Economic Comparison of Agricultural Sector of Eurasian Countries – Is There Any Potential for Development Through Economic Cooperation? | Zendy

Irena Benešová | Zendy; Zuzaovotná | Zendy; Petra Šánová | Zendy; Adriana Laputková | Zendy

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Economic Comparison of Agricultural Sector of Eurasian Countries – Is There Any Potential for Development Through Economic Cooperation?

Author(s) -

Irena Benešová,

Zuzaovotná,

Petra Šánová,

Adriana Laputková

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

agris on-line papers in economics and informatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.245

H-Index - 16

ISSN - 1804-1930

DOI - 10.7160/aol.2016.080202

Subject(s) - agriculture , per capita , index (typography) , economics , population , agricultural economics , economic sector , gross domestic product , development economics , economic growth , geography , economy , demography , archaeology , sociology , world wide web , computer science

Eurasia represents an important economic region for the majority of the post-Soviet republics. The structure of their economies is highly dissimilar and reflects the status of agriculture. The aim of the paper is to analyse the relation between agriculture index and GDP per capita Using the basic economic indicators in agriculture (contribution of agriculture to GDP, share of employment in agriculture, agriculture value added per worker and share of rural population) as well as the cluster analysis, the countries were divided into four groups. There are sub-groups within the post-Soviet republics, differing considerably in the status of agriculture in their national economy. A negative correlation between GDP per capita (PPP) and the level of the agriculture index has been proved in the monitored countries

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