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Non-farm income diversification of rural farm households in Central and Southeastern Europe: an application of fuzzy set theory
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Mollers,   Judith.
A fuzzy logic model for quantifying farm households’ potential for non-farm income diversification is developed and applied to 1,077 farm households in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. About three quarters of households have a diversification potential, but not all households use it. An analysis of diversification potential and diversification behaviour shows that there are seven household types in the sample. Not all development options, i.e. farm development, farm exit, or starting non-farm employment, are equally suitable for all households thus fine targeting of policy measures according to the household type could be important for policy makers.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural development; Non-farm rural employment diversification; Fuzzy logic; Transition countries; Community/Rural/Urban Development; C65; D33; J24; Q12.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/95321

Zukunft der agrar- und ernährungsökonomischen Forschung und Lehre
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; von Cramon-Taubadel,   Stephan; Heckelei,   Thomas; Wehrheim,   Peter; Weiss,   Christoph R.
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.
Ano: 2002
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98245

Market Integration of Household Plots in Ukraine - The Impact of Social Capital
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolz,   Axel; Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Nedoborovskyy,   Andriy.
Following the two rounds of land reform in Ukraine since independence, household plot farmers emerged as the major suppliers to agricultural production. But they form a very heterogeneous group. Not all of them are equally successful, economically, and integrated to markets. In general, a varying adoption of production factors is identified as being of influence. In this paper, we argue that social capital is an additional factor contributing to higher agricultural incomes. We tested our thesis using primary evidence from a survey in Ukraine among 255 household plot farmers in 2006. Based on 24 social capital indicators we deduced four separate index variables linking the social capital dimension of form, i.e. structural and cognitive, with the social...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Production factors; Social capital; Ukraine; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43842

SOCIAL CAPITAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: LITERATURE REVIEW AND CURRENT STATE OF THE ART
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dufhues,   Thomas; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Fischer,   Isabel.
Social capital has been recently held up as a conceptual framework to build a bridge between the diverse disciplines involved in rural development. However, despite its potential and the impressively rapid take-up of the concept by the community of development professionals, it remains an elusive construct. No definition is yet generally accepted and many definitions are in use. Recently, social capital in the form of social networks has gained much attention in rural development theory and empirical research. But social networks or structural components of social capital are a largely missing dimension in income and poverty analysis. Moreover, most research on social capital assumes that it is a uniform entity. Therefore, the effects of different forms of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Sozialkapital; Individuelles Sozialkapital; Sozialkapitalmessung; Ego-zentriertes Netzwerk; Soziale Netzwerke; Social capital; Individual social capital; Measuring social capital; Ego-network; Social networks; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital; D85; Z13.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92017

Non-Farm Diversification Decisions of Rural Households in Macedonia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mollers,   Judith; Heidhues,   Franz; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
The non-farm sector is crucial to rural households in transition economies since it offers employment, reduces urban migration and can contribute to poverty reduction, economic growth and a more equal income distribution. This study on diversification decisions and rural incomes reviews evidence from a household survey in Macedonia. It looks at non-farm diversification dynamics and analyses income portfolios and driving forces of diversification decisions. The results confirm that non-farm employment and diversified income portfolios are outstanding features of rural households in Macedonia, where unfavourable economic conditions and insufficient farm incomes have driven farm households to open up income sources in the non-farm sector. Further adaptations...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Diversification strategies; Non-farm employment; Rural development; Macedonia; Consumer/Household Economics; D1; O18; Q12.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25402

Some Conceptional Thoughts on the Impact of Social Networks on Non-farm Rural Employment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Traikova,   Diana; Mollers,   Judith; Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Everybody knows: rural regions offer fewer possibilities for non-farm employment than urban areas. For this reason, it was the semi-subsistence farm structures that had to absorb the released workers from the big rural state enterprises and the urban-rural migrants fleeing unemployment in the towns in the course of economic transformation. This has created hidden unemployment in farm households and thus low agricultural labour productivity in the European transition economies. From a policy point of view, it is therefore desirable to promote new jobs outside the farm sector in order to decrease the livelihood dependency on agriculture. But do rural people actually have a choice? And if so, will they go for non-farm employment? In Europe's transition...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural non-farm employment; Social networks; Transition; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7801

