These conference proceedings present a series of evaluations of agri-environmental policies in OECD countries. They examine how effective the policies have been in achieving objectives and what policy makers have learned about the design and implementation of their policies. These proceedings...

Turkey is an important producer and exporter of agricultural commodities on world markets and is estimated to be the world’s 7th-largest agricultural producer. Although the economic importance of agricultural sector relative to the industrial and service sectors has been declining, agriculture...

This timely book focuses on the liberalization of agricultural policy and questions whether it is compatible with the goal of achieving economic and environmental sustainability in the European Union. It presents an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the sustainability and...

In Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW), dem mit 18 Mill. Einwohnern bevölkerungsreichsten Bundesland Deutschlands, wurden am 1.1.2002 2,6% der landwirtschaftlichen Fläche ökologisch bewirtschaftet. Dabei wiesen die anhand von Daten des Landesamts für Statistik NRW, der Landwirtschaftskammern und der...