O Brasil se destaca no mercado mundial de carne bovina como um dos maiores produtores e exportadores. Nos últimos anos, a utilização de inovações tecnológicas e um intenso investimento na melhoria genética do rebanho, das condições de sanidade animal e de manejo levaram o país a...

O artigo visa refletir sobre a experiência de comercialização de alimentos produzidos pelos agricultores familiares, junto a mercados institucionais locais. O acesso de agricultores familiares aos mercados institucionais de alimentos é fato recente na história do País, e a experiência que...

En este artículo se analizan dos aspectos centrales de las agriculturas del Sur de Europa. En primer lugar, en comparación con el panorama de los países del Norte de la Unión Europea, se pone de manifiesto, como diferenciadora, la diversidad de formas de articulación de las explotaciones y...

The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the...

Este artigo trata da aplicabilidade de modelos da família ARCH como ferramenta de análise quanto ao comportamento do retorno do cacau, do boi gordo, do café, tradicionais commodities agrícolas brasileira, servindo de auxílio para decisão dos agentes na compra e venda destes produtos. De...

While China’'s economic reform has brought about significant economic growth, there is a considerable debate about the impact of such market-oriented reform on income and welfare distributions. This paper examines the changes in income and welfare distributions in urban China from 1981 to 1998...

A crucial factor in the success of any water quality trading market is its ability to cost-effectivelyreallocate nutrient allowances from initial holders to those users who find them most valuable;the market's trading efficiency. We explore causes of and solutions to trading inefficiency...

The greenhouse sector has reinvented itself as a technologically advanced and relatively environmentally friendly industry over the past 15 years. However it remains a high energy user. Two recent surveys have highlighted the potential impact on greenhouse grower costs of the proposed emissions...

The aim of this paper is to make an international comparison of risk management policies in OECD countries as well as in selected emerging economies. The results are based on the data from OECD Producer Support Estimates Database and General Services Support Estimates Database, a study of...

Concentrating on fundamental sector-level impacts that shape the nature of agro-export growth, this paper indicates how intrahousehold impacts fit into the analysis. Section 1 is introductory. Section 2 puts forward the conceptual framework needed to understand sectoral impacts of agro-export...