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In recent decades the northwestern part of Germany (Weser-Ems region) has come to focus on intensive pork production. This has led to public outrage about the disposal of biological waste, farmers’ complaints about the high cost of leasing land, soaring risks of animal diseases, and the...
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International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is published quarterly by IFAMA. www.ifama.org …
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Im Zuge des Klimawandels gewinnen standortangepasste Landnutzungsverfahren an Bedeutung, die zumindest die regional zunehmenden Wind- und Wassererosionen reduzieren und gleichzeitig die Biodiversität auf der Fläche erhöhen können. Ein solches Verfahren können Alley-Cropping-Systeme...
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tion from agricultural sources. However, many other EU member states are creating the necessary conditions for rapid growth in this area. The German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), which sets payments over a long time period for electricity supplied from renewa-ble sources, often serves as a...
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stakeholders in the agribusiness sector. However, despite clear evidence that identifies these relationships as crucial, there is …
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It is often hypothesized that contracts and vertical integration are paramount for the future competitiveness of meat supply chains. In this paper we review empirical evidence and theoretical reflections underlying this argumentation. We confront the contract and integration hypothesis with...
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Der Fokus der Forschung zu den Wettbewerbsbedingungen von Milchviehbetrieben ist vielfach auf die Erzeugungszentren gerichtet. Daneben gibt es jedoch auch nach wie vor landwirtschaftliche Gemischtregionen, die durch eine konstante Produktionsvielfalt ohne eindeutige Schwerpunktbildung...
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Der Ausbruch einer Tierseuche hat weitreichende volkswirtschaftliche Auswirkungen und kann für betroffene landwirtschaftliche Betriebe eine existentielle Gefahr darstellen. In diesem Beitrag werden anhand von 24 Szenarien unter verschiedensten Annahmen (Viehdichte, Anzahl der Ausbrüche,...
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Increasingly, cooperatives in the agribusiness are being confronted with the globalization of agri-food markets …
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In recent years the organization of meat supply chains has been among the most animatedly discussed topics in agriculture and the food industry. Many authors hypothesize that contracts and vertical integration are paramount for the future competitiveness of meat production. But most arguments do...
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