The production structures of the majority of Mediterranean countries have traditionally been oriented towards the West European market. What effects will the southward enlargement of the EC have on the agricultural sector of the non-candidate Mediterranean countries? What can the EC do to...

Farming worldwide and national agricultural policies are in a profound crisis. Farmers everywhere are complaining about inadequate incomes. A large proportion of farms are threatened on both sides of the Atlantic, in the EC no less than in the USA. This situation has coincided with a period of...

The low agricultural output of many developing countries is often blamed on discrimination against the farm sector, especially as a result of low state-regulated prices. Accordingly, it is argued that agricultural prices should be raised to offer producers incentives to expand production....