Asst. Prof. Magdalena Zrakić Sušac, PhD

Assistant Professor
Division for Agroeconomy and Informatics
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Office location: 5 th Pavilion, 1st floor, room number 18
Phone: +385 1 239 4060
Email: mzrakic ( at ) agr.hr
Languages: croatian, english
Consultations: appointment
Academic qualifications
- 2010 - 2016: PhD
Postgraduate doctoral study Agricultural Economics
PhD thesis title: Partial equilibrium model of crop production in Croatia, mentors: prof. Ivo Grgić, PhD and prof. Emil Erjavec, PhD - 2008 - 2010: MSc
Graduate study Agricultural Economics
Msc thesis title: Quality of life in rural areas from the viewpoint of residents - an example of the Zagreb City, mentor: prof. Ivo Grgić, PhD - 2005 - 2008: Bsc
Undergraduate study Agricultural Economics
BSc thesis title: Agrotourism offer of the city Zagreb and surroundings, mentor: prof. Ivo Grgić, PhD
Employment and work experience
- 2011 - : Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb
Teaching
- Razvoj poljoprivrede i ruralnog prostora (144521)
- Ruralni turizam (116651)
- Poljoprivredno savjetodavstvo i komunikacije (132885)
- Ekonomika resursa u agrobiznisu (185474)
- Osnove agroekonomike (98092)
- Agroturizam (143835)
- Uvod u makroekonomiku (98333)
- Uvod u istraživački rad (268839)
- Poljoprivredno savjetodavstvo u fitomedicini (169426)
- Stručni projekt - Agrarna ekonomika (250952)
- Diplomski rad - seminar (160350)
- Agroekonomika u animalnoj proizvodnji (169217)
- Stručna praksa - Agrarna ekonomika (250951)
- Kružna ekonomija u održivom gospodarenju resursima (198005)
- Uvod u kružnu ekonomiju u poljoprivredi (226161)
- Održivi razvoj mediteranske poljoprivrede (228310)
Research interests
- macroeconomics
- sectoral analysis
- rural development
- modeling
- socioeconomic analysis
- evaluation of agricultural policy
Training and research experience
- 2017/09/18 - 2017/09/22: University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest (Romania) (mixed)
USAMV Bucharest Agricultural Economics and Policy Summer School 2017, organized by the
ENHANCE consortium
▪ normative foundations of policy evaluation over methodological tasks to public policy as the object
of evaluation
▪ The course lecturers were Dr. Stefan Mann from the Federal Research Centre for
Agriculture(AGROSCOPE) and Dr. Matthias Stolze from the Research Institute for Organic
Agriculture (FIBL) - 2016/09/12 - 2016/09/16: University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics, Bonn (Germany) (mixed)
▪ project cooperation
▪ teaching materials - 2014/03/10 - 2014/03/14: European Commission - DG JRC IPTS AgriLife Unit, Seville (Spain) (mixed)
▪ making Outlooks of the agricultural products market using an econometric model - 2012/09/24 - 2012/09/25: European Commission - DG JRC IPTS - AgriLife Unit, Bruxelles (Belgium) (mixed)
▪ the application of econometric models to the assessment of the effects of agrarian policy on the agricultural sector
▪ making Outlook for agricultural products at national and EU level - 2012/05/19 - 2012/06/02: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje Faculty of Agricultural Science and Food, Skopje (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) (mixed)
▪ project cooperation
▪ exchange of experiences in the teaching process - 2012/03/05 - 2012/04/05: Mendel University of Brno, Faculty of Business Economics, Brno (Czech Republic) (mixed)
▪ analysis of secondary data sources
▪ project cooperation - 2012/02/21 - 2012/02/24: Teagasc - The Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Dublin, Éire/Ireland (mixed)
▪ the use of an econometric model for the impact assessment on the agricultural sector
Projects
teaching
Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
---|---|---|---|
Unapređenje stručne prakse na preddiplomskim i diplomskim studijima Agronomskog fakulteta | Europski socijalni fond | 2020/03/09 - 2023/03/09 | coordinator |
university support
Title | Funding | Duration | AFZ role |
---|---|---|---|
Diversifikacija ruralne ekonomije i utjecaj na kvalitetu života u ruralnim područjima | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2017/01/01 - 2017/12/31 | coordinator |
Poduzetničke sklonosti mladih poljoprivrednika | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2016/01/01 - 2016/12/31 | coordinator |
Socioekonomski čimbenici razvoja ekološke poljoprivrede u Hrvatskoj | Sveučilište u Zagrebu | 2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31 | coordinator |
Publications
- Vrsaljko, Anđelko; Turalija, Alka; Grgić, Ivo; Zrakić, Magdalena Organic agriculture as a precondition for development of eco-agrotourism on the islands - a case study of Korčula Island. // Journal of central European agriculture, 18 (2017), 3; 733-748. doi:10.5513/JCEA01/18.3.1947
- Zrakić, Magdalena; Jež Rogelj, Mateja; Grgić, Ivo Organic agricultural production on family farms in Croatia. // Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 41 (2017), 6; 635-649. doi:10.1080/21683565.2017.1290731
- Jež Rogelj, Mateja; Zrakić, Magdalena; Hadelan, Lari Impact of state aid on business decisions and financial stability of family farms in Croatia. // Journal of Central European Agriculture, 18 (2017), 1; 260-277. doi:10.5513/JCEA01/18.1.1888
- Prišenk, Jernej; Sabljić, Dino; Zrakić, Magdalena; Turk, Jernej Econometric modelling approaches in studies of the EU dairy sector. // Indian journal of animal research, 49 (2015), 5; 717-724. doi:10.18805/ijar.5589
- Zrakić, Magdalena; Salputra, Guna; Levak, Vladimir Potential impact of EU common agriculture policy on Croatian dairy sector - modelling results. // Mljekarstvo, 65 (2015), 3; 195-202. doi:10.15567/mljekarstvo.2015.0306
- Prišenk, Jernej; Turk, Jernej; Rozman, Črtomir; Borec, Andreja; Zrakić, Magdalena; Pažek, Karmen Advantages of combining linear programming and weighted goal programming for agriculture application. // Operational research an international journal, 14 (2014), 2; 253-260. doi:10.1007/s12351-014-0159-4
Bibliography (CROSBI): https://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=329224
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.hr/citations?user=YXPUA9UAAAAJ&hl=hr
Other professional activities
- 2012 - : Croatian Society of Agricultural Economists
member - 2014 - : European Association of Agricultural Economists
member - 2015 - : Matica hrvatska (lat. Matrix Croatica)
member - 2017 - : Association of Bosnian Croats "Prsten" ("Ring")
member - 2015 - : Association of Bosnian Croats "Prsten" ("Ring")
member - 2017 - : Journal Glasnik zaštite bilja
member of Editorial board