Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert EU-weite Auswirkungen der so genannten Luxemburger Beschlüsse im Jahr 2010 im Vergleich zur Agenda 2000. Die der Analyse zugrunde liegenden Simulationsergebnisse basieren auf einer überarbeiteten Version des CAPRI-Modellsystems, das die national...

While in the past, increased use of inputs and expansion of agricultural land accounted for a good part of agricultural growth in Africa, improvements in productivity will need to be a major driver of growth in the future. Thus, agricultural innovations are needed to sustainably increase...

Should agricultural development programs target women in order to increase productivity? This paper reviews the extensive literature on men's and women's relative productivity in agriculture, most of which concludes that controlling for access to inputs, plot and farmer characateristics, there...

The aim of this paper is to assess the potential impacts of different fertilizer subsidy reform options on the performance of the Iranian crops production sector. This is achieved using a Regional Crop Programming (RCP) model, based on Positive Mathematical Programming, which includes in total...