The Role of Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Rural Development: Engine of Change or Social Buffer?
Heinz Ahrens,Borbala Balint,Grigore Baltag,I. Bezlepkina,Gejza Blaas,Štefan Bojnec,Victoria Borisova,Agnieszka Brelik,Dragos Cimpoies,Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel,Alina Daniłowska,Jan Drlík,Theodor Fock,Vittorio Gallerani,Viktoriya Galushko,Antoaneta Golemanova,Franz Greif,Astrid Häger,Chris Hann,Hana Horska,Ruud B.M. Huirne,Csaba Jansik,Kurt Jechlitschka,Henry W. Kinnucan,Dieter Kirschke,Nada Krypa,Mykola Malik,Tetyana Matsibora,Plamen Mishev,Anton Nedyalkov,Arie J. Oskam,Alfons Oude Lansink,Martin Petrick,Modrite Pelse,Alexander Petrikov,Meri Raggi,Tomas Ratinger,Zurab Revishvili,Galina Rodionova,Antonella Samoggia,Alexander H. Sarris,Sara Savastano,David Sedik,Jaroslaw Senczyszyn,Daniela Spesna,Christian Tritten,Ewa Tyran,Vladislav Valentinov,Davide Viaggi,Stefan Wegener,Peter Weingarten,Janusz Zmija +51 more
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The role of agriculture in Central and Eastern European rural development was discussed at the IAMO Forum 2004 as discussed by the authors, which was held in Halle (Saale), Germany from 4 to 6 November 2004.Abstract:
This volume of proceedings, available both as hard copy and pdf , is an edited compilation of selected contributions to the IAMO Forum 2004, which will be held in Halle (Saale), Germany, at the Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe from 4 to 6 November 2004. CONTENTS: The role of agriculture in Central and Eastern European rural development: an overview; Martin Petrick, Peter Weingarten. Subsistence Farming and Rural Unemployment - the Case of Slovakia; Gejza Blaas. Rural Development in Albania and the Role of Agriculture: a Case Study in the Prefecture of Elbasan; Vittorio Gallerani, Nada Krypa, Meri Raggi, Antonella Samoggia, Davide Viaggi. Agricultural Problems in Georgia and Strategic Policy Responses; Zurab Revishvili, Henry W. Kinnucan. The Role of Private Household Plots in Russian Rural Development; Galina Rodionova. Agriculture in Southeastern Poland - Main Problems of The Systemic Transformation Process; Janusz Zmija, Ewa Tyran. Factor Market Imperfections and Polarization of Agrarian Structures in Central and Eastern Europe; Alexander Sarris, Sara Savastano, Christian Tritten. Agricultural Credit Market in Poland - Experiences in the Market Economy; Alina Danilowska. Social Aspects of Agricultural Employment in the Czech Republic; Hana Horska, Daniela Spěsna, Jan Drlik, Radomir Koutný, Tomas Ratinger. Lease as a Form of Land Consolidation in Moldavian Agriculture; Dragos Cimpoies, Grigore Baltag. Analysing Variation in Russian Dairy Farms, 1990-2001; Irina Bezlepkina, Ruud Huirne, Alfons Oude Lansink, Arie Oskam. The Role of Agriculture for Rural Development in a less favoured Rural Area: The Experience of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany); Theodor Fock. Wine, Sand and Socialism: Some enduring Effects of Hungary's 'Flexible' Model of Collectivization; Chris Hann. Off-Farm Activities and Subsistence Farming in CEE Countries - A Statistical Approach; Franz Greif. Agricultural Productivity Growth: a Vehicle For Rural Poverty Reduction in Ukraine? Viktoriya Galushko, Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel. Institutional Factors Influencing Agricultural Sales of the Individual Farmers in Romania; Borbala Balint. Social Capital in Rural Areas of Latvia within the Context of Public Organisations; Modrite Pelse. The Effects of Social Capital on the Organization of Agricultural Enterprises and Rural Communities in Transition: the Case of Ukraine; Vladislav Valentinov, Tetyana Matsibora, Mykola Malik. Farm Tourism: Myth or Reality? Stefan Bojnec. Biomass Production as a Future Agricultural Development Factor in West Pomerania (Poland); Jaroslaw Senczyszyn, Agnieszka Brelik. Rural Implications of Foreign Direct Investments in the Food Industry of the Visegrad Countries; Csaba Jansik. The Impact of Information Society on Agriculture and Rural Areas Development; Anton Nedyalkov, Victoria Borisova. Agricultural Policy and Rural Development: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects; Heinz Ahrens. A Tailor-Made Common Agricultural Policy for the Accession Countries: Help or Harm for Agriculture in Eastern Europe? David Sedik. Evaluation of the Effects of Pre-Accession and Accession Instruments on the Development of the Northeast Region in Bulgaria; Plamen Mishev, Antoaneta Golemanova. Measures of Rural Development Policy in Russia; Alexander Petrikov. Priority Setting for Rural Development: an Interactive PC-Based Programming Approach; Dieter Kirschke, Astrid Hager, Kurt Jechlitschka, Stefan Wegenerread more
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