Abstract Reimar von Alvensleben asks in his article whether the “Agrarwende” in Germany could be a model for Europe. He argues that the new agricultural policy (the so-called “Agrarwende”), which has been proclaimed and implemented after the German BSE crisis 2000/2001, adds new problems...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare technical efficiency and metatechnology ratios (MTR) in three production systems confronted with different technological and resource endowments in Bangladesh to identify the suitable production systems for increasing productivity....

Purpose While traders of agricultural products are known to often exercise market power, this power has rarely been quantified for developing countries. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach In order to derive a measure, the authors estimate the traders’ revenue...

Zusammenfassung Die Veränderung der totalen Faktorproduktivität wird anhand einer outputorientierten Distanzfunktion in die vier Komponenten technische Veränderung, technische Effizienz, ailokative Effizienz und Skaleneffekt zerlegt. Mit Hilfe von Paneldaten, die für landwirtschaftliche...