The dairy sector is one of the most critical sectors in Hungarian agriculture, where independent, privately owned farm organisations cannot countervail the market power of their business partners (processors). In theory, cooperatives and producers’ groups are able to strengthen the position of...

Label Rouge is a complementary commercial branding popular in France that guarantees high quality of products recognized by 80% of the French consumers. The label is driven by consumer preferences which are highly influenced by French culture and tradition. Label Rouge is mainly known for its...

Factors influencing farmer selection of a crawfish marketing outlet were analyzed using 2008 survey data from the Louisiana crawfish industry. Most farmers sell to wholesalers, followed by direct to consumer, direct to retailer, and finally to processors. A relatively high percentage of farmers...

Joint production of agriculture commodities and environmental goods and services is a key attribute of multifunctionality. However, complex natural and economic interactions make a sound analysis difficult. In this regard, the concept of economies of scope provides a simple policy oriented...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Ergebnisse der Schätzung verschiedener Produktionsfunktionen für die ukrainische Milchverarbeitungsindustrie auf Sektorebene vorgestellt. Die Datengrundlage umfasst Monatszeitreihen für den Zeitraum Januar 1996 bis Dezember 2003. Als alternative...

Recent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy has led to the decoupling of direct payments to farmers from production. This policy change is expected to make farmers’ production decisions more market oriented as their subsidy revenue maximization objectives become profit maximizing...

Für den politisch gewünschten Ausbau der Nutzung regenerativer Energien wird eine Steigerung der Biogasproduktion insbesondere auf Basis landwirtschaftlicher Reststoffe wie Wirtschaftsdünger als vorteilhaft angesehen. Obwohl dieser Reststoff produktionskostenfrei zur Verfügung steht, erfolgt...

Bee-keeping and honey production has a long history in Hungary. Honey is an important and healthy food of people and it can be consumed without any human processing. The honey production has important role, too. Some researchers say that if honey bee will extinct the humanity in the world would...

Actualization of loan security (mortgage) value is of major importance in Hungarian loaning practice. Due to the recession in economics, the value of agricultural portfolio of banks has decreased a great deal, though not to such a great extent as other branches of the economy. Depreciation of...

Agriculture is one of the major branches of the economy in Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. It employs around 70% of the population and its contribution to the national GDP ranges around 45% (2012). In spite of the fact that most of the area is arable the majority of food, the...