVES OF SMALL FAMILY FARMS IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CAZIN
Vedad ŠAKIĆ
a), Ćazim CRNKIĆ and Asim KRAKOVIĆ
a) Univ. of Sarajevo,
Veterinary Fac., Zmaja od Bosne 90, BiH-71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Ass., M.Sc.
Professional paper
Language: English
ABSTRACT
The Municipality of Cazin is situated in the North-West part of B&H more
precisely in Canton Una-Sana. It occupies an area of 381 km2 and is
positioned 317 m above the sea level. In the Municipality of Cazin we analyzed
data obtained from 20 small family farms in May 2001. We chose farms by random
sampling, so we used visual inspection, some measurements and inquiry about
cattle breeds structure, age, productivity etc. at every farm. Finally, we
analyzed the data and information obtained. In this paper, we present results on
cattle categories and breed structure. We also give the most important
information about housing and productivity of dairy cows in this municipality.
Based on our investigation and results of the questionnaire, we can conclude
that breed structure of cattle as well as housing and productivity of cows are
satisfying taking into consideration the average of these parameters in Bosnia
and Herzegovina today.
Key words: cattle breeding / family farms / Bosnia and
Herzegovina
JOINED DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
TOURISM IN THE OBSOTELJSKO-KOZJANSKO REGION
Franci ŽERAK
a) and Maja JANKOVIČ
a)
Mesnine Žerak,
Strmolska ulica 9, SI-3252 Rogatec, Slovenia.
Preliminary publication
Language: English
ABSTRACT
The paper presents the conditions for the joined development of agriculture and
tourism in the “Obsoteljsko-Kozjansko” region. Natural beauty and peace of the
countryside, as well as already known health resorts in the region offer all the
possibilities for further development of tourism. Special projects in
agricultural development, mainly in quality meat production under the strict
rules of quality trade marks aim to produce more healthy meat in the future.
About 80 farmers are joined in the project “FRANCIJEVE KMETIJE”. It shows how
joined development of agriculture, mainly quality beef production on small
farms, and tourism could be achieved and at the same time keep the countryside
cultivated and well preserved.
Key words: agriculture / tourism / rural development /
Slovenia / trade marks
