With weather index insurance expanding and common property resources diminishing in low-income agricultural areas, it is essential to understand the potential effects of such insurance on resources that serve as vital input bases for low-income households. Using simple analytical constructs, we...

This study assesses the determinants of income diversification of farm households in the Western Region of Ghana. A censored Tobit regression model was used to find the determinants of the degree of income diversification measured by the Simpsons Index of Diversity (SID). The results indicate...

Milk quotas are a basic tool of the dairy market regime regulation in the EU. An abolishment of the quotas in 2015 will trigger considerable but positive changes in the market conditions. Limitation of supply, which in fact is a very strong intervention in the market fundamentals, has a negative...

The aim of this paper was to show the impact of the European Union’s enlargement on the status of beef market in Poland. The analysis was performed on the basis of data on cattle population and production of cattle live weight for years 2004-2008, changes in the retail trade sector in years...

Livestock plays an important role in food supplying. However, this industry is today in Ukraine in a difficult situation. A gradual reduction of livestock numbers affected both the output and the changes in the structure and range of livestock production. In recent years, there has been a...

Production of milk is economically inefficient in many agricultural enterprises in Belarus. It is connected with the fact that buildings, constructions and the equipment has become outdated. Therefore it is necessary to construct new dairy farms. We shall consider the experience of calculation...

The aim of the research was to analyze the level of profitability of pig farms characterized by different production systems: opened or closed. Analysis was made for all farms which produced 100 and more porkers per year and maintained accountancy within the Polish FADN in years 2004-2005. The...

Economical results of farms of three types of farming (TF13 – field crops, TF41 – diary farms, TF50 – grainvores livestock) in selected EU member states in 2004 were analysed basing on FADN data. The research was done for three classes of biggest economic size. Usually the bigger the...

Swine breeding is a branch of agriculture with high level of development and traditional in Belarus. The problem of basic directions in development of swine breeding is examined in the paper. In conclusion the main reserves for growth of the economic efficiency of pork production are found in...