Seit dem 1. Februar 2015 werden russische Weizenexporte zusätzlich besteuert, um die jüngst stark angestiegenen Weizenexporte zu reduzieren. Ziel ist es, dem weiteren Ansteigen der bereits hohen inländischen Weizenpreise entgegenzuwirken und die Brotpreise zu stabilisieren. Erfahrungen der...

Liberalization of world trade in agricultural products ranks high on the agenda of the Uruguay Round. After a period of more than six years, however, the negotiations have not been concluded. Nevertheless, an outcome seems to be in sight. The agreement will most likely not result in a move to...

Books reviewed include: The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High Yielding Rice Varieties in South India by Peter B.R. Hazell and C. Ramasamy; Disarray in World Food Markets: A Quantitative Assessment by Rod Tyers and Kym Anderson; The World Food Problem: Tackling the Causes of...

Books Reviewed Include: Towards Free Trade in Agriculture by Kirit S. Parikh, Gunther Fischer, Klaus Frohberg and O. Gulbrandsen; Farm Policy Analysis by Luther Tweeten; Multiple Criteria Analysis for Agricultural Decisions by C. Romero and T. Rehman; The Social Sciences in International...

Intensive discussions about discarding food in recent weeks were prompted by a study commissioned by the German Bundestag and supported by the German Federal Ministry of Nutrition, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection. Spiegel online said on March 13, 2012: Europe's waste would suffice twice to...

Substantial danger exists that politically prescribed market interventions, designed to counter a supposed failure of the markets, will leave markets functioning worse rather than better. This is particularly true of Eastern European transition countries, where institutional regulations function...