On March 11, 2011 the strongest ever recorded in Japan earthquake occurred which triggered a powerful tsunami and caused a nuclear accident in Fukushima nuclear plant. The later was a “man-made” disaster having immense impacts on people’s life, health and property, infrastructure, supply...

The issue of understanding, analyzing and assessing the governance of ecosystem services in general, agro-ecosystem services in particular, is among the most topical academic and practical (policies and business forwarded) tasks. Despite of the growing importance and interest in that new area,...

This paper builds on the literature testing for labor market inefficiencies in developing countries. Empirical tests using a panel data survey from Tanzania first reject the homogeneity of family and hired labor, and then reject labor market separation or completeness. Further tests for the...

This paper builds on the literature testing for labor market inefficiencies in developing countries. Empirical tests using a panel data survey from Tanzania first reject the homogeneity of family and hired labor, and then reject labor market separation or completeness. Further tests for the...

This study adapt a holistic interdisciplinary framework for analysis, assessment and improvement of the system of governance of agro-ecosystem services. A review is made on development of research on this "new" issue. Agroecosytems services and defined and classified. The management of...

The analysis of the practice of forming a corporate strategy in the dairy industry of the region is carried out, the theoretical and methodological aspects of vertical integration in the dairy product complex of the agro-industrial complex are investigated. Specificity, research methods and...

Broadly applied traditional frameworks for assessing efficiency of economic organizations in agriculture are (only) based on the “technical efficiency” of the factors of production and the “productivity of employed resources”. They compare the levels of efficiency of farms of different...

The goal of this paper is to present the economic importance and the elements of the management of contractual relations of farm, and classify agrarian contracts and analyze their economic characteristics, and suggest approach for assessment of factors for and comparative efficiency of the...

Risks management studies in agri-food sector predominately focus on technical methods and capability to perceive, prevent, mitigate, and recover from diverse risks. In most economic publications the risks is studied as other commodity regulated by market supply and demand, and farmers...

The goal of this paper is to adapt achievements of modern management and suggest approach for strategic management of farms in Bulgaria. Firstly, the content and elements of strategic management are presented. Next, questions associated with strategic planning, strategies implementation, and...