The transition process in central and eastern Europe (CEE) had a profound effect on how individuals interact. Economic and social institutions have changed, requiring an adaptation process by individuals in the move toward a market economy. How each individual accesses, manipulates and uses...

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...

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...

In this paper the trade of the Hungarian cereal and oil crops from 2000 and 2010 are introduced. The general attributes of the Hungarian crop sector are analyzed and a specific picture from aspect of the trade in Hungarian cereal and oilseed sector, with a focus on the quantity of the export and...

The role of information became more important due to rapidly changing technical conditions, market and economic regulations in our globalizing world. Several regulations tend to provide the framework for reporting performance and income of the companies, but in different statements performance...

Apart from the social and environmental elements of development, an economic aspect of organic production proves to be very important. Strong and weak points of organic milk production can be identified on the basis of a detailed analysis of accounting data at farm and product (milk) level. The...