The Common Agricultural Policy has radically been reformed in 2003 with the introduction of “decoupled” direct payments. Economic theory suggests that direct payments are expected to have no impact on production in a static deterministic environment with perfect markets for capital and...

This paper takes the capital based approach to sustainability and applies this to examine the sustainability of different farming methods. The capital based approach argues that for future generations to be as well off as the present than the capital base should at least be maintained. The paper...

The overall aim of this study is to empirically investigate the cost structure of a management agreement type agri-environmental instrument and to identify factors for cost variation over space and time. We control for the actual level of compliance by using compliance weighted average scheme...

This paper examines the effects of decoupling policies on Greek cotton production under the hypothesis that producers face uncertainty about output price and quantity. Using our estimation results we simulate the effects on cotton production under four alternative policy scenarios: the ‘Old’...

This paper examines farmers’ decision makingunder risk and uncertainty. In particular, the study identifies the type of risk preference (averse, neutral or seeking)and measures the magnitude of risk preference before and after the introduction of the Single Farm Payment (SFP). The analysis...

The paper has examined temporal changes in the composition of livestock exports, assessed the exportcompetitiveness of different livestock products and analysed the factors affecting the growth of livestockexport. The performance of livestock export has been found noteworthy. The liberalization...

Coccidiosis is an old parasitic disease, prevalent all over the country and has a significant impact onpoultry production. In this paper, economic loss to poultry industry has been estimated considering themajor economic parameters. The estimation has revealed that commercial broiler industry is...

India is the largest producer and consumer of pulses in the world accounting for about 25 per cent of globalproduction, 27 per cent of global consumption and about 33 per cent of the world’s area under pulses.However, compared to cereals like wheat and paddy, the growth rate of area and...

Az emberiséget érintő globális kihívások között az energiaellátás növekvő fon¬tossága sokak figyelmét ráirányítja az agrárgazdaság ilyen irányú lehetséges szerepére. Magyarország kiváló mezőgazdasági adottságaiból kiindulva többen már biomassza nagyhatalomként...

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