Sheep breeding in the Czech Republic

Markéta Michalicová

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The thesis discusses the development of the sheep breeding in the Czech Republic. The thesis evaluates the position of the Czech sheep breeding on the Czech market and it provides justifications for the development direction of current focus of sheep breeding. The thesis deals with the utility directions of sheep breeding and with the processing technology within the individual utility directions. In the theoretical part is also included the overview of financial support provided by the state and by the European Union. The thesis provides the overview of calculation methods used for calculation of cost-effectiveness of the farm and for calculation of the profitability of the farm.The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the sheep breeding sector in the Czech Republic. Partial aims of the evaluation are determination of the development of the production base, consumption, price, foreign trade and self-sufficiency in the field of supply and demand. In the end are calculated the revenues and costs of a selected farmer and it is evaluated the overall economic situation of the farm for an idea of the impact of subsidies on the income of the farmer. Finally, possible improvements are proposed.

Keywords

sheep breeding, utility directions, agrarian policy, subsidies, production, trade balance, economy, costs, revenues

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 28. 11. 2016

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Michal Malý, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics and Management / European Agrarian Diplomacy