Zsuzsanna Bacsi

Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Eastern Africa is home to strikingly beautiful landscapes, unique wildlife and exotic cultural heritage that create outstanding tourism appeal. Unfortunately, these attractive features do not always translate to high tourism revenues. This paper focuses on analyzing the relationships between tourism performance indicators—arrivals, revenues and the...

Eastern Africa is a relatively dry area, with a considerable pastoralist population, which is among the poorest segments of society. Pastoralism is a form of subsistence lifestyle, and while pastoralists produce a large proportion of the region’s livestock products, they are not covered well by statistical recording. Pastoralists are experts in kee...

International trade relations have been considerably affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Our analysis was aimed at identifying its effect on the global trade network of green coffee beans, comparing the COVID-year 2020 to the pre-COVID year 2018. The methodology applied was that of social network analysis using trade value data for the above two...

Dermacentor reticulatus (Fabr., 1794) (Acari: Ixodidae) is parasite that spreads many diseases which are dangerous to humans and animals. Microelement lithium was found to have promising potential against the detrimental bee pest Varroa destructor. Furthermore, its effectiveness was confirmed against Dermanyssus gallinae, a major parasite of poultr...

The present paper analyses the relationship between farm incomes and farm involvement in agritourism activities in four countries of the Visegrád Group (V4) in comparison to the European Union. The analysis is based on the Farm Accountancy Data Network database of the EU for 2004–2020, and applies descriptive statistics, correlations, and multivari...

A tanulmány Magyarország két vidéki térségében hasonlította össze a mezőgazdasági és turisztikai cégek teljesítményét. A 2004-2019-ig terjedő időszakra (16 év) vonatkozóan 2613 cég értékelése történt. Az adatok a vizsgált megyék összes olyan társas vállalkozásának adóbevallásából származnak, amelyek 2004-ben és 2019-ben is működtek, tekintet nélkül...

Tetranychus urticae is a severe threat and a major source of yield loss in some agricultural and horticultural crops and it is also as a vector for several viruses. The number of active substances used against the pest is limited. Therefore, there is a continuous need for new active substances. Recently, lithium salts have been shown to be one of t...

The poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) is the main pest of poultry, causing severe problems by being a vector of several animal and human pathogens. The number of miticides is few, and their efficacy in practice implies problems of residues and resistance; therefore, the demand for a new and safe agent is constant. The present publication inve...

Yield fluctuation is a major risk in all agricultural sectors, and it influences Goal 2 (food security) of the UN SDGs. Yield fluctuations are expected due to climate change, risking stable coffee supplies, and compromising coffee-exporting countries’ ability to earn revenue to pay for food imports. Technology minimizing yield fluctuations is cruci...

The paper compared the performance of firms in agriculture and in tourism in two countryside areas of Hungary, assessing 2613 firms for 16 years (2004–2019). The data are from tax reports of all firms of the analysed areas. Agriculture and countryside tourism depend on environmental factors, thus they are more seriously affected by adverse environm...

Dermacentor reticulatus is considered a significant parasite because of the many diseases it spreads, which are dangerous to humans and animals. Control by repellents and pesticides, short duration of action or environmental damage and development of resistance make it impossible to achieve sustainable control. New active substances are constantly...

Tetranychus urticae is a severe threat and a major source of yield loss in some agricultural and horticultural crops. Control is greatly complicated due to the hidden lifestyle of the species. In addition to its direct damage, it is considered a vector for several viruses. The number of active substances used against it is limited, and the developm...

Natural resources are major resources for tourism. Nature-based tourism is one of the tourism forms with an increasing appeal. Camping tourism is an important part of nature-based tourism and it plays a significant role in domestic tourism, representing approximately 10% of total tourist nights in the EU, though countries differ to a great extent....

Issues related to the environment are of major global concern. Tourism, as an industry whose key resource is the natural landscape, will have to respond to environmental challenges, and action is expected not only from service providers, but from tourists, too. The paper assesses the relationship between concern for the environment and the preferen...

