Slovak Republic was among ten new members joining European Union in May 2004. Since then the EU accession has influenced the social and economic aspects of life in the country and still continues to do so. The main purpose of this article is to present several problem areas of socio-economic...

Main objective of the paper is to discover Hungary’s rural areas suffering from agricultural employment crisis and to compare them to the spatial inequalities, examining the development possibilities and the adaptability to new economic and social processes. The actuality of this objective has...

Hill farming in UK is experiencing very difficult economic circumstances and many farmers rely on subsidies provided by the government for a large fraction of their income. The Peak District National Park is used as a case study to examine how farmers might respond to current policy changes –...

Economic expansion revaluates continuously the economic and social role of agriculture. Population explosion in the world generates continuously growing demand on foods and industrial raw materials. Supply of increased demand is supported by R&D, at the same time using results of it polarizes...

Knowledge and its creation, utilisation and diffusion, company growth and business development are all centres to the question of innovation from a theoretical perspective to create unity within a company, and to create a better measure and control system for innovation. Within the control...

Irrigated agriculture has increased steadily in Syria over the last decades, almost doubling since 1985. This mounting pace has responded to the nation’s food security policy objectives to satisfy the food production needs of an increasing population that features one of the largest growth...

Based on analysis of a time series of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indicator and Relative Trade Advantage Index the performance of Hungarian agriculture and food industry has declined rapidly during the last fifteen years. This fact highlights the importance of searching new paradigms in...

The significance of organic farmlands can be evaluated in two ways: based on their ecological and their economic implications. Regarding the former, it does not make a crucial difference how the land is utilised specifically: pasture and meadow; arable land or plantation or certified organic...

In the Hungarian agriculture private farms have a determining role. Since Hungary has became a European Union member country, in certain markets the performance and efficiency of these private farms are directly matched with the agronomics of other member countries. Considering this competitive...

The local, regional and global economic and natural phenomena of previous decades collectively emphasize the growing importance of risk factors affecting agricultural production both directly and indirectly. Agricultural producers should not restrict their risk management strategies to offset...