The introduction of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union was an important step for Bulgaria and Romania. However, their administrative capacity for managing CAP instruments is still evolving, and they face challenges in delivering services that are crucial for implementing...

This paper is concerned with agri-environmental policy in Germany and focuses in particular on soil and water conservation. At first it discusses to what extent agriculture contributes to erosion and the pollution of surface waters and groundwater with nutrients and pesticides. Whereas erosion...

The imbalances in bargaining power between the contracting parties in the food supply chain have drawn much attention, also from policy makers. The European Commission is committed to facilitate the restructuring of the sector by encouraging the creation of voluntary agricultural producer...

Introduction / Arie Oskam and Alison Burrell -- Turkey's economy and regional income distribution / Arie Oskam, Natasha Longworth, and Ayselin Yildez -- The institutional framework of Turkey and Turkish agriculture / Tugrul Temel -- Agricultural production, prices and trade / Natasha Longworth...