Der verstärkte Einsatz von Biokraftstoffen ist beschlossene Sache. Neben anderen Zielen wird bei der Begründung der Förderung der Biokraftstoffe die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raumes angeführt. Dieser Beitrag untersucht am Beispiel Nordrhein-Westfalen Wertschöpfungspotenziale für den...

Im Mittelpunkt marketingwissenschaftlicher Anstrengungen steht die Erforschung des Konsumentenverhaltens. Da Präferenzen als eine entscheidende Determinante im Rahmen der Kaufentscheidung angesehen werden, kommt ihrer Messung eine zentrale Bedeutung zu. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden vor diesem...

This paper analyses the economics of biofuel production and the implications that the accelerating growth in biofuel production in many countries could have on agricultural markets. It shows that production costs of ethanol and biodiesel differ significantly across countries and feedstock crops....

In this study estimation results of alternative production functions for the Ukrainian milk processing industry at the sectoral level are presented. Several special cases of a translog production function are estimated on the basis of a data set consisting of monthly time series for the period...

The paper evaluates agri-food trade competitiveness and specialisation patterns of the former Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA-7) countries compared with the European Union (EU-15) from 1995-2007. Agri-food trade specialisation stability and duration are investigated by main...

The framework conditions surrounding agricultural production in Germany have changed dramatically due to the Renewable Energy Law (EEG) and a sustained increase in agricultural prices. The Common Agricultural Policy, substantially reformed in the Luxemburg Compromise, will be considered in the...

In this paper the economics of seasonal production of cheese in the mountain in Norway is investigated and compared with keeping the cows at the farm, investing in a common pasture or in co-operative dairy farming. The comparison is based on calculations in a linear programming (LP) farm model...

This paper presents an attempt to model the response of selected farms to decoupled direct payments and the associated impact on the provision of a defined set of non-commodity outputs (NCO's) using a combined modelling approach consisting of the AgriPoliS and MODAM models. AgriPoliS focuses on...