The present study aims to develop a prototype analytical tool to assess structural changes at the farm level in EU-27 using the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) combined with the Farm Structure Survey (FSS). For the purpose of this study, farm structural change is related to the change in...

The work presented in this report is part of the effort to define the landscape state and diversity indicator in the frame of COM (2006) 508 "Development of agri-environmental indicators for monitoring the integration of environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy". The...

The work presented in this report is part of the effort to define the landscape state and diversity indicator in the frame of COM (2006) 508 "Development of agri-environmental indicators for monitoring the integration of environmental concerns into the common agricultural policy". The...

The findings presented in this edited book are derived from the activities of the SCARLED (Structural Change in Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods) project. It had been co-financed by the European Commission and lasted from January 2007 until September 2010. SCARLED pursued two major research...

This study addresses the structural heterogeneity and production of Brazilian agriculture. Economic indicators of labor productivity, specialization and income concentration in agriculture are analyzed. The structural heterogeneity can be evidenced through the persistence of economic differences...

Durch die Einführung und Novellierung des Erneuerbaren-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) ist in den vergangen Jahren die Stromproduktion durch Biogas in Deutschland und gerade auch in Schleswig-Holstein stark angestiegen. In dem Zeitraum von 2004 bis 2010 hat sich die Anzahl von Biogasanlagen in...

Diese Untersuchung analysiert die agrarstrukturellen Wirkungen der Hofabgabeklausel (HAK) sowie die möglichen Folgen einer Abschaffung dieser Leistungsvoraussetzung für den Rentenbezug in der Alterssicherung der Landwirte (AdL). Dazu werden die Altersstrukturen in der Landwirtschaft EU-weit...

Increased levels and volatility of food prices has led to a surge of interest in large-scale agriculture and land acquisition. This creates challenges for policy makers aiming to establish a policy environment conducive to an agrarian structure to contribute to broad-based development in the...