This doctoral thesis studies the spatial market efficiency of wheat markets in selected post-Soviet countries; particularly in Russia, the largest wheat exporting country in the world, and in the grain import-dependent countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Increased grain production...

Handelsmarken stellen eine der wichtigsten Marketingstrategien des Lebensmitteleinzelhandels (LEH) dar, um sich gegenüber Konkurrenten ein eigenes unverwechselbares Profl zu schafen. Wie bei Herstellermarken ist es das Ziel, Kunden an das eigene Unternehmen zu binden und die eigene Handelskette...

Handelsmarken stellen eine der wichtigsten Marketingstrategien des Lebensmitteleinzelhandels (LEH) dar, um sich gegenüber Konkurrenten ein eigenes unverwechselbares Profl zu schafen. Wie bei Herstellermarken ist es das Ziel, Kunden an das eigene Unternehmen zu binden und die eigene Handelskette...

Food security has emerged high on the agenda of development agencies, policy makers and private stakeholders. As a consequence of major events affecting agricultural production such as the world food crisis of 2007-2008 which prompted skyrocketing world market prices for grains, or highly...

The Kazakh grain producing and processing sectors are prominent components of the Kazakh agriculture. Production and export of grain, especially of wheat and wheat flour, has demonstrated significant annual growth after the 1990's crisis. However, the grain market is highly regulated by the...

The German dairy supply chain is one of the most important agrifood supply chains in Germany. In 2015, raw milk production accounted for 19.2% of the total domestic agricultural production value and dairy products summed up 8.0% of total German agrifood exports. Nevertheless, the economic...

The aim of this study is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of Russian grain production, to determine country’s production potential and its possibility to remain one of the major grain producers on the world market. On the one hand we estimate the technical efficiency during the period of...