A better understanding of farmers' behaviour regarding agri-environment schemes (AES) can be one step towards further improving the schemes. To assess farmers' acceptance and perception of AES, the 'Theory of planned Behaviour' (TPB) was applied to identify factors influencing farmers'...

Im Zuge der Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) nach 2013 hat die EU-Kommission vorgeschlagen, die Quotenregelung für den Zuckersektor nach Ende des Wirtschaftsjahres 2014/15 auslaufen zu lassen. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert den Reformvorschlag und analysiert die Implikationen für die...

Humus - auch organische Bodensubstanz - ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für viele Bodenfunktionen sowie die Ausbildung einer guten Bodenstruktur. Damit einhergehend kann der Aufbau und Erhalt von Humus einen Beitrag zu Klimaschutz und -anpassung leisten, was immer mehr an politischer und...

After more than ten years of rural development programmes in Andalusia, there is ongoing concern about the sustainability of the rural development initiated by the LEADER-PRODER programmes in the hypothetical event that such programmes were no longer in place. In order to be able to express an...

The research analyses the Sicilian Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) olive oils chain in the contest of Sicilian rural development and as an instrument aimed to add value to agricultural production. Olive oil is a characteristic product of Southern Italian and Mediterranean agriculture and...

Consumers face information problems in choosing certain types of foods that best match their preferences and assure satisfaction. For fresh fruits, expectations about the easting experience cannot be assured through external inspection of the product at the time of purchase, nor necessarily...

In this work the effects of large- and short-term debts on efficiency are tested on a set of agricultural firms. Accounting data of crop, livestock, mixed and service firms are used. First, the efficiencies of the farms are obtained by using nonparametric methods (input-oriented DEA). Then, in a...