We explored the trends and scales of landscape changes in two pilot rural regions of different landscape characters in Hungary (micro-region Csorna, micro-region Gönc). The result of the continuous intensification is the loss of biodiversity and shrinking of the natural, semi natural...

Over the last years, the agricultural sector has faced increasing risks related not only to production activities, but also to climate adversity and a higher frequency of extreme events. These factors, combined with increased price volatility in the markets, have caused greater exposure to risk...

[...] Kritiker werfen der GAP vor, zu wenig für die Entwicklung ländlicher Räume sowie den Umwelt-, Natur-, Tier- und Klimaschutz zu tun. Das im Zuge der letzten Reform eingeführte „Greening" der Direktzahlungen konnte in seiner Umsetzung diese Kritik überwiegend nicht zum Verstummen...

Agricultural income volatility has become a major hurdle for Irish farmers and policymakers to overcome in their drive to increase investment, production and ultimately income in the sector. This paper studies data from 927 farms in the Teagasc National Farm Survey between 2005 and 2013, the...