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Global, regional and local challenges in Hungarian agriculture

Csáki, Csaba - In: Society and Economy 31 (2009) June, pp. 45-70

-reaching impacts on the conditions affecting the operation of Hungarian agriculture, and definitely require a change in our thinking … agriculture and rural areas must be created; and (5) physical and social infrastructure in rural areas must be developed. …

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The impacts of EU accession on the agriculture of the Visegrad Countries

Csaki, Csaba; Jambor, Attila - In: Society and Economy 35 (2013) September, pp. 343-364

for their agriculture. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the status of the sector in the light of latest available data … a diverse impact on the Visegrad Countries’ agriculture and member states capitalised their possibilities in a different …

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Changing trends in rural self-employment in Europe and Turkey

Gülümser, A.A.; Baycan-Levent, T.; Nijkamp, Peter - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 2008

This study evaluates rural self-employment in the EU countries, while comparing them with self-employment in Turkey. The study focuses on self-employment trends in the agricultural sector on the basis of changing motivations and participations of males and females. The data used for comparison...

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Agricultural Supply Response and Smallholders Market Participation – the Case of Cambodia

Azam, Md. Shafiul; Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2012

rural infrastructure are important determinants of commercialization of agriculture in Cambodia. The marginal effects for …

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The evaluation of internal and external entropy of agricultural enterprises

Rolínek, Ladislav; Doktorová, Milena - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 3 (2000) 1, pp. 15-18

The level of internal and external entropy belongs to basic indicators of evaluation of successfulness of management. Entropy represents measure of nonsystematicness enterprise, which can lead to decrease its productivity. The aim of the article is to describe and evaluated measure of entropy of...

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Proposal for definition of mountain and under-mountain areas

Navrátil, Josef - In: Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionales 8 (2005) 2, pp. 65-75

Spatial definitions of study areas for specific projects are of crucial importance for these projects. It is necessary to come out from the aims of the project for spatial definition of mountain and under-mountain areas in South- Bohemian Region. There are many ways of solution and the...

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The Perverse Effects of Biofuel Public-Sector Policies

Gorter, Harry de; Drabik, Dusan; Just, David R. - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 5 (2013) 1, pp. 463-483

Biofuel policies are a subset of policies designed to achieve energy security, an improved environment, enhanced agricultural incomes, technological change, and overall economic benefits, with increased domestic energy production creating green jobs and foreign exchange savings. In assessing...

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Agriculture for Development: Toward a New Paradigm

Byerlee, Derek; Janvry, Alain de; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 15-31

The fundamental role that agriculture plays in development has long been recognized. In the seminal work on the subject …, agriculture was seen as a source of contributions that helped induce industrial growth and a structural transformation of the … constraints have deeply changed the context for agriculture's role. We argue that a new paradigm is needed that recognizes …

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The Incidence of Agricultural Subsidies in Mexico

Scott-Andretta, John - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2010

This study presents a comprehensive incidence analysis of agricultural and rural development programs implemented in Mexico over the last two decades, in the context of an ambitious reform effort to modernize the agricultural sector and address rural poverty. This “second agrarian reform”...

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Case Studies on Crossborder Ecotrade

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

This compilation of four country case studies provides a comprehensive understanding of challenges, good practices, and lessons learnt under different situations. In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a cross-border vegetable trade agreement with its neighboring, Thailand, aided in...

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