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Farmers perception on problems in developing small-scale farming is crucial. The grain yields of major crops in the Eastern Margin of Central Anatolia (EMCA) are substantially less then in other areas in the Anatolian highlands. The challenge of[...]Article
The present paper develops a model for allocating joint products' cost according to the participation of each product to the common contribution margin. The traditional approaches suggested, i.e., the relative sales value method or the physical [...]Article
En Espagne, la question environnementale dans le milieu rural deux composantes fondamentales. D'une part, la dégradation environnementale de nos campagnes et, d'autre, la modification des demandes sociales en relation à l'agriculteur et son acti[...]Article
The land reform started in Romania in 1989 and has considerably modified the economic and social conditions of agriculture with consequences hard to be managed. The rural population represents about 45 percent of the total population with a high[...]Article
This article deals with the cost of placing a new variety of cereal (Durum Wheat, Bread Wheat, Barley) in the market for a seed company. Firstly, we consider breeding costs: all companies carry out different trials to test from 5 to 7 years. Onc[...]Article
Today agriculture activities, tourism and industrial activities are colliding with each and lead to the mis-usage of shores far from protection-usage balance. Our country with its 8333 kms of shore length has great problems concerning shore usag[...]Article
I. Tilikidou ; Y. Zotos |In this paper a literature review on Ecological Conscious Consumer (E.C.C.) and his/her behaviour is presented. A taxonomic synopsis of the findings is appeared in a detailed table. The data analysis leads to the conclusion that several importan[...]Article
This work reports the results obtained from trials on olive harvesting at three different sites of olive-grooves of Sardinia. For each site, the operational characteristics, the command area and the comparison of percent variations of the harves[...]Article
Natural resources play a strategic role in conservation policies around the world. The Commission of the European Union's (EU) Vth Action Program conservation policy has as one of it's main goals the Habitats Directive which will be implemented [...]Article
Owing to its adhesion to the EU, Spain has experienced during the last decade a progressive modernisation of its olive oil sector, essentially pushed on the productivist path by the EU subsidies. Mostly multinational companies selling technologi[...]Article
According to the latest estimate of the Unites Nations, the World's urban population is expected to increase from 2.76 billion in 1995 to 5.34 billion in the year 2025 at which time more then half (2.72 billion) will reside in Asian cities. Many[...]Article
The present study focuses on the basic factors influencing the productive system of a relatively homogeneous region of the countryside by means of factor analysis applied to the data of a sample of 87 farms. The main target of the study is to ga[...]Article
Aid to income through institutional pricing has created strong incentives for increases in productivity and agricultural production, crating within the European Community a surplus of most of these products which consequently become less competi[...]Article
Community consumers are becoming increasingly aware of food product quality and of the impact of food and agricultural policies on production and transformation methods. However it is not easy to define agro-food product quality, since perceptio[...]Article
L'objectf de cette étude est d'analyser l'effet du régime hydrique sur le développement et le rendement du palmier dattier Deglet Nour âgé moins de huit ans. L'irrigation se fait sur la base d'un débit fictif continu de 0.9 l/s/ha à la borne. L'[...]Article
F. Basso ; M. Pisante ; B. Basso |La dégradation du sol est un problème très sérieux qui intéresse environ 35 pour cent de la superficie de notre planète. Une activité agricole non rationnelle et éco-compatible favorise l'intensification des processus de dégradation du sol avec [...]Article
Short and long run trends in production and consumption patterns of two livestock products in the EU
C.A. Batzios ; K.A. Lawler ; M.C. Ling |The livestock sector in the EU absorbs a large proportion of the CAP subsides budget, while the consumption patterns of most livestock products have changed considerably in the last few years. In this study, two livestock products, namely eggs a[...]Article
H. Ben Salem ; N. Moujahed ; F. Beji |Dans le cadre d'une préoccupation sur la durabilité d'un système d'élevage bovin laitier intensif non intégré qui s'étend dans des zones périurbaines connues par leur croissance économique, on s'est interrogé sur la réussite de la conduite d'un [...]Article
This paper intends to evaluate the prospects of the EEC Regulations 2078/92 and 2080/92 application which have fixed specific rule about environmental protection. The present agricultural system of the Lago Arancio district, in the south-west of[...]Article
The large pasture surface of the Mediterranean areas and the well-known adaptation capacity of goats and sheep to poor areas and to the difficult use of resources, highlight how important and irreplaceable goat-sheep breeding is. Due to the dive[...]Article
The project of creation of free trade area involving the European Union and the Mediterranean countries suggests a situation of dramatic uncertainty for the future of Southern Mediterranean agricultural sector. In the paper, the current pattern [...]Article
The co-operative system in Turkey, despite the high number of co-operatives, has never played an adequate economic and social role with respect to the objectives and the functions expected. Some of the reasons of such failure are: financial prob[...]Article
Meat imports have been a considerable component of Greek agricultural trade; this becomes of interest both for potential meat exporters and domestic policy makers in the context of the ongoing market globalisation. The present study utilizes the[...]Article
La dynamique de la dormance des variétés de 6 espèces fruitières (Pommier, Poirier, Pêcher, Abricotier, Prunier et Cerisier) est déterminée par la méthode des boutures de noeud prélevées le long du rameau d'un an au cours de divers automne-hiver[...]Article
In agriculture there are many possible ways of reducing environmental pollution cause by plant and livestock production. In some parts farming can achieve the reduction of pollution without impairing income. Higher demands for environmental prot[...]Article
Industrial tomato processing hold a central and important position, from an economic point of view, in the Greek economy as a whole. Despite its great potential though, the industry is plagued by chronic, apparently insurmountable, financial pro[...]Article
A. Asciuto ; G. Schifani ; S. Tudisca |In this paper the authors describe the current guidelines of forest and environmental policy at national and regional level and criticize their efficiency even in relation to the policies of other E.U. countries (situated in the Mediterranean re[...]Article
This paper aimed to address the relationship of small ruminants with the environment from different perspectives (socio-economic, ecological) as well as the use of small ruminants in the management of natural resources. Small ruminants, in addit[...]Article
This paper examines the factors that determine the variation of Research and Development activity across a sample of 40 food industries in Greece. Alternative methods (single and simultaneous models) have been applied to test the effects of a nu[...]Article
The leading idea of this work is that the structural adjustment response to Rural Development Policy, especially provided by the EU, in areas such the Italian Mezzogiorno will depend not only on the technical characteristics of the farm but also[...]