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 considers the competitiveness of agricultural production in Bulgaria and the Czech Republic compared to (i) international markets and (ii) EU. Competitiveness was measured in terms of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) and domestic resource cost (DRC) ratios, adjusted for bilateral...

As a result of the economic restructuring and political reforms undertaken during the 1990s, Hungary has a varied set of farm types that encompass a wide array of different sizes, degrees of capital intensity and forms of ownership. This article explores the performance of Hungarian farms and...

This paper attempts to shed light on the recent performance of farms in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland and to compare the findings from the CEECs with the EU situation. Utilising farm survey data, ratios of agricultural profitability and productivity have been estimated and clusters of...

This paper attempts to shed light on the recent performance of farms in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland and to compare the findings with the situation in two regions of existing EU Member States. Utilising farm survey data, ratios of agricultural profitability and productivity have been...

A magyar mezőgazdaság nemzetközi versenyképességét a csatlakozás előtti időszakra vonatkozó hazai erőforrásköltség-mutatók becslésével, 2000-2002-es adatok felhasználásával mérjük. Számításaink szerint Magyarország nemzetközi versenyképessége gyengült a...