„Agropuzzle 2” meeting in Czech Republic 05 - 11 January 2014 Presentation Day 3.

„Agropuzzle 2” meeting in Czech Republic

05 - 11 January 2014

Presentation

Day 3

Directions for creating of multimedia presentation by participants of Czech’s

mobility within Leonardo da Vinci „Agropuzzle 2” project.

The aim of presentation:• To show characteristic features of running a farm and agrobusiness enterprises in Czech Republic on the basis of:1) Home-browery – Rohov2) Strahovice – swine slaught3) Hlučín feast cake making 4) Regional bee-keeper

Each group (country) prepare its presentation in their mother tongue or in English for every visited place taking into account: Characteristic features listed above Personal remarks and feelings not included in the chart Photos taken on the spot

1.Vast area farms; so-called individual farms and specialization

in terms of plants and animal production

1)Strahovice – swine slaughtThey have 1600 ha with wheat, barley, maize, rape and alfalfa. Also they have 280 Holstein cows and 150 pigs for slaughter.

2)Home-browery – RohovIt’s an indoor business, so they don’t used fields in their activities.

3) Hlučín feast cake making It’s an indoor activity, so they don’t used fields in their activities.

4) Regional bee-keeperHe hasn’t got fields of his own, but he placed the hives in different locations.

2.Family oriented business activity

1) Strahovice – swine slaught This is not a family business.

2) Home-browery – RohovIt’s a family business with nine people, mainly from the family.

3) Hlučín feast cake making It’s not a family business, it’s only a collective meeting.

4) Regional bee-keeperIt’s a family business.

3.Vocational education of company owners and their children

connected to Opava Secondary Agricultural School

1)Koberice – swine slaughtThe manager is an agronomist and rarely hire students for summer jobs.

2) Home-browery – RohovThe owner place have “watch and learn” studies and completed with the help from a brewer who made the control of the bier.

3) Hlučín feast cake making They learned how to make cookies from their mothers.

4) Regional bee-keeperHe learned bee-keeping by practice.

4.Acquiring of funds from European projects aimed

at development and modernization of farms and enterprises (in close relation to agricultural education)

1) Strahovice – swine slaughtThe only funds received from the Governement and EU are subsidies.

2) Home-browery – RohovThey developed the business with EU project only for the equipment.

3) Hlučín feast cake making

They don’t cooperate with UE for funds.

4) Regional bee-keeper

They don’t cooperate with UE for funds.

5.Cooperation with raw materials’ suppliers and recipients of farm goods,

both animal and vegetable

1) Strahovice – swine slaughtThey cooperate with crop company.

2) Home-browery – RohovThey buy all the main products for their business.

3) Hlučín feast cake making She bought some of the ingredients from the local supermarket.

4) Regional bee-keeperFrom the construction material shop he bought the main materials for construction of honey bee productions tools.

6.Any marketing activities aiming at acquiring raw material

and cooperation with recipients of final product

1) Strahovice – swine slaughtThey are buying raw material from the main delivery crop protection firms.

2) Home-browery – RohovIn Rohov that business is acquiring raw material from the local area.

3) Hlučín feast cake making Local recognized cake maker.

4) Regional bee-keeperHe use only the local market to sell the honey.

7.Showing significant production connections with foreign markets

1) Strahovice – swine slaught2) Home-browery – Rohov3) Hlučín feast cake making 4) Regional bee-keeper

This type of business from today don’t have connection with foreign markets.

8.Development of side activities such as

agritourism and restaurants

1) Strahovice – swine slaughtThey don’t sale their own products for developing other small business in agri-tourism.

2) Home-browery – RohovWith his own restaurant and brewery, his business is growing each year in agri-tourism.

3) Hlučín feast cake making They make cakes for weddings in local area as a hobby and for local food presentations and guests.

4) Regional bee-keeperThe business is a part-time job in order to bring additional incomes.

9.The use of natural climatic and soil qualities in running

a farming company within given area 1) Strahovice – swine slaughtBecause of the natural climatic and soil qualities, they obtain a higher quality for their fodder.

2) Home-browery – RohovIn local area their beer has a higher standard because the climatic and soil area is perfect for raw materials such as hops and barley.

3) Hlučín feast cake making In the process of making cakes they use materials from their own area.

4) Regional bee-keeperThe natural climatic and soil conditions give a good quality and taste of the honey.

10.The use of landscape qualities in running a farm

and agricultural company

1) Strahovice – swine slaughtThe landscape value of area lead to manage fine quality products.

2) Home-browery – RohovThe landscape value of area lead to manage fine quality products, because there are good fields for hops and barley.

3) Hlučín feast cake making They don’t use the landscape qualities in their business.

4) Regional bee-keeperHe use a 5 km area for collecting the honey.

11.The use of high quality products

1) Strahovice – swine slaughtThey have good product because the landscape area permit to harvest a good quality crop like rape.

2) Home-browery – RohovThey have good products because the landscape area permit to harvest a good quality yield.

3) Hlučín feast cake making They use some quality products like eggs.

4) Regional bee-keeperThe bees extract the nectar from the nearby orchards, from the rape fields, grasslands and forests.

12.Reduction of unemployment in the local area due

to creation of new workplaces (recently)

1) Home-browery – RohovBy developing his business with the restaurant he will increase the number of employees.

2) Strahovice – swine slaughtThe company was build in order to bring more incomes.

3) Hlučín feast cake making Through the use of local products they implicated the local human resources.

4) Regional bee-keeperThe bee-keeper has a full time job but the bee-keeping is a secondary job and it is helped by his family.

Your opinion about visited placesAdvantages:1) Home-browery – Rohov: because of the restaurant they have a safe market2) Strahovice – swine slaught: they collaborate with big companies and the results are very good3) Hlučín feast cake making: they keep tradition and they use old recipe4) Regional bee-keeper: he makes his own tools in that way he saves money

Disadvantages:1) Home-browery – Rohov: they buy all the raw materials for productions2) Strahovice – swine slaught: they don’t have organic production3) Hlučín feast cake making: they need the juridical personality for small business4) Regional bee-keeper: they need the juridical personality for small business

František, Tomáš, Marek, Peter, Andrea, Dominika, Mihai, Marian and

Alexandru Thank you

Frantisek UhnakTomas BaranovicMarek KubalakPeter FarkasAndrea MinarovaDominika Huturova

Alexandru GrosuMihai IonescuMarian Gheorghe