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 4TH YOUNG SCIENTISTS WORKSHOP ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE YSW-2006
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Bokusheva,   Raushan; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
This Discussion Paper contains the greater part of the contributions to the Young Scientists Workshop on Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO, September 4-5, 2006). After last years’ positive response, the workshop has been organized for the fourth time and has a solid number of contributions. The aim of this annual event is to give young scientists the opportunity to present and discuss their transition-related research. The following short versions of the workshop contributions serve as a basis for discussion during the workshop, but also offer a cross-sectional overview of current research being carried out by young scientists. Although the issues covered by the workshop contributions are quite diverse, they share a common...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91964

Structural change in Europe’s rural regions – Farm livelihoods between subsistence orientation, modernisation and non-farm diversification
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Salasan,   Cosmin; Curtiss,   Jarmila; Gomez y Paloma,   Gomez; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Fritzsch,   Jana; Wegener,   Stefan; Glauben,   Thomas; Hockmann,   Heinrich; Moller,   Lioudmila; Pieniadz,   Agata; Renner,   Swetlana; Davidova,   Sophia; Fredriksson,   Lena; Petrovici,   Dan Alex; Mishev,   Mishev; Hubbard,   Carmen; Gorton,   Matthew; Wolek,   Tomasz.
Edited volume of the contributions to the mini-symposium of the same title at the IAAE conference 2009.
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: EU; Enlarged EU; Structural change; Farm livelihoods; Modernization; Rural development; Success stories; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53334

Facilitating access to rural services in Vietnam: The invisible social capital link
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Quoc,   Hoang Dinh; Dufhues,   Thomas; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
This paper investigates the effects of individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of agriculture economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine social capital. The approach originates from the field of sociology and entails a personal network survey. We define four social capital variables according to tie strength (bonding/bridging) and social distance (bondinglink/bridginglink) between the respondent and his/her network member. The econometric results suggest that social capital with weaker ties in combination with socially distant ties (bridginglink social capital) can potentially improve households’ access to rural services.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Rural services; Social capital; Rural households; Vietnam.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123402

Effects of rural non-farm employment on economic vulnerability and income distribution of small farms in Croatia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mollers,   Judith; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/06/09.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural non-farm employment; Rural poverty; Croatia; Income distribution; Agribusiness; International Development; Labor and Human Capital; Q12; P25; O15; O18.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52863

FARM INCOME AMONG HOUSUEHOLD PLOT FARMERS IN UKRAINE – THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolz,   Axel; Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Nedoborovskyy,   Andriy; Zinovchuk,   Vitaly.
Following the two rounds of land reform in Ukraine since independence, household plot farmers emerged as the major suppliers of agricultural goods. But they form a very heterogeneous group. Not all of them are equally successful and integrated to markets. In general, a varying degree of access and adoption of production factors is identified as being of influence. In this paper, we argue that social capital is an additional factor contributing to higher agricultural incomes. We tested our hypothesis using primary evidence from a survey in Ukraine among 255 household plot farmers. Based on 23 social capital indicators we deduced four separate index variables linking the social capital dimension of form, i.e. structural and cognitive, with the social capital...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Empirical survey; Household farming; Agricultural income; Social capital; Ukraine; Institutional and Behavioral Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52668

Insurance preferences of smallholders : results from an adaptive conjoint analysis in Northern Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fischer,   Isabel; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Livestock plays a pivotal role for smallholder production systems in mountainous Northern Vietnam. Poor rural farm households are vulnerable and their livelihood systems are often so fragile and finely-balanced that a small misfortune can destabilize the households for many years. Economic risks, especially loss of livestock, are one of the major reasons for slipping into poverty. Normally, insurance systems could step in here. In developing countries however, insurance markets are usually underdeveloped. Empirical research reveals that raising livestock and selling it in case of a livelihood emergency is a particularly popular risk management strategy. Based on the results of a computer-based Adaptive Conjoint Analysis (ACA) with 155 responding households...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Risk management; Livestock insurance; Adaptive conjoint analysis (ACA); Vietnam; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92830

Targeting of and outreach to the poor by rural development nonprofit organizations in Cameroon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balgah,   Roland Azibo; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
The importance of nonprofit organizations such as rural development organizations, farmers associations and common initiative groups as drivers of change in rural areas has been generally recognized in the economics of nonprofit organizations. While the economic theories attempt to explain the formation and functioning of nonprofit organizations, the targeting and outreach performance of these organizations has received little attention and at best is empirically divergent. Using the example of a nonprofit rural development organization in North West Cameroon, this paper analyzes the relative poverty of beneficiaries and non beneficiaries of its small scale fish farming program as a proxy for targeting efficiency. Poverty is measured through multiple...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Nonprofit organizations; Targeting; Poverty; Cameroon; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Food Security and Poverty; L31; I30; O18.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93079

