The breakdown of the planned economy in the Czech Republic induced many changes for the Czech sugar industry. Successful restructuring should foster competitiveness of sugar production and processing. Another target of the sugar sector is its preparation for EU-accession by adjusting to EU...

ste artigo analisa a remuneração, a qualificação e características do emprego das pessoas ocupadas em empreendimentos cuja atividade principal é a cultura da cana-de-açúcar, a produção de açúcar e/ou a produção de álcool, no período de 2002 a 2006. Considera-se o conjunto de...

Text, January 18, 1856. Article entitled:Valuable Sugar Plantation and Hands for Sale. "We are requested to call particular attention to the sale, by N. Vignie, auctioneer, which will take place today, at 12 o’clock, at the rotunda of the St. Louis Hotel, of a large and valuable plantation,...

This study analyzes consumer and producer costs and benefits of a modeled price supportprogram for sugar superimposed on the 1974-1981 period, which was essentially freeof effective price support programs and characterized by extreme variations in the U.S. price of domestic sugar. The study...

Research on buyer-seller relationships in the agricultural sector receives little attention. A growing body of evidence suggests that strong buyer-seller relationships facilitate more efficient supply chains. The long term relationship literature tends to treat suppliers as a homogenous group...

Replaced with revised version of paper 02/10/10.

The aim of this paper is to study the phenomenon of Social Business Enterprises (SBEs) and gain an understanding of their nature, operations, objectives and implications by using Grameen Danone Foods Limited (GDFL) as an illustration. Within this context, some questions that this paper seeks to...

This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...

Um Rückschlüsse über eine sinnvolle Integration einer Biogasanlage in das strategische Gesamtkonzept eines landwirtschaftlichen Betriebes ziehen zu können, werden Interdependenzen der Investitionsinputs mittels Sensitivitätsanalyse bewertet. Darauf aufbauend werden die Investitionserfolge...

Die Herstellung von Bio-Ethanol wird zunehmend als Alternative zur Verwertung von Roggen oder von C-Rüben diskutiert. Allerdings gibt es auch Stimmen, die zur Vorsicht mahnen, besonders aus ökonomischer Sicht. Fakt ist jedoch, dass einige Unternehmen der nachgelagerten Stufe konkrete Planungen...