A szűkös erőforrásokkal való hatékony gazdálkodás feltételeinek és keretrendszerének feltárása jelenti a közgazdaságtan egyik legfontosabb feladatát és egyben felelősségét is. Más megfogalmazásban: a közgazdaságtannak három alapkérdésre kellene tudományos válaszokat adnia. Nevezetesen hogy a gazdaság szereplői mit, hogyan és kinek termeljenek. a ké...

János Nagyváthy (1755-1819) was Director in the Festetics estate between 1792 and 1797, and during this time he wrote his book entitled Ordinary Instructions according to which farming is managed in the estates of the Honorouble count of Tolna, György Festetics, royal chamberlain (Közönséges Instructio a Mltgos Tolnai Gróf Festetits György Királyi...

The 28 countries of the European Union represent a rather heterogeneous group regarding their geography, history, and national cultures. Their response to the current global challenges depends on their way of viewing the world, and that is largely influenced by their national values and beliefs. The research compares the environmental awareness in...

A szűkös erőforrásokkal való gazdálkodás, az erőforrások megfelelő felhasználási céljának és módjának meghatározása a versenyképesség alapvető kérdése. ezért a versenyképesség szoros kapcsolatban áll a termelékenység és hatékonyság fogalmaival, bár számos más tényező is befolyásolja azt. a versenyképesség mérését megnehezíti, hogy számos jelenleg m...

Theories of regional inequalities often attribute poor economic performance to lack of natural, physical or human resources. The theory of creative economy elaborated by Richard Florida described the role of creative industries and creative people in the development of regions. Creative regions possess large proportions of educated people, of busin...

There is a belief that ethnic or cultural diversity would necessarily bring about difficulties of understanding and cooperation, lower economic performance, less stable economic and social processes and, ultimately a slowdown of economic output. On the other hand, ethnic fractionalisation and the resulting cultural diversity can create a pool of va...

Tanulmányunk célja az volt, hogy bemutassuk a migráció egy kevésbé ismert fajtáját, amit nevezhetünk a transznacionális áromlások egyik megnyilvánulásának, életstílus migrá- ciónak vagy letelepedési turizmusnak.

Abstract in English and in Hungarian: The objective of the current research is to assess the relationship between World Heritage Sites as tourist attractions and tourism competitiveness. A sample of 129 countries was analysed in 2014/15 and 2016/17 by multivariate regression analysis. The analysis established a positive significant relationship bet...

Hévíz is one of the most attractive destinations for domestic and international tourists in Hungary. Hévíz was the second most popular destination of foreign tourists after Budapest based on the number of foreign guest nights, and the fourth most visited town by domestic tourists in 2017. Lake Hévíz is a unique natural phenomenon, because it is the...

The first Hungarian agricultural authors, who founded the Hungarian scientific agricultural literature at the end of the 18th century, already addressed the need to develop the country. They have already written about the necessity of the development and improving the situation of the poor people in the Hungarian rural areas. In practice a determin...

A relatively small but growing group of migrants nowadays are people moving to countries that are better known as migrant-sending locations. These voluntary migrants-frequently retired persons-decide on moving mostly in the hope of a better life quality they think to find abroad rather than in their own country. The property purchase of foreigners...

The paper developed a simplified model of spatial production patterns based on the ideas of the New Economic Geography. The presented simple mathematical construction allowed not only the computation of the optimum spatial structure as a MILP model, but facilitated the analytical evaluation of the typical spatial patterns. The optimum solution depe...

Economic problems often lead to mathematical models of complex structure, even with necessary simplifications. Simplifying assumptions are needed to make the model tractable, but these may turn out to be unrealistic from the economic viewpoint. The present paper deals with a mathematical model of the so-called New Economic Geography introduced by...

