Karl Christian Führer untersucht erstmals die Entstehung der modernen, auf Höchstleistungen ausgerichteten Landwirtschaft in Westdeutschland von 1950-1990. Sein Buch beschreibt eingehend, dass die Entwicklung hoch effizienter Produktionsmethoden eine Reaktion der Bauern auf sich stark...

With commodity prices continuing to decrease and with policy constraint that farmers cannot easily increase their incomes by increasing volumes of production, they must find alternative ways to maintain their standard of living. This can be achieved by either niche marketing of agricultural...

Meat MarketNational and international meat markets recovered in 2002 from the disturbances recently caused by animal diseases (BSE, FMD). Relaxed trade restrictions allowed world trade to grow at an overall rate of 2.5 per cent as against only 1 per cent in 2001. In several world regions as e.g....