The main objective of this paper is to present the peculiarities of rural properties evaluation, to clarify some important aspects and to explain a simple methodology to evaluate the compensation due to rural property owners? for land expropriation and for rights-of-way.

Fire is the biggest forest enemy in many countries, especially in those that have dry and hot climates. Fire destroys biomass and makes forest production a very risky business. Forest insurance could decrease fire risk and would contribute to make forest activities more profitable. Nowadays, in...

Este trabalho começa por realçar a importância da análise químicas de solos e plantas na agricultura, quer contribuindo para a minimização dos custos privados (custos de produção do empresário), quer na redução dos custos sociais (redução das externalidades negativas que originam a...

In the fifty years since the foundation of the European Community, Europe has evolved in many fields. From being exclusively concerned with economic integration ? reflected by policies to increase agricultural productivity and improvement of intra-communitarian trade ?, nowadays, the European...

Os pequenos regadios individuais do Alentejo ? PRIA ? representam actualmente uma área bastante superior aos designados regadios colectivos, ou estatais, construídos pelo Estado até aos princípios da década de 70. Estes regadios, são alimentados a partir de fontes de água privadas...

It is clear that the successful management of water resources must take into account the influence of policies affecting the irrigated agriculture sector. Among these, the importance of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is well recognised. In...

The main objective of this paper is to present facts and arguments trying to prove that unfair prices are the most important cause for the dilapidation of human and natural resources. In many poor countries farmers sell their products at prices below their real cost. In these countries, most...

This paper, on the one hand, traces some of the main features of research evaluation, points out some reasons why institutions want to have their research work evaluated, and presents some of the main problems of evaluation. On the other hand, characterizes hog production, in the south of...

The agro-silvopastoral system ?montado? dominates the landscape of the south-western Iberian Peninsula, occupies approximately 3.1 million hectares of woodland in Spain and 1.2 million hectares in Portugal. The forest system ?montado? is mostly dominated by Mediterranean evergreen oaks such as...