Publishing provides the basis for scientific communication and thereby supports further scientific advances. Successfully publishing articles in peerreviewed journals has become increasingly important for building an academic career, also for agricultural economists. The aim of this article is...

Die Fleischwirtschaft steht zunehmend im Fokus der öffentlichen Diskussion. Die Unternehmen der Branche verhalten sich dabei eher passiv. Die Distanz zwischen Gesellschaft und der Fleischwirtschaft ist in den vergangenen Jahren daher größer geworden. Anzeichen für die mangelnde Akzeptanz...

In dem Beitrag wird am Beispiel von Primärdaten für landwirtschaftliche Betriebe in Schleswig-Holstein der Frage nach den Bestimmungsgründen für Aufnahme, Umfang und Diversifikation der außerbetrieblichen Einkommensquellen nachgegangen. Für die Messung der farmspezifischen Diversifikation...

Recent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy has led to the decoupling of direct payments to farmers from production. This policy change is expected to make farmers’ production decisions more market oriented as their subsidy revenue maximization objectives become profit maximizing...

differences in farm-development strategies can be observed. The land market has been identified in the literature as crucial for farm growth. In various studies, developments are driven by assumptions about the effects of scale and the initial heterogeneity of farms. In contrast, the present...

The objective of this paper is to compare the “relative†and the “absolute†impact on farmers’ income of several economic instruments which may be implemented to mitigate farmers' groundwater withdrawals in a multi-resource system. We conducted fine-tuned field work with...

The paper assesses the performance of Water User Associations (WUAs) in the Republic of Macedonia. We assess performance in terms of membership rates, the satisfaction of members with their WUA and payment behaviour. Econometric analysis reveals that membership and satisfaction are positively...