Direct payments were originally justified as a mechanism to compensate farmers for the income loss incurred due to reduced intervention prices. However, this rationale is not valid any more, and a new justification for basic income support by granting basic decoupled direct payments has been...

Many international organisations, including the European Parliament, see reducing food loss and waste as a priority. They argue that this will increase the efficiency of resource use and have beneficial environmental effects. This paper asserts that the scale of the problem has been overstated...

Bedeutung von Institutionen für die Agrarpreisbildung -- Preisrelationen in einer geschlossenen und offenen Volkswirtschaft -- Preisbildung auf dem Bodenmarkt -- Besonderheiten landwirtschaftlicher Arbeits- und Kreditmärkte -- Technischer Fortschritt in der Landwirtschaft und Agrarpreise --...

Abstract Reimar von Alvensleben asks in his article whether the “Agrarwende” in Germany could be a model for Europe. He argues that the new agricultural policy (the so-called “Agrarwende”), which has been proclaimed and implemented after the German BSE crisis 2000/2001, adds new problems...