During state socialism, agriculture and rural areas in many Eastern European countries were subject to strong state influence on consumer prices, subsidized inputs and relatively low investments in social or technical infrastructure combined with restrictions for the rural population’s freedom...

Topics: - New technologies and the sustainable use of natural resources in agriculture - Production and placement of agricultural products with special quality characteristics - Strengthening institutions and regional cooperation in function of agricultural development - Sustainable tourism in...

Irrigation has an important role in enhancing the resilience of NZ agriculture. However, the construction and operation of economically viable and sustainable irrigation schemes involves numerous challenges given location specific hydrological and environmental issues, evolving technological...

Topics: - Restructuring agricultural production and rural landscape - Land reforms, privatization and consolidation - Governance of the agricultural sector and water use - Climate change and agricultural productivity - Credits, insurance and governmental financial support programs - Developments...

Conference theme brings together the variety of changing expectations influencing farming – from local and international consumers to tourists and citizens in our local communities. The expectations on farmers span environmental issues, animal welfare, food safety, food quality, biosecurity,...

The IAMO Forum 2014 aims at taking stock of current research on the functioning of global and domestic commodity and factor markets in the target regions. Besides, the Forum 2014 will focus on food security and volatility. In this context the question arises whether speculation improves or...

The Forum invites an international scientific audience from management, economics, engineering, marketing, policy, sociology, social psychology, information management, system modeling, and any other scientific field with interest in the subject to submit proposals for presentations and to...

The international symposium on “Inclusive Agro- Enterprise Development” is a part of the technical program of IAAE’s Triennial Conference of 2012. Areas of special interest for discussion include: - Business models linking producers and buyers - Agro-industry clusters, agribusiness...

Conference theme: ‘Agricultural Productivity in an Uncertain World’

The Global Agro-Industries Forum (GAIF) will promote dialogue on strategies for developing competitive agro-industries that contribute to poverty reduction. It will thus build on success stories and winning strategies to develop competitive agro-industries in the developing world that include...