Die Gestaltung von Agrarumweltprogrammen (AUM) erfolgt überwiegend auf der Ebene der Landwirtschaftsministerien. Die vorliegende Arbeit soll die Frage beantworten, inwieweit die dabei übliche Beteiligung von landwirtschaftlichen Verbänden sowohl ausreichend Infor-mationen in den...

The development of a decision support approach with regard to agro-environmental pro-grammes is part of a larger research project on agricultural transformation and structural change processes. Research objective are improved communication processes and an enhanced quality of political...

Die Ämter für Landwirtschaft und Flurneuordnung sind als untere Landesbehörden unter anderem für die Verwaltung und Implementierung der Agrarumweltprogramme zuständig. Damit sind die wichtigsten Ansprechpartner für Landwirte, die an diesen Förderprogrammen interessiert sind oder...

The development of a decision support approach with regard to agro-environmental programmes is part of a larger research project on agricultural transformation and structural change processes. Research objective are improved communication processes and an enhanced quality of political...

The administration and implementation of agri-environmental schemes is one of the tasks of Agricultural Agencies (Amter fur Landwirtschaft und Flurneuordnung). These agencies thus play a major role for all farmers interested or participating in funding schemes. Assuming that feeding information...

After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments tofarmers which are decoupled from production decisions as a central element of its CommonAgricultural Policy. They are also referred to as Single Farm Payments. In this paper weanalyze the production and trade...

This paper has benefited greatly from a discussion of an earlier version with the participantsof the first Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture in Davos, Switzerland in March 2009.Research has been made possible in part by a research grant from BASF SE – The ChemicalCompany. The first two...

This study focused on Sudanese women working in food and beverages business in urbanmarkets of Khartoum State. It aimed at identifying the reasons behind women’s work,the constraining and enhancing factors that affect their performance as entrepreneurs,beside their attitude and strategies in...

In the paper it is inquired how Sudanese women use the financial institutions in order toorganise their lives between market, household, and the community. The results arebased on interviews and observations done in two villages in the surroundings ofOmdurman (Al Gharaza and Sanahir), displaced...

Urban agriculture is a very important activity of refugees although it has not been in the focusof research as today. This research was done in the region of greater Khartoum in the Sudanwhich was the destination of migration of 5 million people in the last 25 years coming incause of...