Three Member States, Hungary, Italy, and Spain (the Castilla y Leon region) planned expenditures in their Rural Development programmes for creating an Income Stabilisation Tool (IST) under Article 39 for the period 2014-2020. At the beginning of 2017, none of these Member States had implemented...

The case study analyses the development of Mutual Funds (MFs) designed under Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013. Three Member States planned expenditures in their Rural & Development programmes 2014-2020 on such MFs for compensating production losses due to climatic, sanitary and...

Price risk management is a crucial issue for farmers and for the supply chain operating under competitive market conditions. The lack of visibility on the future of markets induces short-term production decisions and sub-optimal long-term investment behaviour, with adverse consequences on...

Price risk management is a crucial issue for farmers and for the supply chain operating under competitive market conditions. The lack of visibility on the future of markets induces short-term production decisions and sub-optimal long-term investment behaviour, with adverse consequences on...

The case study analyses the development of Mutual Funds (MFs) designed under Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No. 1305/2013. Three Member States planned expenditures in their Rural & Development programmes 2014-2020 on such MFs for compensating production losses due to climatic, sanitary and...

Three Member States, Hungary, Italy, and Spain (the Castilla y Leon region) planned expenditures in their Rural Development programmes for creating an Income Stabilisation Tool (IST) under Article 39 for the period 2014-2020. At the beginning of 2017, none of these Member States had implemented...