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

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.