The technology of crop production should provide high yields under varying environmental conditions typical for the geographical zone of production. However, crop yields may fluctuate from year to year. As long as these fluctuations are small, the technology reliably delivers yields close to the expectations, but occasional extreme low or high yiel...

The paper deals with the relationship between the presence of world heritage sites in a country and the volume of international tourist arrivals and international tourism receipts. World heritage sites are unique tourist attractions with enhanced attention paid to their protection, preservation and sustainability. The paper analyses whether the nee...

A good crop production technology should provide high yields under varying environmental conditions, i.e. keep yield fluctuations small. The magnitude of fluctuations is usually measured by statistical indicators of average dispersion, e.g. the standard deviation. However, while many small fluctuations are usually well tolerated by the farmer, an e...

The research assesses the impacts of safety and security on tourism performance, using the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) of the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report (TTCR) published by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Five safety and security indicators of the TTCR in 2015 are compared to the values of TTCI in 2017. The hetero...

A tanulmány azt vizsgálja, hogy van-e összefüggés egy ország versenyképessége és lakosságának heterogenitása közt. Az általános vélekedés szerint egy etnikailag, nyelvileg, vallásilag heterogén közösségben gyakoriak a társadalmi konfliktusok, így gazdasági teljesítménye is gyengébb. Viszont a sokszínűség a kreativitás és az innováció forrása is leh...

The present analysis was carried out at one of the most important medical tourism service providers, the Hévíz Spa and St. Andrew Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases. The institution provides spa services in two locations: in the medicinal lake of Hévíz and in the 7 pools of the pool spa. The present research carried out a single cross-sectional survey...

Egy ország népességének kulturális heterogenitása, a lakosság heterogén csoportokra tagolódása előnyökkel és hátrányokkal is járhat. A gazdaságtörténeti példák sora illusztrálja, hogy a kulturális sokszínűség sikeres, versenyképes és fejlett gazdaságú országokban nem ritka. Az elemzésben 134 statisztikai vizsgálatával keressük a Globális Versenykép...

A világ országai közti fejlettségi és életminőségbeli különbségek vizsgálata számos kutatás tárgyát képezi, de az okok között viszonylag kevés figyelmet fordítottak eddig a társadalom belső heterogenitásának, fragmentáltságának szerepére. A heterogenitás lehet az együttműködést akadályozó tényező, de a világgazdaság története számos példát kínál ar...

Cultural attractions are often linked to unique features of the host population, and are often related to a national minority or a segment of the population that preserved their traditions. Ethnically or religiously varied countries may often have such unique attractions, that seem exotic and appealing to tourists. Multiculturality is often an attr...

. Creative regions possess a large share of educated people, of businesses in high-tech industries, a lively cultural life, rich historical legacy, and a pleasant environment. Many of these are true for the Lake Balaton region, a popular tourism destination in Hungary. This raises the question whether an outstanding tourism destination, like the Ba...

Global mass migration to the more affluent countries of the world poses the problem of ethnically increasingly different populations in these countries. Ethnic fractionalisation may go together with cultural fractionalisation, and there is a belief that this would bring about difficulties of understanding and cooperation, lower economic performance...

Cultural variety and diversity can be an attraction for tourists, therefore it may be beneficial to a country's tourism competitiveness, although heterogeneity may also create difficulties of understanding, less willingness to cooperate and mistrust. The paper analyses the impacts of ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity on the competitiveness...

Destination management is one of the key ideas of current tourism research and development. General aspects of tourism destination management have been well researched but little is known about its specific traits in health tourism destinations. The core tourism product offered by health tourism destinations is a complex experience, which incorpora...

Tourism destination management (TDM) is a popular catchword of current tourism research. A research, co-financed by the European Union through the Hungary-Croatia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme, within the project ’Health &Rural Tourism DM Model’ (project no.: HUHR/1101/2.1.3/0006), was carried out in 2013 to analyse the specialities of TD...