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ITS IMPACT ON AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: FINDINGS OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Wolz,   Axel; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Markus,   Richard.
Rising energy prices for fossil fuels, the unreliable supply of energy imports during the last winters and – concerning the 12 new members states (NMS) – the demand by the European Union (EU) for developing National Renewable Energy Action Plans have stimulated the national discussion and political action on renewable energy (RE) among all European countries. Particularly among the 12 NMS the share of RE has increased during the last years. Among the candidate and potential candidate countries (CC and PCC) the discussion on RE has just started. When looking at the impact of RE on agricultural and rural development the effects are relatively small. An expansion of rape seed cultivation and, to a smaller extent, of the production of wood pellets could be...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Renewable energy; Comparative survey; Agricultural and rural development; New members states of the EU; Candidate and potential candidate countries.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; Political Economy; Public Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; O52; Q10; Q28; Q42; R11.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94719

A Synthesis of Theoretical Concepts for Analysing Non-Farm Rural Employment
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Mollers,   Judith.
Employment diversification is a major livelihood strategy in rural areas and is thus a focal point of the ongoing rural development debate. The issue of non-farm diversification is undoubtedly complex and its determinants are difficult to identify. Increasingly, there is a need to address, clarify and bring together theoretical concepts for analysing non-farm rural employment (NFRE). With this in mind, the objective of this paper is to summarize and link existing theories and to introduce some new aspects with regard to modelling NFRE and employment diversification. NFRE dynamics are closely interrelated with the institutional framework and its incentives and constraints. The behaviour of rural decision-makers also depends on fundamental determinants such...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Rural non-farm employment; Diversification; Theoretical framework; Labor and Human Capital; O18; Q12.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25475

REPAYMENT PERFORMANCE UNDER JOINT LIABILITY BORROWING. DOES SOCIAL CAPITAL MATTER?: EVIDENCE FROM ARMENIA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Kasarjyan,   Milada; Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Korff,   Rudiger.
The aim of this paper is to test empirically the role of both cognitive and structural social capital in explaining the repayment performance of individual members under joint liability borrowing in rural Armenia. Based on unique primary data collected in 2006 in Ararat, Armavir and Vayots Dzor provinces, overall 86 observations, we estimated the Logit model to identify the determinants associated with good or bad repayment behavior of individual members. The results revealed that the members with higher level of structural and cognitive social capital as well as with higher farm productivity performed better. This indicates the importance of social as well as economic determinants for the decision and the ability of borrower’s to repay the credit.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Microcredit; Social capital; Group liability; Repayment; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7796

Individual social capital and access to formal credit in Thailand
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dufhues,   Thomas; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Munkung,   Nuchanata.
This study shows how different forms of individual social capital affect  access to formal credit in rural Thailand. In the context of agriculture economics, an  innovative data collection approach is used that originates from the field of sociology  (personal network survey). We measure social capital according to: 1. the tie strength  between the respondent and the personal network member (bonding/bridging); and 2. the  social distance between the respondent and the personal network member (linking).  Strong ties (bonding) in combination with access to socially distant network members  (linking) reduce the chances of being access-constrained.
Tipo: Presentation
Palavras-chave: Thailand; Access to credit; Social capital; Personal networks; Agricultural Finance; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2012
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123401

Making rural households’ livelihoods more resilient. The importance of social capital and the underlying social networks.
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Dufhues,   Thomas; Beuchelt,   Tina; Fischer,   Isabel; Fritzsch,   Jana; Wolz,   Axel; Reinsberg,   Klaus; Kasarjyan,   Milada; Korff,   Rudiger.
Although interest in the structure and relational features of social capital and its underlying networks has grown since the early 1990s, the terms do not embody any ideas that are really new to sociologists, but are indeed rather new to economists. Until the 1950s, land, labour, and financial capital (i.e., levels of investment) were seen as being relevant for economic growth. Then technology (physical capital) was added to the list. In the early 1960s, convincing empirical evidence showed that labour without know-how and entrepreneurial skills (human capital) limit the potential of the other production factors. Today, labour and skills are usually simultaneously addressed when talking of human capital. In development economics, and more recently in...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/93010

