[Objectives of the study] The general question emphasized in this work is how the global food crisis during 2008-2011 and frequent grain export restrictions by the major exporters of this commodity affected the net wheat importing countries of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,...

After the breakdown of the Soviet Union many socioeconomic, but also demographic changes took place in Kazakhstan. The large collective farms have partly been broken up. The result was a tri-partitioned farm structure with agricultural enterprises including agroholdings, individual farms as well...

[Study Objectives] This thesis aims to contribute interdisciplinary findings, which benefit from both economic and nutritional approaches, that explain the Russian dietary quality with respect to nutrient deficiencies, but also the increasing prevalence of nutrition-related chronic diseases....

[Objective and hypotheses] Due to the absence of legal and structural backings with neither an existing law clearly identifying the phenomena, nor publically available transparent consolidated financial reporting within the integrated structures in Russia’s agricultural sector, it is a widely...

This study aims at analysing the major issues concerning Albania's water sector. Albania's natural conditions are characterised by abundant quantities of water resources, often too much. Yet, the demands of, especially, the agricultural sector are still not fully met ...

While renewable energy is considered as an indispensable component of the energy mix from the political and societal perspective, its economic relevance remains questionable. Especially bioenergy production from agricultural crops and its promotion have generated a highly emotional and...

This study aims at analysing the major issues concerning Albania's water sector. Albania's natural conditions are characterised by abundant quantities of water resources, often too much. Yet, the demands of, especially, the agricultural sector are still not fully met. [...]

Die vorliegende Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag zum relativ neuen Konzept der Pfadbrechung. Auf Basis von Simulationsrechnungen mit dem agentenbasierten Agrarstrukturmodell AgriPoliS und qualitativen Daten von Stakeholdern aus dem Bereich der Milchproduktion werden Aussagen zu möglichen...