There are differences in performance between farmers. In the Netherlands this has been a major topic of research for at least 30 years. Research has shown that the managerial capacities of farmers play a major role in differences in economic and environmental performance. Management can be...

This publication is the annual statistical report regarding Dutch agribusiness (in cooperation with Statistics Netherlands). The report is only available in Dutch but the headings of the tables and a topic index are also given in English.

This AFSG, RIKILT and LEI report reviews legislation and private quality control systems related to food safety. For the IKB Pigs case, it then investigates which legal requirements are also incorporated in this private regulation. The report further describes how compliance with this system is...

This report explores the applicability of a number of methods, models, and concepts from the literature on strategic management, diffusion, and social networks with respect to the monitoring of transition processes. First, transition theory is analysed to identify aspects that should be...

Commissioned by the Dutch Product Board for Livestock, Meat and Eggs, LEI has carried out an international comparative study of the production costs in pig farming in the year 2004. Also the cost increases expected until 2013 resulting from policy measures are examined. The study also includes...

This study provides an insight into the goods flows of (raw) poultry meat within - and, in particular, to - the Netherlands, and into the associated zoonosis risks. The study offers input for an inspection policy that will be required to enforce the intended prohibition on the marketing of raw...

Annual overview of yields, costs and farm results of private forestry holdings with more than 5 hectares of forest, based on an accountancy network consisting of about 150 holdings. This edition contains the results for 2004 and previous years, specified by area of forest and region. In...

Many business organisations put a lot of effort in raising their performance levels in the three dimensions of sustainability - i.e., people, planet, and profit. It is therefore important to measure and weight the effects of their efforts. In this report a framework is presented that is helpful...

The Pacioli network explores the needs for and feasibility of innovation in farm accounting and its consequences for data gathering for policy analysis in Farm Accountancy Data Networks (FADNs). PACIOLI 10 was held in Motta di Livenza, near Venice, Italy, in December 2002. This workshop report...

In this study a comparative analysis of the Rural Development Plans (RDPs) in four intermediate rural regions (Northern Netherlands, Lower Saxony, Wales and Emilia Romagna) and four most urban regions (Southern Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia, Flanders and Lombardia) is made. Such plans are...