The findings presented in this edited book are derived from the activities of the SCARLED (Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods) project. It had been co-financed by the European Commission and lasted from January 2007 until September 2010. SCARLED pursued two major research...

The findings presented in this edited book are derived from the activities of the SCARLED (Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods) project. It had been co-financed by the European Commission and lasted from January 2007 until September 2010. SCARLED pursued two major research...

Acknowledgements -- Introduction / ASHOK MISHRA, DAVIDE VIAGGI, AND SERGIO GOMEZ-Y-PALOMA -- The relationship between farm families and the structure of agriculture / MARY C. AHEARN AND WALTER ARMBRUSTER -- Influence of cap on social sustainability in Greek and Bulgarian rural areas / D....

The current discussion regarding the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is challenging due to the varying needs and interests of the old and new member states (NMS) of the European Union (EU). The NMS still display tremendous disparities in most structural and socio-economic...

Long-only-Indexfonds stehen seit geraumer Zeit unter Verdacht, für die Preisanstiege an landwirtschaftlichen Warenterminmärkten verantwortlich zu sein. Hieraus wird die Forderung abgleitet, den Aktivitätsradius dieser Indexfonds drastisch einzuschränken. Allerdings stehen solche Forderungen...

For quite some time long-only index funds have been suspected of being responsible for price increases in agricultural futures markets. This suspicion has prompted demands to drastically limit long-only index funds' scope of activity. Such demands and their underlying diagnoses, however,...

Theoretical literature suggests that social capital, respectively the underlying social networks, facilitate access to otherwise lacking production factors such as financial resources. In addition, the manifestation of different dimensions of social capital is suggested to facilitate collective...

Durch zurückgehende Geburtenraten, Abwanderung und gewandelte Berufsvorstellungen von Jugendlichen sehen sich landwirtschaftliche Betriebe immer weniger in der Lage, ausscheidende Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter durch qualifizierte Nachwuchskräfte zu ersetzen. In besonderem Maße gilt dies...