Our primary focus is to analyse the dynamics and structure of physical capital in agricultural enterprises of Lviv region (Ukraine). Conceptual, logical, normative and simplex methods have been used with a view to carrying out the research. The results of the study can be taken into...

The results of this study show development paths of rural regions in Austria. The conflicts between various policy objectives in regard to agriculture, the regional economy and protection of the environment will increase further. The value, which the society attaches to the social functions of...

The article is devoted to the pluriactivity of farmers and farming families. It presents a historical outline of this phenomenon, and the conceptualisation of the term pluriactivity and the related term diversification. Then, the scale of pluriactivity in the EU is described on the basis of...

In Hungarian rural areas the low level of population density and income, the unfavourable age structure and the other economic conditions signifi - cantly differ from urban areas; and the differences among micro-regions are also increasing, which results in different standards of living and...

The main directions of rural policy aimed at improving the quality of life and stimulate economic activities in the EU are: improving and developing infrastructure; diversification and development of economic activities; training and education of the population in rural areas. Indicators used for...

Social and economic transformations in Poland had as one of the consequences the fact that rural areas faced a number of difficulties and challenges. In connection with the political system transformation and Poland's accession to the European Union, problems appeared, concerning mainly the...

The paper presents the general outline and the most important results from an econometric model MODROL, developed by the authors, for analyzing and forecasting the impact from the instruments of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community on the Polish agricultural sector. The basic...

The Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) for Rural Development Programmes (RDP) by the European Commission's Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development provides for common indicators to estimate effects of the respective measures. Their estimation has to rely on...

Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is a potential candidate country for European Union (EU) accession, however, the situation is dynamic and tasks are complicated. EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been reformed by the permanent process and further reforms are planned for the period 2014-2020....