On Some Quantitative Characteristics of Human Resources in Agricultural Enterprises in Slovakia

Dana Országhová – Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Economics and Management, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic

Radomíra Hornyák Gregáňová – Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Economics and Management, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic

Iveta Košovská – Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Economics and Management, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic

Abstract: Agriculture is one of the important sectors of the Slovak economy, the main goal of which is to provide food and food products for people. Business activities in the agricultural sector are linked to factors such as national culture, relationship to the soil, geographical conditions for growing crops, animal hus­bandry, and currently also reflect business ambitions. Human resources are a key component of any business, which is also valid for business in the agricultural sector. The main goal of the paper is to find out how selected characteristics of human resources in Slovak agriculture enterprises developed. The focus of the research was on the number of employees and their financial evaluation in conditions of the Slovak Republic in the period 2009-2022. Research data were taken from the database of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. Analysis and synthesis methods were used, while the development of the variable was quantitatively evaluated using trend function modelling.

8th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2024 – Conference Proceedings, Hybrid (Zayed University, Dubai, UAE), October 24, 2024

ITEMA Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia

ITEMA conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin; Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland; Faculty of Agriculture, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania

ITEMA Conference 2024 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-89-9, ISSN 2683-5991, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2024

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