Effects of Natural Shocks on Risk Behavior. Experimental Evidence from Cameroon
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balgah,   Roland Azibo; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Increasing occurrence of devastating natural shocks has stimulated research interest in the economics of natural disasters. Much of this scholarly work concentrates on effects of shocks on poverty, risk and vulnerability, and very little on understanding the effects of natural shocks on risk behavior. Referring to a 25 year-old disaster, we use unique survey data and experiment results from two disaster affected communities in rural Cameroon to test two hypotheses: (1) Natural shocks affect long term risk behavior; and (2) self-relocation into risk-prone areas is an explicit demonstration of risk taking. The results reveal differentiated risk behavior in self-relocated and state-resettled households, with the former taking higher risks compared to...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Shocks; Risk behavior; Experiment; Cameroon; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114215

Patterns and Determinants of International Migration in Northern Albania
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer,   Wiebke; Mollers,   Judith; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
The European Union (EU) is the main source of remittances world wide and Albania, struck by abject poverty, is Europe’s number one country sending out migrants. Albania’s economy as well as its households’ welfare strongly depend on remittances. Consequently, the topic of migration is cutting-edge for EU and Albanian policy makers. Thus, up-to-date information is decisive for taking effective policy measures. This poster paper aims at making a fruitful contribution to understanding the varied context of migration in Albania. It presents recent data on socio-economic characteristics of households with absent family members. A binary logistic regression is employed to identify determinants of participation in international migration in Northern Albania.
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Albania; Migration; Remittances; Labor and Human Capital.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44406

Documentation of a multi-topic questionnaire-based survey on sustainable resource use in rural China
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Jia,   Xiangping; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
This Discussion Paper documents a survey conducted in rural China in 2005. A multi-topic survey funded by the Sino-German international Training Program "Sustainable Resource Use in North China", the project covers farm management, land property rights and rural credit access on the North China Plain. From a credit standpoint, this paper covers questionnaire design, sample, survey implementation, data entry, a brief assessment of the overall experience, as well as lessons drawn.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Questionnaire; Survey; Credit access; Household model; Categorical variables; Stata.; Agribusiness; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Development; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C81; C93; D19.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90856

DOES NON-FARM INCOME DIVERSIFICATION IN NORTHERN ALBANIA OFFER AN ESCAPE FROM RURAL POVERTY?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Meyer,   Wiebke; Mollers,   Judith; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
The paper uses up-to-date household data from two Northern-Albanian regions. It summarises socio-economic facts on taking up remunerative non-farm employment and identifies the determinants of non-farm income diversification at the farm household level based on a binary logistic regression. Furthermore, the paper provides insight in the northern-Albanian farming structure, migration patterns, attitudes towards and reasons for income diversification into the non-farm sector. Income diversification indeed has a positive impact on the welfare of the households: A statistically significant increasing trend in incomes with rising diversification level was observed.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Non-farm income diversification; Farm households; Migration; Albania; Ausserlandwirtschaftliche Einkommensdiversifizierung; Landwirtschaftliche Haushalte; Migration; Albanien; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Land Economics/Use; Q12; R23; F22; P36.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91912

Outreach of credit institutes and households' access constraints to formal credit in Northern Vietnam
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dufhues,   Thomas; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Most policy and research interest regarding rural credit markets revolves around the perception that poor households in developing countries lack access to credit, which is believed to have negative consequences for household welfare. An important feature of the rural credit market is that access to credit is easier for some groups than for others. The Vietnamese government supplied credit on preferential terms, particularly to rural households, through state-owned financial intermediaries. The share of the informal sector was thus considerably reduced from 78% (1992/93) of all outstanding loans to 54% (1997/98) in favor of the formal sector. However, there is evidence from other developing countries that credit constraints persist despite the expansion of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Consumer/Household Economics.
Ano: 2005
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8535

Employment diversification of farm households and structural change in the rural economy of the New Member States
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritzsch,   Jana; Mollers,   Judith; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/109518

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Mollers,   Judith; Happe,   Kathrin; Davidova,   Sophia; Fredriksson,   Lena; Bailey,   Alastair; Kancs,   d'Artis; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.; Vranken,   Liesbet; Hubbard,   Carmen; Ward,   Neil; Juvancic,   Luka; Milczarek,   Dominika; Plamen,   Mishev.
The Deliverable 2.1 (D2.1) of the SCARLED project provides the conceptual framework for analysing structural change in agriculture and rural livelihoods in the NMS and established Member States of the EU. It concisely summarizes the underlying theories and concepts of the pertinent research issues in SCARLED. SCARLED addresses a topic of wide interest with regard to the identification of past and future key social and agricultural restructuring processes for a living countryside in the NMS. Methodologically, the topic is approached by comparative, structured multi-country farm surveys complemented by an analysis of structural changes in the farm sectors of two selected regions with the agent-based simulation model AgriPoliS, taking special account of...
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91737

