The economic, political and climatic conditions in which farmers around the world have tomake their production and investment decisions are changing dramatically. This studyanalyses the driving forces of changes in agricultural world markets and their implications forEuropean Union agriculture...

Einige zentrale Rahmenbedingungen für die Weltlandwirtschaft sind dabei, sich dramatisch und nachhaltig zu ändern. Zum einen ist der mehr als einhundert Jahre andauernde Megatrend sinkender Agrarpreise, den wir auch als die Landwirtschaftliche Tretmühle bezeichnen, zu Ende gegangen. Zum...

At the UN World Food Summit in Rome in 1996 an ambitious goal was formulated, namely to cut in half the number of malnourished people in 1995 by 2015. It has now become clear that this objective is no longer within reach. In fact, the opposite is happening. The number of malnourished people is...

We estimate the impact of climate change on agricultural production in a panel of 127 countries from 1961 to 2002. In contrast to the existing literature we account for cross-sectional dependence and technology heterogeneity. We find no significant impact of climate change on agricultural...

Climate change in Romania, will affect all sectors of the economy will lead to changes in vegetation periods and displacement the line between woods and meadows. Extreme weather events (storms, floods, droughts) will occur more frequently, and related risks and damages may become more...