The paper analyses the advantages and weakpoints of cooperatives, especially in agriculture, as they are identified by the contemporary cooperative theory. The theoretical findings are connected with the comparative survey of recent developments of the cooperative law, where the draft new model...

Generic promotion, financed by mandatory assessments from producers, is often an instrument used by the agricultural policy in order to further the demand and to broaden the market of agricultural products. The generic promotion generates also some legal problems. The first among them is the...

The consumer behaviour and their preferences in purchasing of food products in Slovenia are analysed. The empirical analysis is based on in-depth survey evidence. It analyses the consumer behaviour regarding socio-economic and demographic factors. The summary statistics show that the consumers...

We analysed the situation, trends, degree of processing and export competitiveness of agro-food products in Slovenia's international trade in period 2002 - 2007. We used statistical data according to the combined nomenclature of the customs tariff, where agro-food products are classified in the...

Formulation of fertilization plan is important task in agricultural production, but frequently performed by advisors without necessary information about individual plots and fertilisation practices applied by individual farmers. With increasing concerns for environment and sustainable production...

This paper presents development of a model for arrangement of indirect costs in wine production with an aim to gain better information for decision making. Wine producing companies face with constantly growing share of indirect costs in comparison to all other costs. Consequently the importance...