This document contains the proceedings of the international conference called Agro-Food and Rural Economy Competitiveness in Terms of Global Crisis, held in Bucharest, Romania, on 23-24th September, 2011 with a international participation and it was published as a special issue of the journal...

Agriculture is becoming increasingly influenced by globalisation. The result is a more interconnected world where new forms of trade and cultural exchange can thrive on an international level. This novel Handbook provides insights to the ways in which globalisation is affecting the whole...

Over the last three decades there has been a rapid expansion of intensive production of fresh fruit and vegetables in the Mediterranean regions of south and west Europe. Much of this depends on migrating workers for seasonal labour, including from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America....