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Nature conservation in Polish agriculture under conditions of EU membership
Kociszewski, Karol - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 14 (2014) 1, pp. 75-88
The aim of the paper is to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of EU nature conservation measures in Polish agriculture. Environmental regulations influence main groups of Common Agricultural Policy instruments. In the Pillar I of the policy, this refers to cross-compliance, while in...
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Agriculture, Pesticides and the Ecosystem
Pethig, Rüdiger - 2001
Economists have a good understanding of intra-economic interdependence and a mature methodology of modeling it. Ecologists focus on the complex and sensitive interactions of species in ecosystems. This paper's objective is to suggest a new micro-foundation of ecosystem analysis based on economic...
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An overview on organic agriculture of Romania in the context of the current European development model
Rodino, Steliana; Butu, Alina; Butu, Marian - 2016
This works stand as an overview on organic agriculture of Romania in the context of the current European development model, presenting relevant information on the organic sector, legislation in force and some data regarding the trade market, at national and European Level. Organic agriculture is...
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Organic Agriculture
Klimczuk, Andrzej; Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena - In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies, (pp. 1-7). 2020
Consumers are increasingly aware of the health- and safety-related implications of the food which they can buy in the market. At the same time, households have become more aware of their environmental responsibilities. Regarding the production of food, a crucial and multifunctional role is...
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Retrospective analysis of statistical indicators for vegetable and animal agricultural products optained in the conventional system and in ecological agriculture
Ursu, Ana - 2020
The aim pursued in the paper is the analysis of the transformations that took place, in the period 2007-2019, at the level of the two conventional and ecological production systems. The analysis of the statistical data series, INS Tempo-ONLINE and EUROSTAT data for conventional and organic...
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Ecological agriculture and biodiversity: Relationships, congruences, objective conditions and perceptions of local actors
Florian, Violeta; Rusu, Marioara; Roşu, Elisabeta - 2020
Ecological agriculture provides a favourable framework for maintaining biodiversity by using economically and socially efficient friendly farming practices, generating modern attributes to rural communities and offering a different lifestyle and a different quality of life to the entire society....
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Analysis of the ecological agriculture sector in the Republic of Moldova
Ignat, Galina; Ignat, Anatolie - 2022
The general purpose of this article is the analysis of the organic agriculture sector in the Republic of Moldova, determining the place of this sector in the national economy, as well as highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of this sector. In the process of developing this article, such...
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Strategies and challenges of internationalisation in BRIC-countries: Empirical results from the German agribusiness
Heyder, Matthias; Theuvsen, Ludwig - 2011
The objective of this paper is to identify the strategies and instruments that agribusiness companies currently use to … agribusiness firms. The majority of respondents expect that the importance of the markets in the BRIC countries will increase … agribusiness companies are facing in the context of handling international markets, especially in BRIC countries. …
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Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector
Saenger, Christoph; Qaim, Matin; Torero, Maximo; … - 2012
In emerging markets for high-value food products in developing countries, processing companies search for efficient ways to source raw material of consistent quality. One widely embraced approach is contract farming. But relatively little is known about the appropriate design of contracts,...
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Impact of Third-Party Enforcement of Contracts in Agricultural Markets – A Field Experiment in Vietnam
Saenger, Christoph; Torero, Maximo; Qaim, Matin - 2013
We study the effect of alleviating information asymmetry regarding product quality that is widespread in developing-country agricultural markets. Opportunistic buyers may underreport quality levels back to farmers to reduce the price they have to pay. In response, farmers may curb investment,...
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