Agricultural economics and transition: What was expected, what we observed, the lessons learned  Proceedings (Volume I / II)
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Csaki,   Csaba; Forgacs,   Csaba; Koester,   Ulrich; Liefert,   William M.; Banse,   Martin; Gay,   Stephan Hubertus; McDonald,   Scott; M'Barek,   Robert; Swinnen,   Johan F.M.; Kim,   Hanho; An,   Donghwan; Hubbard,   Lionel J.; Rieger,   Laszlo; Szoke,   Gyula; Cristoiu,   Adriana; Udovc,   Andrej; Kagan,   Adam; Sassi,   Maria; Takacs,   Istvan; Takacs,   Emese; Cimpoies,   Dragos; Ertsey,   Imre; Kovacs,   Sandor; Przygodzka,   Renata; Dziemianowicz,   Ryta Iwona; Magda,   Robert; Borodina,   Elena; Borodina,   Alexandra; Gavrilescu,   Dinu; Pecze,   Denes; Balogh,   Peter; Cechura,   Lukas; Sayin,   Cengiz; Cengiz,   M. Nisa; Osanami,   Fumio; Szabo,   Gabor G.; Karaman,   Suleyman; Szekely,   Geza; Szczepaniak,   Iwona; Szczegolska,   Monika; Serova,   Eugenia; Pieniadz,   Agata; Barmon,   Basanta Kumar; Kondo,   Takumi; Becvarova,   Vera; Levkovych,   Inna; Hockmann,   Heinrich; Bezlepkina,   Irina V.; Kupavych,   Alexander; Konig,   Gabor; Halmai,   Peter; Vasary,   Viktoria; Vincze,   Maria-Magdolna; Lerman,   Zvi; Kolcsey,   Andrea; Bokusheva,   Raushan; Turtoi,   Crina Sinziana; Toma,   Camelia; Gavrilescu,   Camelia; Davidova,   Sophia; Blaas,   Gejza; Antonova,   Maria; Zeller,   Manfred; Deininger,   Klaus W.; Savastano,   Sara; Carletto,   Calogero; Caceres-Clavero,   Francisco; Lucena-Cobos,   Blanca; Latruffe,   Laure; Takacs-Gyorgy,   Katalin; Bandlerova,   Anna; Sadowski,   Adam; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio; Luca,   Lucian; Cristoiu,   Adriana; Ciaian,   Pavel; Pokrivcak,   Jan; Drabik,   Dusan; Voneki,   Eva; Tonini,   Axel; Burger,   Anna; Szep,   Katalin; Majewski,   Edward; Raggi,   Meri; Viaggi,   Davide; Maccarini,   Elisa Ricci; Monasterolo,   Irene; Vandeplas,   Anneleen; Jongeneel,   Roelof A.; Novak,   Petr; Brasili,   Cristina; Meyer,   William H.; Kuhne,   Bianka; Fanfani,   Roberto; Gellynck,   Xavier; Molnar,   Adrienn; Gagalyuk,   Taras; Traikova,   Diana; Mollers,   Judith; Cochrane,   Nancy J.; Kazlauskiene,   Natalija; Fekete-Farkas,   Maria; Molnar,   Jozsef; Szucs,   Istvan; Popp,   Jozsef; Udovecz,   Gabor; Florkowski,   Wojciech J.; Fritzsch,   Jana; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Kasarjyan,   Milada; Podruzsik,   Szilard; Korff,   Rudiger; Wilkin,   Jerzy; van Leeuwen,   Myrna; Bartova,   Lubica; Erjavec,   Emil; Katona-Kovacs,   Judit; Baranyai,   Zsolt; Hubbard,   Carmen.
Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system started in the early 1990’s. During this time agricultural and rural areas of Central and Eastern Europe have undergone profound structural changes with wide variations in the degree of transformation and in the rate of success in creating a competitive market and private ownership based food and agricultural system. By becoming member of the European Union the "transition" in its traditional interpretation has been concluded in ten of the Central East European countries. The transition to market based agriculture, however, is far from completion in Southern and Eastern Europe and especially in the CIS countries. International Association of Agricultural...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Industrial Organization; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use; Production Economics.
Ano: 2008
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92319

