Wir stehen am Beginn der Diskussion über die Verteilung der knapper werdenden Ressourcen. Nur der wohlhabende Teil der Weltbevölkerung hat die finanziellen Mittel, die Treibstoffe aus Biomasse zu bezahlen. In den armen Gegenden wird nicht nur Öl, sondern auch Brot zum Luxus. [gemäß den...

Focal Challenges 2008: - Dealing with Climate Change - Reconstructing the Welfare Systems Essential Issues 2008: - Creating and Disseminating Knowledge, - Creating Security, - Spreading the Benefits of Globalization, - Tackling Inequality, - Promoting Social Cohesion, - Promoting Health.

The organisers invite searchers and rural extensionists to propose papers and posters wich adress the workshop themes : - Learning, collective action and empowerment for rural reorganisation - Vertical integration : farming systems in food chain - Adaptive farming systems - Landscape as a frame...

The Program Committee invites the submission of abstracts related to the theory and practice of forecasting. The Symposium theme is Information Communication Technology (ICT) Forecasting in a Digital World. Other areas of forecasting also will be featured, including: - Judgmental forecasting -...

Papers submitted may be in any of the following areas related to: Monetary policy; Fiscal policy and monetary policy, Pensions; Monetary Theory, Prices and Money demand; Banking risk and stability, prudential regulations; Banking competition, mergers and costs, Interest rates; Corporate Finance...

The AGROSTAT conference aims at drawing an overview of the use of statistical methods in the food industry and at evaluating practical benefits given by new techniques. It offers an ideal opportunity to statisticians and industrial users to meet, exchange experiences, keep in touch with the...