In recent years, worldwide, increasing the professional training of farm managers has become vital in the context of the implementation of new technologies/production methods: professional training is a key component needed to face current and future challenges. New technologies, which pave the...

Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Arbeit, die sich in die Tradition wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Grundlagenforschung einreiht, wird die langjährige Forschung zu vertikalen Integrationsentscheidungen betrachtet. Diese Forschung bezieht sich im Kern auf die Frage, warum Unternehmen bestimmte...

Volume 2B. Part 5: Agricultural and Food Policy. The incidence of agricultural policy (J.M. Alston, J.S. James). Information, incentives, and the design of agricultural policies (R.G. Chambers). Market failures and second-best analysis, with a focus on nutrition, credit, and incomplete markets...