Innovation in rural development in Puglia, Italy: critical issues and potentialities starting from empirical evidence
Since the 1990s, innovation has been recognised as having a key role in the development and competitiveness of European rural...
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Participation of disadvantaged groups and governance in the LEADER and PRODER programmes in Andalucía, Spain
The involvement of disadvantaged groups in European Union neo-endogenous rural development programmes, such as the LEADER programme, must be a...
Perceptions of the support granted to female entrepreneurs in Romania: between anticipation and assessment
In the 2007-2013 European Union programming period, Romania benefi tted from assistance provided through the Human Resources Development Operational Programme,...
The impact of government subsidies on the olive and vineyard sectors of Albanian agriculture
This study analyses the impact of government subsidy schemes on farm production capacity, technical efficiency and use of idle production...
Do crude oil prices influence new crop sunflower seed futures price discovery in Hungary?
The oil produced from sunflower seed is primarily used for human consumption. It can substitute for other edible vegetable oils,...
Farm-level environmental performance assessment in Hungary using the Green-point system
Faced with society’s increasing expectations, the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy uses environmental management as an increasingly critical criterion in...
Changes in population and labour force in family farming in Poland
This paper discusses changes in population and labour in family farming in Poland. We analyse the size and socio-demographic characteristics...
Social and technical infrastructure development of municipalities (gminas) in Poland
This paper presents the institutional and spatial determinants for the development of social and technical infrastructure in municipalities (gminas) in...
Next steps to evidence-based food safety risk analysis: opportunities for health technology assessment methodology implementation
Food safety risk analysis and health technology assessment (HTA) are two different paradigms sharing multiple common features. Decision makers in...
Adoption of multiple agricultural technologies in maize production of the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
The improvement of agricultural productivity using technology is an important avenue for increasing output, reducing poverty and tackling land degradation....