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Vilma Atkociuniene - Gintautas Cinskis - Lander De Valck - Zsolt Dupcsák - Katka Hajná - Agnieszka Jedrysiak - Balázs Lehotai - Daniele Pasini – Zuzana Bajusová - Paulina Wisniewska
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Methodology A, group 1A of economic development
• Group work
• Appraisal information
– Identify, define situation, questions, answers
• Brainstorming
• Discussion
• Ranking
– Scale 0-5 points
• Selection of drawing force
• SWOT analysis and matrics of agriculture economics position in Myjava region
• Vision of agriculture economics development in Myjava region
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Introduction about Myjava region
• Position: west part of Trenčin region
• Compositon: 15 villages, 2 towns
• Population: 27 229 inhabitans
• Area of this region: 326 km2
• Located in Myjava hills: White Carpathians and Little Carpathians
• Highest peak : Bradlo (543 meters above sea level)
• Unemployment Rate : 7,26 % (2012)
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Myjava region
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Agriculture economic development
• Agriculture economic development, consist of:
– Farm and non– farm industry
– Economic growth, development and change
– Distribution of production
– Finance
– Trade
– Supply and demand
– Household units and land use
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Strengths
•Diversification strategy
•Innovative way of thinking
•Specialization of the region
Opportunities
•Gain international knowledge
•Certification system
•Encouragement to innovate and cooperate
Threats
•Bureaucracy
•Diversification
•Lack of public financeO
Weaknesses
•Lack of private initiatives
•Lack of enterpreneurship
•Local focus
Vilma Atkociuniene - Gintautas Cinskis - Lander De Valck - Zsolt Dupcsák - Katka Hajná - Agnieszka Jedrysiak - Balázs Lehotai - Daniele Pasini - Paulina Wisniewska
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Strengths
• Good roads for all (bicycle and cars)• Sustainable use of the old buildings for traditional and non traditional farming• Integrated use of local resources (wood: fence, furniture, houses, plumb, trees, wood match to
the landscape)• They don’t produce waste. They reuse most of it• Water for the animals no pumping systems, natural way• Internal developing of information system on natural resources• Creating local knowledge• Reuse of waste. (Biogas, brickets)• Diversification- more markets, equal work for all year, gives more job places for the region• Internal comunication: Speaker on a car. For announcements• Young age and high qualification of the employees• Transmit knowledge and traditions by education • They make international and interregional network.• Innovative way of thinking• They like face to face contact• Subsidies have no influence for development(only for basic needs)• Recognised big potential for tourism development by locals • Specialization for the region in horticulture and animal production and organic farming.• Balance between plant and animal production
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Primary factors
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Strengths
• Farmers decisions based on main principle productivity• Prices are oriented to the costumers income• Farmers products have regional labels• Breeding non local species (horses Columbia, Charolais cows) chose the animals
that don’t need care or training. Efficiency higher, less need for labor. Minimize the cost.
• International cooperation for development of cultural and natural resources• Good strategy of using the Batuv canal. Also the boat was economically good
organized.(Shop on the boat, you can pay in euro)• Traditional farming in social farms ensure income for family.• Collaboration between touristic objects. • Dry apples from local species. Low cost to conserve.
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Weaknesses
• Short distances of road for bicycles• External developing of information system on natural resourses, only two
information points. Folders and website are in Slovak language.• Old machines generation cost of keep in goodcondition• They like face to face contact• Lack of hospitality (no tea, coffee) • Instructive style to give information (they want to teach us, not a good way to
give information)• Local promotion is focus on the region, lack of EU point of view • Lack of money to support local schools.• Local economy depends on local costumers.• It is not a habit to supply regional poducts for the guests, daily regional product
supply is not available for all the time• No optimized use of touristic places (shop for souvenirs at castle was not open)• Lack of entrepreneurship of people who are implementing non profit orientated
projects. Souvenir shop, lights in museum off during visits, not enough info about region and local products.
