We welcome submissions of papers addressing these aspects with a regional focus on Europe, Central Asia and China. Topics: - Links between rural economic development and migration. - The effects of migration on rural households’ welfare. - The role of agricultural development in labor shortage...

During state socialism, agriculture and rural areas in many Eastern European countries were subject to strong state influence on consumer prices, subsidized inputs and relatively low investments in social or technical infrastructure combined with restrictions for the rural population’s freedom...

Topics: - Restructuring agricultural production and rural landscape - Land reforms, privatization and consolidation - Governance of the agricultural sector and water use - Climate change and agricultural productivity - Credits, insurance and governmental financial support programs - Developments...

The IAMO Forum 2014 aims at taking stock of current research on the functioning of global and domestic commodity and factor markets in the target regions. Besides, the Forum 2014 will focus on food security and volatility. In this context the question arises whether speculation improves or...

The conference “Challenges of Education and Innovation” will particularly address: - Modernization of agriculture and economic development - Investment in Research and Development in the CEEC - Education, extension, innovation and growth in rural areas - Rural extension services:...

The conference “Multi-Level Processes of Integration and Disintegration” will particularly address: - Changes in landscape ecologies, cross-border biodiversity conservation efforts - EU-enlargement and integration of CEE into international markets - Multifunctionality of agriculture -...

Topics: - Marketing chains and food quality management - Co-existence of GMO production and conventional agriculture - Participation, co-operatives and producer groups - Land markets, access to credit, farm planning and financing - Agricultural labour - Environmental monitoring, natural resource...