The biogeographical centers of origin of important food crops - called Vavilov centers - are considered to be crucial sources of genetic diversity for present and future crop-breeding programs and thus for human food safety worldwide. Global environmental change and more intensified modes of...

This study was done on the request of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA CR). The purpose of this study was to define standards for rural municipalities (municipalities) and clarify this approach for assessment of the following measures in The Rural Development Plan 2014-2020. The assessment of...

Over the past ten years, the Central and Eastern European Countries have considerably increased their share in world trade as well as in the imports of the 15 "old" EU member states. The accession to the EU brings about trade creation and trade diversion effects. In the case of Austria, after EU...

The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) was long the monopolistic producer of an Austrian stock market index, but in 1981 decided to discontinue its calculation. The founder of the Institute and later Nobel laureate August F. Hayek introduced the index in 1927 when he was guided by...