Die ursprünglichen Ziele der regionalen Produktions- und Vermarktungsinitiative "Altreier Kaffee" in Südtirol waren die Wiederbelebung des Anbaus der Altreier Lupine sowie der alten kulturellen Tradition aus den gerösteten Samen der Pflanze ein traditionelles Kaffeesurrogat zuzubereiten....

In this paper the authors show how organic food is perceived by Polish young consumers as well as the frequency with which it is purchased by them. The article also identifies the major reasons why young Polish consumers decide to buy organic food and the factors that limit them in purchasing...

This article analyzes how forest resources have been used in Brazil since 1930, in an attempt to prove two hypotheses. The first hypothesis is that the destruction of our forests and the unsustainable use of the remaining forests have always been linked to the developmental policies adopted in...

Farmers' preferences for sustainability certification are analyzed, building on a choice experiment conducted with smallholder coffee growers in Uganda. Farmers have positive general attitudes towards certification. While they dislike bans of productivity-enhancing inputs, benefits associated...

Despite the different levels of maturity of organic markets among the member states of the European Union (EU), the European organic food market is continuously growing. In the EU this production method is regulated according to the Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007 (EC 834/07). All products...

This edited speech, delivered at a land use conference shortly after the Supreme Court decided Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Commission in 1992, questioned several premises of the decision and criticized Justice Scalia's opinion for the Court. The essay suggested that the Court lost its way in...

This framework is a part of a bilateral research cooperation project between Bulgaria and China on “Governing and Assessment of Agrarian Sustainability - Experiences, Challenges, and Lessons from Bulgaria and China” funded by the Bulgarian Science Fund and the Ministry of Science and...

In the past three decades, the seed sector has experienced, and is now again experiencing, corporate concentration trends. The fallout of this consolidation is the subject of numerous concerns. However, the seed sector is rather poorly understood. Thus, it is useful to understand it better and...

We present the case study of a fast growing agribusiness cooperative in Ethiopia, Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (OCFCU). OCFCU was established in 1999 by 34 cooperatives and a capital of US $90,000. Nowadays, OCFCU has 240 cooperatives and a capital exceeding $12,000,000 USD. Well...

Despite its importance research on the governance of agrarian sustainability is still at the beginning stage due to the “newness” of the problem, emerging new challenges, fundamental modernisation during recent years, “lack” of long-term experiences and relevant data, application of...