ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of rural institutions in the diffusion of agricultural technology, and innovations in Sri Lanka - based on a sample survey, discusses the effects of farm size, tenancy, farmer age, education, etc., on productivity, profits and tractor and labour use;...

Purpose – At the center of apple production province in China, how to increase apple per unit yield and to improve apple production efficiency in Shaanxi become big issues. The objectives of this paper are to investigate the technical efficiency (TE) and cost efficiency (CE) of apple orchard...

Der deutsch-deutsche Einigungsprozeß erfordert auch eine Integration der DDR in die verschiedene Systeme der EG. Zu den Sektoren mit den am weitesten fortgeschrittenen gemeinsamen Regelungen gehört die Agrarwirtschaft, was einen Anpassungsbedarf von hohem Intensitätsgrad mit der Lösung einer...

Studying patterns of interest intermediation in the new EU member states is an important research topic as it provides us with the opportunity to observe interest intermediation at its early stage of development. This article examines how accession to the EU affected intermediation of interest...