This study investigates the effect of cash cropping on food availability and examines the determinants of the proportion of income allocated for food expenditures in the Nyeri district in Kenya. Using a Tobit model, the results suggest that in general food expenditure allocations suffer due to...

In recent years, Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been a key issue both in the scientific community and in public debates. This is due to their profound implications for rural development, local sustainability, and bio-economics. This edited collection discusses what the main determinants...

Landwirtschaftliche Produkte sind in Deutschland und Europa so billig wie nie - zahlreiche Betriebe können trotz agrarischer Rationalisierung und Subventionierung wirtschaftlich kaum überleben; zugleich ist die konventionelle industrialisierte Landwirtschaft, der wir unsere sichere...