In EU Countries in the last decade there has been a reduction of the number of farms, combined with a significant increase in their average size. First response to crisis in EU agriculture is the enhancement the competitiveness of farms in bio-economy issues, i.e. quality: EU farmers must build...

Ausgehend davon, dass der Agrarsektor in die Internationalisierungsprozesse der Weltwirtschaft eingebunden ist, stand die Untersuchung einzelbetrieblicher Internationalisierungsprozesse westeuropäischer landwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen im Mittelpunkt der Arbeit. Die Integration...

Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system started in the early 1990âs. During this time agricultural and rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone profound structural changes with wide variations in the degree of...

This paper investigates comparative trade advantages in agro-food trade. We analyze comparative advantages of Hungarian, Croatian and Slovenian agro-food trade in the European Union (EU) markets. Both the levels and pattern of the revealed comparative advantage measure are investigated. The...

Economic reform in China helped transform the structure and volume of agricultural production and resulted in significant changes in efficiency and productivity. This paper measures agricultural technical efficiency (TE) and total factor productivity (TFP) in China by allowing producers...

Der weiÃrussische Milchsektor hat schwer unter den Transformationsprozessen gelitten. In den 90er Jahren ist die Milchproduktion deutlich zurückgegangen, sowohl bedingt durch eine Reduzierung des Kuhbestandes als auch durch eine Senkung der Milchleistung. Trotz des Produktionsrückgangs im...

The paper focuses on some aspects concerning the organization and management of fisheries in the Adriatic sea, in particular in the Northern and Central part, identified as Geographical Sub-Area 17 (GSA 17 – High Adriatic sea). This area includes Italy, Slovenia and Croatia and it has a high...