Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system started in the early 1990âs. During this time agricultural and rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone profound structural changes with wide variations in the degree of...

This paper presents results of estimates of both the financial robustness and the technical efficiency of a representative sample of Scottish farms. Emphasis was placed on those factors that impact on long-term sustainability in order to identify those effects that may be characterised as having...

Delays in payment adversely affect the contract seed production program for other field crops (OFC) conducted by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) Sri Lanka. This study focuses on assessing the financial viability of advancing payments for contract farmers who produces groundnut (Arachis...

Paper to be presented for International Conference of Women in Africa and African Diaspora (WAAD) at Yaradua Conference Centre Abuja, August 3-11, 2009