The targeted readers of this textbook are undergraduate students with no preliminary training in economics, and its purpose is to provide an introduction to the key economic concepts necessary for their further studies. The material is intended for one-semester courses of 14 weeks and 2 contact hours per week. The textbook assumes preliminary knowl...

ABSTRACT The present paper summarises the outcomes of a esearch co-financed by the European Union through the Hungary-Croatia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme, within the project ’Health &Rural Tourism DM Model’ (project no.: HUHR/1101/2.1.3/0006). The research was aimed at analysing the management of health tourism destinations, the phy...

A jegyzet célja a mesterképzésbe bekapcsolódó, de alapképzésük során közgazdasági ismereteket nem tanult hallgatók számára a szükséges közgazdaságtani ismeretek tömör összefoglalása. A tananyag terjedelme egy oktatási félév alatt heti két órában megtanulható ismeretanyagot ölel fel. Előismeretként elemi matematikai ismereteket tételez fel – középis...

Health tourism is one of the main development areas of tourism in Hungary. Health tourism development projects may initiate orders to the construction industry, preserve jobs, create new value and new jobs, and the multiplier effect may be beneficial for small and medium size enterprises in the surroundings of the investments. They can effectively...

The objective of the present research was to identify the role of health tourism in the competitiveness of three Hungarian counties (Baranya, Somogy and Zala) of the Croatian-Hungarian border area. The key factors of success and criteria for sustainability were to be found in order to help the local decision-makers in their attempts to create a str...

The object of this analysis was to compare the organic and the conventional farming on the basis of primer database and modeling at the location of Hortobágy that is a well-known organic farming region in Hungary. 20 model variations were worked out for the conventional and 20 for the organic farming situation. According to the results, there is no...

A kapcsolódó fogalmak elméleti megalapozottsága és definiálása céljából bizonyítást nyert, hogy ; -A forgóeszközök fogalom tágabb kategória, mint a forgótőke. -A forgóeszközök körforgásának az értékpapírok nem elemei. -A forgóeszközök körforgásának folyamata képezi azt az elméleti alapot, amely alapján definiálásra kerültek az alábbi fogalmak: -A f...

A Nyugat-Dunántúlon sokkal többen vannak a használtcikk kereskedők, mint a Duna másik oldalán, ott főleg viszonteladókként tevékenykednek. Magyarországon 137 olyan települést tártunk fel, ahol ilyen tevékenységet végeznek. A falvakban a rendszerváltás óta a megélhetés nehezebb lett, és a munkanélkülivé vált főleg a fizikai munkás, iskolázatlan réte...

2006 januárjában a Keszthely-Hévízi Kistérségi Többcélú Társulás, a Pannon Egyetem Georgikon Mezıgazdaságtudományi Kar, Keszthely, és a Krizevci Mezőgazdasági Főiskola (Horvátország) együttműködési projektet indított az EU INTERREG IIIA Szlovénia-Magyarország-Horvátország Szomszédsági Programja keretében „Határrégiók fejlődési sajátosságai” címmel...

2006 januárjában a Keszthely-Hévízi Kistérségi Többcélú Társulás, a Pannon Egyetem Georgikon Mezőgazdaságtudományi Kar, Keszthely, és a Krizevci Mezőgazdasági Főiskola (Horvátország) együttműködési projektet indított az EU INTERREG IIIA Szlovénia-Magyarország-Horvátország Szomszédsági Programja keretében „Határrégiók fejlődési sajátosságai” címmel....

In January 2006 the Keszthely-Hévíz Microregion Multifunctional and Development Association together with the Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture Keszthely of the University of Pannonia, and the Križevci Agricultural College (Croatia) started a cooperation project within the framework of the INTERREG IIIA Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia Neighbourhood Program...

The objective of the present paper is to compare the situation, characteristics and problems of rural regions to that of border regions, identifying common features and development opportunities. First the concept of rural regions is discussed with an overview of the economic characteristics, the problems of accessibility and peripherality are outl...

