Croatia is very close to meeting the requirements necessary for becoming a member of the European Union (EU). On February 6, 2008, the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said that accession negotiations with Croatia are moving ahead well. As in all new member states (NMS), the...

This 2009 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system. It is meant to be a multi-purpose reference document to provide: an introduction to the agriculture and agri-food system; a snapshot of structural changes that are occurring throughout the system in...

This report was prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs) in an effort to study the challenges and opportunities that are arising from the trends and factors affecting the sector's long...

This report is the second chapter of the final report prepared by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (FPT) Working Group (WG) on Economic Analysis at the request of FPT Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADMs), in a joint FPT effort to study the challenges and opportunities facing the agriculture and...

Agricultural policy in relation to economic and social competitiveness. Competitiveness and progress in polish agriculture and mid-term forecast. Development trends and competitiveness of Polish food industry. Impact of CAP instruments on Polish agro-food economy. The CAP financing in 2014-2020....

Development of intensive agriculture is a perspective direction in the world, but also in Moldavia. The natural factors, as well as knowledge and technology developed on this basis, ensuring a high yield, quality, competitiveness and specialization of production, will be both contributing to the...

In recent decades the northwestern part of Germany (Weser-Ems region) has come to focus on intensive pork production. This has led to public outrage about the disposal of biological waste, farmers’ complaints about the high cost of leasing land, soaring risks of animal diseases, and the...

A vizsgált két szövetkezetnél és egy Zrt.-nél a földterületek nagyarányú csökkenését munkaerő-létszámcsökkenés kísérte. A pályát elhagyni kényszerültek jelentős, mintegy 30 százaléka tartósan munkanélkülivé vált, a többiek pedig más szektorokban (ipari,...

In the era of the information society, the existence and quality of the rural municipality's own website is an important factor of its competitiveness. Therefore, the state or regional governments sometimes support the construction of municipality websites. This process is just starting and the...

Despite the continually growing value of agricultural trade of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, agricultural trade in the case of all of the countries of the Visegrad group represents only a marginal part of the total merchandise trade. The agricultural trade of the individual...