The present paper asks under what circumstances a standardisation of evaluations would be feasible in order to enable a comprehensible aggregation of results for the European administration. We argue that in the complex environment of rural development the adequate definition of system...

Food production and food processing, nowadays, are economic activities in which local and global strategies are interconnected. Moreover the importance of the food industry in total manufacturing is growing; local production systems are competing on the global market by producing specific...

The present work discusses possible methodological approaches for the assessment of employment effects of rural development measures. A special focus is on measures of the so called integrated rural development. Methods that are considered non-appropriate are considered nevertheless. Therefore,...

Die Vieh- und Fleischwirtschaft trägt erheblich zum wirtschaftlichen Wachstum im Nordwesten Deutschlands bei. BeobachterInnen gehen aber davon aus, dass ihr sektorales Wachstum in Zukunft durch Ressourcenknappheit und eine stärkere Regulierung der Viehdichte sowie anderer Produktionsaspekte...