Integrated Development of Agriculture And Rural Areas in Central European Countries

by Davidova, Sophia; Cuddy, Michael; Bauer, Kai; Bright, Helen; Callanan, Sarah; Chaplin, Hannah; Ferenczi, Tibor; Gorton, Matthew; Iraizoz, Belen; Leime, Aine; Mollman, Tanja; Ratinger, Tomas; Wilkin, Jerzy; Zawalinska, Katarzyna

• ISBN13: 9780739112816
• ISBN10: 0739112813
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Integrated Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas in Central European Countries presents the exciting results of original research on the integrated development of agriculture and rural areas in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. This edited collection includes academics from both Western and Central European Countries who worked together on a three-year research project.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Abbreviations	xvii
The Central European Countries: Heritage and Challenges	1	(26)
Tomas Ratinger
Tibor Ferenczi
Jerzy Wilkin
Helen Bright
Variations in Farm Performance: Evidence from the New Member States and EU-15 Member States	27	(34)
Sophia Davidova
Matthew Gorton
Tomas Ratinger
Katarzyna Zawalinska
Belen Iraizoz
Rural Development: Policy and Institutions	61	(22)
Sarah Callanan
Michael Cuddy
Aine Ni Leime
Non-agricultural Farm Diversification and its Potential Contribution to Rural Development	83	(38)
Hannah Chaplin
Sophia Davidova
Matthew Gorton
Effects of EU Agricultural Policies on the New Member States: Simulation Analysis	121	(28)
Kai Bauer
Tanja Molbnann
Afterword	149	(4)
Notes	153	(2)
References	155	(6)
Index	161	(8)
About the Contributors	169