Common Agricultural Policy and the regional diversification of Polish farming. The Structural Changes in the Rural Areas and Agriculture: the Case of the Czech Republic. Structural Changes in the Agri-Food Sector and in Rural Areas of Hungary. Regional differences of Bulgarian rural development....

This paper analyses the main factors influencing the regional competitiveness of rural areas in the Tatarstan Republic. Firstly, 19 variables related to the socio-economic situation in the Tatarstan Republic were analysed, these having been taken from the Statistics Committee of the Tatarstan...

consumption of F&V among European school children. In addition, another objective of the program is to stabilize the fruit and vegetable market in the EU. The program varies between EU countries and with respect to some countries, e.g. Germany, even between the different federal states involved....

The main directions of rural policy aimed at improving the quality of life and stimulate economic activities in the EU are: improving and developing infrastructure; diversification and development of economic activities; training and education of the population in rural areas. Indicators used for...

The Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) for Rural Development Programmes (RDP) by the European Commission's Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development provides for common indicators to estimate effects of the respective measures. Their estimation has to rely on...

Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is a potential candidate country for European Union (EU) accession, however, the situation is dynamic and tasks are complicated. EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been reformed by the permanent process and further reforms are planned for the period 2014-2020....

Besides it represents a support to sustainable development, organic agriculture represents also a driving force of rural development for sixty years, especially in marginal areas. As it bases on the principles of natural resources' sustainable use, protects the population health and leads to an...

In the current EU programming period, rural areas in the North Great Plain region of Hungary will benefit from investment through the New Hungary Rural Development Programme (NHRDP) and the North Great Plain Regional Operational Programme (NGPOP). Using keywords from Section 3.1 of Annex II to...

The implementation of numerous programs/rural development strategies of local governments in Serbia depend partly from activities of local government,and partly from willingness of associations of physical persons and legal entities, cooperatives and other members of the LAG - to take steps to...