Policies for rural areas have become an important but complex policy field in the EuropeanUnion`s Common Agricultural Policy. The purpose of this paper is to report on amethodological approach pursued to model the allocation of EAFRD (European AgriculturalFund for Rural Development) funds in...

In den letzten etwa 130 Jahren hat die Nachfrage nach Nahrungsmitteln weltweit außerordentlichstark zugenommen. Hierfür gibt es vor allem zwei Gründe. Zum einen ist die Weltbevölkerungin diesem Zeitraum sehr schnell gewachsen. Im Jahr 1900 lebten etwa 1,5Milliarden Menschen auf der Welt. Im...

This publication aims to inform the debate on the status of food security in Arab countries, and provide policy options for enhancing food security in the future, in line with the overarching directions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Given the heterogeneity of the Arab region,...

Membership in the European Community (EC) for Greece, Spain, and Portugal may reduce trade between the United States and the EC in selected commodities; prospects for a North American Common Market are not bright; and the diversion of agricultural crops from export to fuel alcohol production...