The project “Tech.Food - Solutions and interventions for the technological transfer and the innovation of the agro-food sector in South East regions” was running in the framework of the EU-South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme, financed by the European Regional Development...

Rural areas, which are declared as Nature or National Parks, often find themselves in a dilemma - on the one hand they are featured with unique natural conditions and landscapes, but on the other hand they are confronted with substantial problems in economic and demographic development. The...

The paper estimates the effects of public payments in agriculture on employment in two ways. A partial analysis of FADN-data concentrating on the agricultural sector shows a preservation of 45,000 to 57,000 jobs for the year 2004 in agriculture because of public payments but without taking into...

Since joining the EU in 1995, Austria has been subject to EU regulations including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The opening of the markets to consumers and producers and the reduction of producer prices to EU level represented big challenges in the early years. Vast adaptation measures...

The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU influences the agriculture in production but also in different functions as there are the Junction of resource protection, recreation, landscape diversity and spatial structuring. Especially in a comparison of regions on both side of the farmer Iron...

The results of this study show development paths of rural regions in Austria. The conflicts between various policy objectives in regard to agriculture, the regional economy and protection of the environment will increase further. The value, which the society attaches to the social functions of...

The specific conditions of mountain and especially Alpine farming require experienced and qualified farmers to guarantee sustainable agriculture in a sound ecological and economic environment. Beside natural-resource endowment, cultural, social and political conditions are important influencing...

In each of the CAP periods the Austrian Rural Development Programmes have acquired a more integrative character. Starting with measures concerning farms, they have been enlarged with soil, biodiversity and water protection measures, then included also local developments, diversification beyond...

Dieses Standardwerk analysiert in über 35 Einzelbeiträgen die Besonderheiten und Risikopotenziale bei der Bewertung von Spezialimmobilien und erläutert sie systematisch anhand der aktuellsten Entwicklungen. Das Buch gibt nicht nur Sachverständigen und Investoren eine unverzichtbare...