Agriculture including food products is of particular interest for Ukraine. However, in free trade agreements involving the European Union, agriculture is always given special treatment and subject to less and slower liberalization than other sectors. This paper employs the standard Global Trade...

Die Lieferbeziehungen zwischen Milcherzeugern und Molkereien in Deutschland sind möglicherweise nur eingeschränkt geeignet, um Preissignale in ein entsprechendes Mengen-Management zu überführen. Dies ist einer der Gründe, warum eine Reformierung der Lieferbeziehungen immer wieder gefordert...

When the Soviet <italic>kolkhozy</italic> and <italic>sovkhozy</italic> were converted, a large number of agricultural production co-operatives was created. Most of these co-operatives still exist in Russia and some of them have a strong market position, accounting for almost one-third of the aggregate volume produced by large...