An international peer-reviewed journal published under the auspices of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and financed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.Published since 1983 (by 1997 under the title Potravin�rsk� vedy).The journal is administered by an international Editorial Board.Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Ing. Jan Vel�ek, DrSc.Executive Editor: RNDr. Marcela Braunov�.The journal is published six time a year.