A gazdasági növekedés problematikája szinte a közgazdaságtan, mint tudomány megszületése óta folyamatosan kedvelt vizsgálati kérdése a közgazdászoknak. A világ országainak fejlődését gyakran a növekedés mutatóival próbálják jellemezni, a fejlődés alatt a bruttó hazai össztermék egy lakosra jutó értékének növekedését értve. Napjainkban különleges fo...

The so-called socialist regime collapsed in Hungary in May 1990 with the first free elections. The new government immediately started to reorganize the country's agriculture, but unfortunately on a mainly ideological basis. The agriculture of Hungary had been a successful branch of the national economy in the 1970's and 1980's, because its structur...

The long term time series of the yields of various crops in many countries show wide fluctuations around an increasing trend, the main reasons of them may be variability of weather and the continuously changing economic environment. Technology can be considered suitable for the production, if it agrees with the ecological features of the area, that...

The present paper attempts to carry out the assessment of the objectives and targeted activities of non-profit NGOs in Hungary, in relation to funding available for them from state funds through an application procedure. The analysis is based on a call for applications for funding announced in 1998 in Hungary, which offered 5000 Million HuFt (appro...

While traditional accounting focuses on accounting for capital assets, costs, yields valued and sold in the market, environmental accounting intends to do the same with non-marketed capital assets, costs and yields, that is, externalities. The farm level nutrient balances are based on an input-output comparison, in which the nutrients entering the...

The long term time series of the yields of various crops in many countries show wide fluctuations around an increasing trend, the main reasons of them may be variability of weather and the continuously changing economic environment. Technology can be considered suitable for the production, if it agrees with the ecological features of the area, that...

Eastern European Countryside, 2002, No 8. , p.119-128

The objectives of the research are to analyse the main features of small businesses of South and West Hungary, to identify the main tendencies of their operation and development and to determine the main motivating factors in their business management processes. The area under examination covers rural county Zala, rural county Somogy, and the settl...

Recently, chaos theory has revealed that many simple nonlinear, fully deterministic processes, which show seemingly stochastic behaviour. In economic modelling, the generally used deterministic equilibrium models cannot describe the " random-looking " oscillations and irregular motions often observed in real time series. Most of the attempted expla...

In economic modelling, a frequent problem is that the generally used deterministic equilibrium models cannot describe the ‘random-looking’ oscillations and irregular motions often observed in real time series. Nonlinear chaotic models offer a way to produce this behaviour without the introduction of stochastic elements. Recently, many publications...

In economic modelling, the generally used deterministic equilibrium models cannotdescribe the “random‐looking” oscillations and irregular motions often observed in realtime series. Recently, many publications have dealt with chaos in economic processes, butthe majority of them used rather difficult nonlinear mathematical functions. Furthermore,chao...

The present investigation aims at asseseing the impacts of three well known climate change scenarios - the carbon dioxide doubling scenarios from the GISS, GFDL and UKMO general circulation models - on wheat and maize yields in Hungary. For this purpose the monthly outputs for global radiation, temperature and precipitation of the above three GCMs...

The present paper describes a validation exercise for the CERES-Wheat simulation model using the SCP 179 data set provided by the research team of Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany). The data set used is a common data set to facilitate the performance of different crop growth simulation models. The present paper carries out a validation...

A methodology is described for studying changes in wheat and maize production in Hungary as a result of future climate change. A Geographic Information System is used to map agroclimatic zones of the country and spatial shifts in future production. Detailed biological crop models are used for simulating crop response to the changed climate. Future...

A computer-based framework for crop modelling applications, constructed by the International Benchmark Sites Network for Agrotechnology Transfer (IBSNAT) project, is briefly described. This framework, and its constituent crop models, is being applied in a number of case study locations in the tropics and subtropics. Ways are described in which the...