1. Adaptation Strategies of Small Farms in Short Food Supply Chains during the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Crisis : A Case Study from the Czech RepublicEliška Svobodová, Kristina Somerlíková, Ivo Zdráhal, Libor Grega, 2015, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: The Short Food Supply Chain (SFSC) strategy offers an alternative to conventional (long) food supply chains. It can be an effective strategy for small farmers to establish closer connections with consumers. This closer proximity to consumers allows for faster strategic decision-making and actions on consumer needs. SFSCs are also praised for their contribution to sustainable economic, social, and environmental development. The policies of the European Union also endorse the SFSC model. Small farms constitute a significant share of the total number of farms in the Czech Republic and play important social roles in rural areas. In 2020, the Czech Republic had a total of 28,910 farms, comprising 16,000 farms (55.3%) with an area of less than 20 hectares. The pandemic and subsequent postpandemic crisis affected the entire Czech economy and firms in all sectors. Farmers in SFSCs had to find ways to deal with such a disruptive event. The article aims to evaluate farmers' perceptions of the impact of the pandemic and post-pandemic crisis on the functioning of SFSCs and their impact on farming operations, as well as to discuss the adaptation strategies of small farms in SFSCs in the Czech Republic during the recent crisis period. The article answers two questions: 1) How did the pandemic and post-pandemic crisis affect the functioning of SFSCs and farming operations in the Czech Republic? and 2) What adaptation strategies did small farms in SFSCs in the Czech Republic use during the pandemic and post-pandemic crisis? The data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with 73 small farmers involved in SFSCs in the Czech Republic during the years 2024 and 2025 and were analysed using statistical methods. Results indicate that, despite farmers’ perception of the impact of the crisis on their farming operations, their perception was rather negative. In the case of the functioning of SFSCs during the crisis period, their perception was slightly more positive than negative. The reason is that farmers in SFSC often implemented strategies to cope with the situation, e.g. by improving their online sales, e-shops, and social media presence. We argue that changes in marketing practices during the crisis period will enable farmers to improve their SFSC operations in the future.
Keywords: agriculture, pandemic and post-pandemic crisis, short food supply chain, Czech Republic
Published in RUP: 04.03.2026; Views: 97; Downloads: 3
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2. The Critical Position of Soviet Parliament Buildings Today : A Visual Analysis of the Crowds in the Built Environmentİlknur Erdoğan, Giuseppe Resta, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: Nationalist discourses build societal unity by shaping rituals, historical narratives, and collective memory to construct the myth of a nation. Post-Soviet countries offer a unique context for examining the production of nationalism as a transition from a multinational past to a national identity. This process of decommunisation unfolds through the Soviet traces in the built environment. As a physical representation of the state narrative, we focus on the architectural memory and architectonic transformations of Soviet parliament buildings, analysed via large-scale axonometric drawings. Architectural landmarks such as parliament areas have evolved into focal points for confronting the traumatic memory of the second half of the twentieth century. The text focuses on the White House in Moscow, the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, the Government House in Baku, the National Assembly Building of Armenia in Yerevan, and the Government House in Minsk. How have communities reacted to the parliament buildings as tangible reminders of their problematic past? Following the methodologies the forensic aesthetic paradigm opened up, we traced the protest’s morphology, its form, and the transformations made in the built environment. By analysing videos, photos, and newspaper articles, we mapped out the protests to discuss architecture’s role in conveying state narratives.
Keywords: parliament buildings, post-Soviet countries, nationalist architecture, spaces of protest, anatomy of crowds
Published in RUP: 21.01.2026; Views: 191; Downloads: 2
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3. Assessment of marine litter interaction in cetaceans stranded along the Italian coastline and the Adriatic SeaGuido Pietroluongo, Matteo Baini, Cristina Casalone, Giorgia Corazzola, Martina Đuras, Stefano Gavaudan, Federica Giorda, Tilen Genov, Silva Rubini, Sandro Mazzariol, 2025, original scientific article Keywords: marine litter, plastic ingestion, cetaceans, post-mortem, Italy, Adriatic sea, marine strategy framework directive, conservation
Published in RUP: 23.11.2025; Views: 404; Downloads: 2
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5. Our great depression of post-capitalism and not of capitalism (New Deal as the managerial revolution and understanding of our times)Tonči Kuzmanić, 2019, original scientific article Keywords: post-capitalism, capitalism, death of capitalism, language games, depression, economy, managerial revolution, Big Society
Published in RUP: 22.12.2021; Views: 2353; Downloads: 25
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6. Postna ponudba kot novi program Term Palace : diplomska nalogaDoris Krajnc, 2007, undergraduate thesis Keywords: turizem, wellness, prehranjevalne navade, zdrava prehrana, diete, post, postenje, programi, Terme Palace, ankete, diplomske naloge
Published in RUP: 26.02.2021; Views: 3485; Downloads: 36
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7. Evaluating post-release survival of loggerhead sea turtles bycaught in bottom trawls : assessing the effectiveness of a low-cost conservation methodBojan Lazar, Tilen Genov, Paolo Casale, Jure Miočić-Stošić, Grga Pleslić, Draško Holcer, 2018, published scientific conference contribution abstract Keywords: post-release survival, Caretta caretta, Adriatic sea
Published in RUP: 09.08.2019; Views: 3079; Downloads: 168
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8. Čas in prostor v umetniškem delu Fione Tan : doktorska disertacijaMirjana Batinić, 2018, doctoral dissertation Keywords: čas, prostor, post-gibljiva slika, film, video, kino, podoba-čas, sodobna umetnost, doktorske disertacije
Published in RUP: 01.08.2019; Views: 4233; Downloads: 109
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9. Nine differentially expressed genes from a post mortem study and their association with suicidal status in a sample of suicide completers, attempters and controlsMartina Balestri, Concetta Crisafulli, Luigi Donato, Ina Giegling, Raffaella Calati, Niki Antypa, Barbara L. Schneider, Dragan Marušič, Maria Eugenia Tarozzi, Dorjan Marušič, Metka Paragi, Annette M. Hartmann, Bettina Konte, Agnese Marsano, Alessandro Serretti, Dan Rujescu, 2017, original scientific article Keywords: suicide, candidate genes, post-mortem, personality
Published in RUP: 15.11.2017; Views: 3706; Downloads: 211
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