By adapting the alternative unemployment indicators series (U1-U6), which has long been in use in the United States and in many European countries, the authors endeavour to create their own indicators series using the Hungarian national statistical database as a basis to evaluate the results....

In many ways, the Hungarian pork chain faces considerable disadvantages when compared to the situation in competing countries. In countries endowed with a modern meat chain, heavy concentration is the rule, but in Hungary decentralization still prevails, although thankfully the chain is not...

Within the context of CAP reform slated to begin in 2013, several Member States have already proposed a significant cutback in direct payments. This paper contends that such measures would have broad and harsh consequences not only for Hungarian agriculture, but also for the nation’s...