Einleitung -- Hintergrund – Die Bedeutung von Gesundheitskompetenz und guten Gesundheitsinformationen -- Vorbereitung – Instrumente für die Erstellung von Gesundheitsinformationen -- Entwicklung – Struktur, Inhalt und Sprache von Gesundheitsinformationen -- Nachbereitung –...

Evaluations of environmental impacts of RDPs are characterized by a number of methodological challenges. However, recent methodological developments have improved the understanding and capacity of analysing the impacts of farming and forestry on the provision of public goods. Against this...

The main objectives of the paper are to review the development of productivity indicators of the agricultural sectors in Lithuania and Germany and to discuss the role and potential contributions of the support measures in the Rural Development Programs. The paper will focus on sectorial...

After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments to farmers which are decoupled from production decisions as a central element of its Common Agricultural Policy. They are also referred to as Single Farm Payments. In this paper we analyze the production and...

After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments tofarmers which are decoupled from production decisions as a central element of its CommonAgricultural Policy. They are also referred to as Single Farm Payments. In this paper weanalyze the production and trade...

After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments to farmers which are decoupled from production decisions as a central element of its Common Agricultural Policy. They are also referred to as Single Farm Payments. In this paper we analyze the production and...

After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments to farmers which are decoupled from production decisions as a central element of its Common Agricultural Policy. They are also referred to as Single Farm Payments. In this paper we analyze the production and...

We analyze the economic effects of plant breeding research in Germany. In addition to market effects, for the first time also effects of reduced CO2 emissions due to productivity increases are being quantified. The analysis shows that investments in German plant breeding research in the period...

This paper has benefited greatly from a discussion of an earlier version with the participantsof the first Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture in Davos, Switzerland in March 2009.Research has been made possible in part by a research grant from BASF SE – The ChemicalCompany. The first two...