Economic valuation methods have already been used abroad successfully for solving above all local and nation-wide problems in rural (and also urban) areas with incorporated multifunctional natural and cultural goods, in a sense of their cultural, recreational, educational, ecological,...

There is a growing consensus among developed economies about the significance of non-commodity outputs of agriculture, such as its environmenal and spatial impacts, and its contribution towards employment and viability of rural areas. It however remains open, which of these functions (often...

In one national and one EU research project, the offer and selling paths of organic products in Slovenia with special emphasis on domestic products have been investigated. Organic production volume has been estimated; market paths, their share and importance, and demand for organic products have...

We analysed the situation, trends, degree of processing and export competitiveness of agro-food products in Slovenia's international trade in period 2002 - 2007. We used statistical data according to the combined nomenclature of the customs tariff, where agro-food products are classified in the...

In the paper we present applications of a qualitative multi-attribute modelling method DEX for decision support about the introduction and use of geneticallymodified organisms (GMO) for food and feed. In three 5th and 6th Framework Programme European projects, we have developed a number of...