Agent Behavior under Risky and Uncertain Conditions. An Empirical Verification of Irving Fisher’s Notion of Time Preference
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Balgah,   Roland Azibo; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud.
Irving Fisher's theory on time preference in the 1930s arguably influenced the analysis of agents' current behavior with respect to future outcomes. By suggesting linear discount rates implying rational and self-interested motives of agents, Fisher substantiated neoclassical economic thinking. However, Fisher's notion of time preference, the choice between present and future enjoyment that actually integrates a psychological discounting component has not received similar attention in the scholarly literature. This paper aims at closing this gap. It empirically examines agent behavior under uncertain conditions culminating from natural shocks, and differentiates the psychic from the physical component. To empirically test Fisher's notion of time preference,...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Risks; Uncertainty; Agent behavior; Fisher; Time preference; Cameroon; Risk and Uncertainty.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114214

Semi-subsistence Farm Households in Central and South-eastern Europe: Current State and Future Perspectives
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fritzsch,   Jana; Wegener,   Stefan; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Curtiss,   Jarmila; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio.
The European Union (EU) introduced a special transitional semi-subsistence measure to promote the smallest agricultural producers, so-called semi-subsistence farm households (SFHs) in the enlargement process. An outlook on the future of SFHs requires comprehensive and reliable information on the phenomenon and the impact of policy measures on their development. Therefore, a survey using a standardised questionnaire was conducted in Poland (175 households), Romania (185 households), and Bulgaria (184 households) from July to September 2007. In a first step, four major types of SFHs could be identified by means of cluster analysis: (i) rural diversifiers, (ii) rural pensioners, (iii) farmers, and (iv) rural newcomers. In a second step, a multiobjective...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Semi-subsistence; Policy analysis; Transition countries; Multiobjective linear programming; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C61; P27; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51444

The Political Economy of Decentralization in Thailand - Does Decentralization Allow for Peasant Participation?
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Dufhues,   Thomas; Theesfeld,   Insa; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Munkung,   Nuchanata.
One of the most important issues in rural development is empowerment and entitlement of farmers through participation. Decentralisation and participation are seemingly interdependent. Therefore, the paper begins with a theoretical discussion on the cause and effects of this interdependence. Decentralisation is often advertised as means to better incorporate the views and wishes of local actors. Yet, a decentralization process is no guaranty for political participation of local actors. The state induced decentralisation process in rural Thailand serves as an example to investigate forces that hamper or facilitate political participation. Change and uncertainty are inherent of political systems and the agricultural sector. Hence, this paper focuses in...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy.
Ano: 2011
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114428

Semi-subsistence farm households and the non-farm rural economy - Perspectives and challenges
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Fritzsch,   Jana; Wegener,   Stefan; Curtiss,   Jarmila; Gomez y Paloma,   Sergio.
Semi-subsistence farm households (SFHs) have persevered in Central and Southeastern Europe. An outlook on future perspectives of SFHs asks for reliable information on the phenomenon of SFHs and the impact of policy measures on their development options: (1) intensifying farming, (2) diversifying income creating activities, or (3) exiting farming for waged employment. This article focuses on SFHs and rural non-farm employment (RNFE). On the basis of a comparative 2007-survey of 489 SFHs in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania, three countries with particularly many SFHs, four major types of SFHs (rural pensioners, farmers, rural diversifiers, rural newcomers) were identified. For policy analysis, a multiobjective linear programming household model was developed. In...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Semi-subsistence; Rural non-farm economy; Policy analysis; Transition countries; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Land Economics/Use; Political Economy; C61; P27; Q12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52804

Croatia's EU accession: socio-economic assessment of farm households and policy recommendations
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Mollers,   Judith; Zier,   Patrick; Frohberg,   Klaus; Buchenrieder,   Gertrud; Bojnec,   Stefan.
Croatia is very close to meeting the requirements necessary for becoming a member of the European Union (EU). On February 6, 2008, the European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said that accession negotiations with Croatia are moving ahead well. As in all new member states (NMS), the agricultural sector and food processing chain are core issues within the negotiation process. Successful negotiation requires intimate knowledge of the issue at hand, including the socio-economic situation and the fears and strategies of the stakeholders, particularly small-scale farmers. This report attempts to close some of these knowledge gaps by reviewing Croatia’s rural development dynamics and farm structures, as well as agricultural and rural policies. Based on an...
Tipo: Book
Palavras-chave: Croatia; Rural development; EU accession; Slovenia; Farm households; Competitiveness; Agricultural policy; CAP; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; International Development; O18; O13; O12.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53665