Die vorliegende Studie stellt die Nahrungsmittelindustrie ins Zentrum der Diskussionen um eine Öffnung des Schweizer Agrarmarktes. Schon im Vorfeld einer Liberalisierung soll abgeklärt werden, bei welchen Produktkategorien Wettbewerbsvorteile gegenüber dem Ausland bestehen. Zu diesem Zweck...

Uluslararası finans kurumları aracılığıyla ve Dünya Ticaret Örgütü Anlaşmaları ile uygulatılan ‘yapısal uyum programları’ ve serbestleşme politikaları yanında gelişmiş ülkelerce uygulanan piyasayı bozucu desteklemeler gelişmekte olan ülkelerin tarımsal üretiminin...

Chicken litter or chicken litter-based organic fertilizers are usually recycled into the soil to improve the structure and fertility of agricultural land. As an important source of nutrients for crop production, chicken litter may also contain a variety of human pathogens that can threaten...

The recent empirical literature on economic sustainability of certified export crops shows that certification standards that enhance yields are important for improving farm revenues and farmer welfare. However, limited evidence exists on the impact of organic certification on the adoption of...

Global food markets demand the adoption of food standards by small-scale farmers in developing countries when they enter international markets. While a conventional certification with GlobalGAP can be a market entry condition for conventional food, especially for horticultural products, organic...

This study analyzed the performance and determinants of coffee exports, producer price and production for Ethiopia. The Revealed Comparative Advantage and Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage measures of competitiveness used for the performance analysis show that even though Ethiopia has...

Ensuring food security is an ongoing global challenge. Many forecasts point to a need to increase food production by at least 70% if we are to feed the world’s projected population of nine billion in 2050. Recent volatility in commodity prices and the general upward trend in the cost of food...

Data indicate that its domestic price in Indonesia has been increasing regardless of movements in the international price of wheat. A test for asymmetric price transmission from international wheat to domestic wheat flour markets is conducted using an error correction model and find the presence...

The conducted paper is analyzing the mutual trade relations existing among V4 countries. The main aim of the paper is to identify changes in their agricultural sector which happened during the monitored time period and to compare differences existing in area of agricultural sector and trade...