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Farmers perception of anti-erosion practices on arable land
Tyslová, Radka ; Braun Kohlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Pražan, Jaroslav (referee)
(in english): Modern agriculture faces soil erosion as one of its problems in the Czech Republic. Soil conservation practices are implemented to prevent erosion. This thesis reports on perception of the soil conservation practices by farmers themselves. Hypothesis of the research is based on declaration of organic farming in the Czech Republic: to specifically protect natural sources. Main research question is: Is there a difference in perception of soil conservation practices between certified organic farmers and farmers using conventional methods? As a concept to examine perception, this thesis uses the theory of planned behavior developed by Icek Ajzen. Results show that farmers' attitudes towards soil conservation practices in general are negative. Their attitudes can be explained by intermingling beliefs about erosion, the agriculture subsidy system and own soil quality. Specific practices are evaluated by other than anti-erosion effects. The farmers do not perceive social pressure from their peers to adopt soil conservation practices and their perceived control over adoption of a practice is low. Evaluating the level of difficulty of specific practices, smaller farmers feel substantial difficulties regarding financial issues. The results do not indicate a difference in perception of soil...
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Language Island of Strýčice. The Life of Inhabitants During Years 1938-1946 From the Perspective of Economic and Social History
REITINGER, Tomáš
This bachelor theses focuses on the approach of everyday life of German and Czech inhabitants in the area of the language island of Strýčice (German Die Stritschitzer Sprachinsel) between years 1938-1946. It shows the process of changes that occurred in the researched period, using the perspective of economic and social history. It compares the situation between individual villages of the linguistic island and also in its surrounding. It also provides general overview of the local economic situation. It is necessary to emphasize the use of oral history and statistics as the main methods which were used.
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Farmers perception of anti-erosion practices on arable land
Tyslová, Radka ; Braun Kohlová, Markéta (advisor) ; Pražan, Jaroslav (referee)
(in english): Modern agriculture faces soil erosion as one of its problems in the Czech Republic. Soil conservation practices are implemented to prevent erosion. This thesis reports on perception of the soil conservation practices by farmers themselves. Hypothesis of the research is based on declaration of organic farming in the Czech Republic: to specifically protect natural sources. Main research question is: Is there a difference in perception of soil conservation practices between certified organic farmers and farmers using conventional methods? As a concept to examine perception, this thesis uses the theory of planned behavior developed by Icek Ajzen. Results show that farmers' attitudes towards soil conservation practices in general are negative. Their attitudes can be explained by intermingling beliefs about erosion, the agriculture subsidy system and own soil quality. Specific practices are evaluated by other than anti-erosion effects. The farmers do not perceive social pressure from their peers to adopt soil conservation practices and their perceived control over adoption of a practice is low. Evaluating the level of difficulty of specific practices, smaller farmers feel substantial difficulties regarding financial issues. The results do not indicate a difference in perception of soil...
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Changes of media representation of agriculture in press. Content analysis of Czech newspapers after 1990'
Kvášová, Tereza ; Novák, Arnošt (advisor) ; Hladík, Radim (referee)
"Changes of Media Representation of Agriculture in Press" This diploma thesis is focused on the changes in teh media representation of agriculture in the Czech press on the example of two national dailies - Hospodářské noviny and Právo. The study uses a quantitative research method, content analysis, to detect changes in both the final representation of farmers and mechanisms of news construction in the period from the early 90 of the 20 century to today. The theoretical part presents a brief development of agriculture, basic principles of the media studies theory and mechanisms of news construction (agenda setting, work with information sources, the news values concept, the framing concept). The analysis examines the media attention that is devoted to agriculture but also the use of mechanisms of news construction and the change of representation of farmers in the press. Key words: agriculture; farmers; mechanisms of news construction; content analysis; media representation; agenda setting
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