Agriculture is a complex system in which the economic principles of production are directly intertwined with its biological and ecological characteristics. The paper investigates synergetic potentials of multiple-criteria and multiple-perspective evaluation of agricultural activity through a...

The paper illustrates synergies between the socio-economic and emergy evaluation of agricultural activity by studying the dairy sector in Slovenia. Evaluation was performed on nine farm types, representing the diversity of the country's dairy sector. Results indicate that socio-economic...

type="graphical" <p>The many semi-subsistence farms (SSFs) in the ten New Member States joining the EU in 2004 (the 2004 NMSs) may be seen as a legacy of communism, or the result of neglect. A highly fragmented farm structure either existed before transition to a market economy, or resulted from...</p>

Due to the increasing priority orientated towards more integrated policy concepts, such as rural development policy, there is a growing need to address the concept of multifunctionality for policy assessment. In particular, the dependence of the various tasks and services provided by agriculture...