After the accession to the EU subsidies has been a great support to agricultural producers to achieve business competitiveness and stability in the market in Lithuania. Competitiveness of agricultural products is closely related to production costs and profits. However, the tendency of the profit decrease was observed: support in total profit occupies the major share. The purpose of this paper is to assess the results of the main agricultural products - profit and its trends. The article discusses the profit theoretical and practical issues forecast. The focus is on the analysis of the profit of main crop and livestock products and profit affecting and factors. The profit of main agricultural products up to 2013 was projected using the AGMEMOD model taking into account the internal and external factors changes. The paper was prepared under the research project „Profit variant projections of the Lithuanian Agricultural sector up to 2013“ funded by Research Council of Lithuania and carried out under the direction of the Council supported activity „Scientists initiative to develop projects“.
Keyword(s): crop and livestock products, profit, income, expenditure, direct payment, profitability, forecast.
Kriščiukaitienė, I.; Tamošaitienė, A.; Andrikienė, S.; Juškevičienė, D. Lietuvos žemės ūkio produktų pelno prognozės iki 2013 metų // Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo verslų ir jų infrastruktūros plėtrai = Management theory and studies for rural business and infrastructure development / Lietuvos žemės ūkio universitetas. Ekonomikos ir vadybos fakultetas. Akademija, 2010, nr. 5 (24), p. 94-107, ISSN 1822-6760 (EBSCO, Business Source Complete, Central & Eastern European Academic Source).
Publication: Profit projections of the Lithuanian agricultural products up to 2013 (In Lithuanian language)