Recently, short food supply chains have been thoroughly studied in some countries; however, data are sparse from others. In Hungary, the local food movement has been developing very fast and an outburst in the number of farmers markets has happened, due to the changes of the legal environment....

In this paper we estimate the impact of different factors on creditability of agricultural farms. According to the literature the collateral (tangible assets), the farm size, productivity, and subsidies should have significant effects on farm loans. We use data from the Hungarian Farm...

From innovation point of view the agri-food industry is seen as matured branch of the economy, where revolutionary new products and processes are very rare. Especially the SMEs are in squeezing situation: they have to fit very sharp prerequisites and demands on one side and very much constrained...

A tanulmány az osztrák húsipari vertikum piaci viselkedését elemzi az EU-csatlakozást is felölelő 1973 és 1996 közötti időszakban. Arra a kérdésre igyekszik választ találni, hogy a túlnyomórészt oligopoljellegű fogyasztói piac struktúrája nem torzítjae el túlságosan a...

In 2012 Hungary introduced the two-pillar risk management system. The first pillar refers to an “all-risk” fund, where the participation of agricultural producers is obliged above a certain size. The second pillar is market based voluntary insurance with state-support scheme. Our research...

The local food movement is rapidly evolving in Hungary. Three market types can be identified: traditional, farmers’ and organic markets. Results show that farmer- and farmspecific characteristics as well as attitudes greatly and variously influence the decision of small-scale farmers on...

Technical efficiency in agriculture of 10 new EU member states is analysed by Data Envelopment Analysis and econometric panel data analysis. Technical efficiency in agriculture is significantly positively associated with agricultural factor endowments, average farm size, farm specialisation,...

A tanulmány szerzője egy új, nem paraméteres eljárás (OCRA) alkalmazási lehetőségeit mutatja be. A húsipar tartósnak tűnő hatékonysági és versenyképességi problémái különösen indokolttá teszik, hogy új eljárás segítségével a működési versenyképesség fogalmát...