• Lack of private initiatives in social, cultural and economic development • Low efficienty in social farms, and hardwork. Make lot’s of thing by their hands
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Opportunities
• Try to gain new international knowledge and good practices and apply it. • Region try to create possibilities and jobs to attract people. (for example personal
contact with young people and face to face marketing) • Tendency to try to attract children. They want to create a familiar atmosphere • Increasing focus on children• Growing competence to get a financial support encourage to innovate and
cooperate • Growing potential for tourism exists • Improvement of certification system for regional products. • They try to connect sports with history , cultural (skiing and observatorium place
near the monument, networking with Nitra observatorium) • The tendency is an increasing number of tourists. (2 ,5% of GDP coming for the
tourism. The income from tourists is very low. Not accurate statistics). • Development of culinary heritage can attract visitors. (Label, plumb, …)• The region start to become more attractive so the prices of the cottages start to
increase • Involve local inhabitants to guide visitors and to prepare souvenirs
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Threats
• Diversification: the risk of make everything and make anything• Close the schools. (Not good for the children and no family will come here)• Closing a school making barriers to come to live young family in future• Local projects are based on European funds (exceptions: investment funds is
for development of innovation)• Financial support influence the strategy of the farms (they do environmental
things because they get subsidies for it) • National government gives little support to farmers (because the lac of public
finance)• Local government not co-financing local community projects.• Nuclear reactor threat for agriculture, bioenergy and civil society• Bureaucracy due to centralization • Small market for the vegetables (43.000 people)• Lose of biodivesity and regional identity
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StrengthDiversification- more markets, equal work for all year, gives more job places for the region (7pt.)
Strength
Innovative way of thinking (4.5pt.)
Strength
Recognised big potential for tourism development by locals (4 pt.)
Strength
Specialization for the region horticulture and animal production and organic farming(3,5pt.)
Strength
Others
Strength
Good roads for all( bicycle and cars) (3pt.)
Strengths
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Weaknesses
Lack of private initiatives in social, cultural and economic development (7.5pt.)
Weaknesses
Local promotion is focused on the region, lack of EU point of view (7pt.)
WeaknessesLack of entrepreneurship of people who are implementing non profit orientated projects. Souvenir shop, lights in museum off during visits, not enough info about region and local products, lackof hospitality (no tea, coffee) (6.5pt.)Weaknesses
External developing of information system on natural resourses, only two information points and folders and website are in Slovak language(5pt.)
Weaknesses
Others
WeaknessesIt is not a habit to supply regional products for the guests, daily regional product supply is not available for all the time(4 pt.)
Weaknesses
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Opportunities
Try to gain new international knowledge and good practices and apply it (7.5pt.)
Opportunities
Improvement of certification system for regional product(6pt.)
Opportunities
Growing competence to get a financialsupport encourage to innovate and cooperate (5.5pt.)
OpportunitiesTendency to try to attract children. They want to create a familiar atmosphere, speciality focus on children. Region try to create possibilities and jobs to attract people (e.g. personal contact with young people and face to face marketing) (4pt.)
Opportunities
Others
OpportunitiesThe tendency is an increasing number of tourists (2 ,5% of GDP coming for the tourism). They try to connect sports with history , cultural (skiing and observatorium place near the monument, networking with Nitra observatorium) (3pt.)
Opportunities
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Threats
Bureaucracy due to centralization. (9.5pt.)
Threats
Diversification: if youmake everything,you will make anything (7pt.)
Threats
National government gives little support to farmers (because the lac of public finance) (7pt.)
ThreatsThe projects are based on European funds (exceptions: investment funds is for development of innovation). Local government not co-financing local community projectsand (4pt.)
Threats
others
ThreatsFinancial support influence the strategy of the farms (they do environmental things because they get subsidies for it)(3pt.)
Threats
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Vision
Vision of agricultural economic development in Myjava region
In Myjava region the position of agriculture
will be valued as diversified, profitable sector
where the competitive farmers will cooperate
with each other, develop traditions, have
natural resources, and share their
information, in order to manage region in
sustainable way until 2024.
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Conclusions
Conclusion
New unique activities based on local resources
(fresh water, landscape, wood, local breedings,
fruit trees)
Another posibility to use energy plant e.g.
energy willow, energy roseas, miskanthus
(stead for biooil, tuber for feeding pigs)
Try to connect sports with history, cultural
(skiing and observatorium place near the
monument, networking with Nitra
observatorium)
To create posibility to reorganization schools
like a multifunctional center
Involve local inhabitants to develop tourism
sector and gain entrepreneurship and incomes
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