To identify the problems faced by the Romanian agricultural sector and to identify viable development solutions, a comparative analysis of the competitiveness of the Romanian sector with the other member states of the European Union is necessary. In this regard, in the present research, a...

The extreme income gap that persists between the rich and poor countries led to reconsider the existing growth strategies of poor countries. The poor countries rely heavily on agricultural sector to generate income but it usually remains subsistence and leads to mass poverty and low economic...

Norwegian policy gives high priority to supporting rural communities, with support for agriculture receiving particular attention. It is broadly successful in terms of maintaining rural communities, and urban-rural gaps in a range of well-being indicators are comparatively narrow. However, the...

To achieve food security for all, new resource policies for sustainable land and water use are needed. Land, water and energy need to be considered jointly in policies, not in isolation. G20 countries' policy makers, corporate and civil society actors, and those of other countries should act in...

Czech farmers experienced an enormous exogenous shock when they joined the common agricultural market (CAM) and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2004. Using the World Bank's dataset, we apply the synthetic control method to establish a counterfactual case of the Czech Republic food...

To achieve food security for all, new resource policies for sustainable land and water use are needed. Land, water and energy need to be considered jointly in policies, not in isolation. United Nations, G20 countries’ policy makers, corporate and civil society actors, and those of other...

[...] Im Fokus standen Agrarumwelt- und Klimamaßnahmen und weitere regionale Programme. Neben den agrarpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen und konkreten Erfahrungen mit Maßnahmen wurden betriebswirtschaftliche, produktionstechnische und administrative Aspekte angesprochen.[...] (Quelle: Zusammenfassung)

The amount of improved seed used in Nigeria is extremely low. Overall, only 5 to 10 percent of cultivated land is planted with improved seeds, and about 10 percent of rural farmers use improved varieties. The objective of this investigation was to identify determinants of adoption of improved...

Extension of factual and analytical work to policy issues has been a feature of agricultural economics from its beginnings, but only in recent decades have these efforts become part of the scientific core of what agricultural economists do. At the same time, the range of policy analysis has...

Based on an economy-wide perspective, this paper begins with a discussion of the bias against exports and agriculture that characterized the economic literature and the development strategies in many developing countries after World War II. This is followed by an analysis of how the...