This article is devoted to changes in the functional structure of Poland’s rural areas in the years 1988-1999, that is – in the period of transition from the socialist to market economy and the country’s preparations for the EU accession. As the result of functional...

The following article endeavors to develop a technical but nevertheless relatively simple explanation of the revised price indexes of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. These ind xes are widely used not only for general purposes but also in the administrative calculation of parity prices...

Researchers have identified a number of drivers of innovative capacity in rural areas such as farmers’ participation in social and commercial networks; farmers’ participation in collaborative alliances; farmers’ level of education; and farm-size. The present article extends...

This Viewpoint article, based on a lecture to the 2012 Oxford Farming Conference, examines the rise in economic power of the so-called ‘emerging markets’ (EM) and its implications for agricultural markets in the so-called ‘developed world’. In particular, the favourable...

Agricultural systems are complex, because managers need to cope with interlinked and dynamic ecological, social, political and economic aspects. Understanding and analysing such systems requires researchers to adopt a holistic approach to grasp the links between those aspects. Holistic...

Recent events, such as the 2008 food price crisis, have focussed global attention on the agriculture and food sectors. In particular, many countries have become increasingly concerned with the issue of ensuring the security of their food supply and one key element of this is who has power within...

In the UK 1 million people suffer food poisoning, with 20,000 ending up in hospital, at a total cost to the UK of £1.5bn a year. We are not currently putting appropriate time and resources towards addressing the most significant food risks. Science is not absolute. It never...

After a brief review of recent attempts to reform the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, the essential elements of the Commission’s proposals for the reshaping of the policy from 2014 are reviewed and their implications considered. Given that this is just the first salvo in...

The system of supply management in the Canadian dairy sector requires that farmers acquire quota to produce milk. In Canada's largest dairy producing province, Quebec, a ceiling on the price of quotas has been in effect since 2007. Previous research established that the use of quota price...

Honey has sweetened mankind‘s food for millennia. America is not elusive to this concept and even before the conquest; honey was already produced in this continent. In Mexico, due essentially that its territory has great biodiversity, the production is widespread. Furthermore, it is...