This article reviews key conceptual issues related to the development of the rural non-farm
economy (RNFE) in a transition context and analyses available empirical evidence on the …

The paper analyzes the linkages between the reform strategies in transition countries and
economic performance. We focus on agriculture because of the sharpness of the policy …

The agricultural economy, as an integral branch of the global economy, covering the whole
supply chain of agricultural production including cultivation, processing, distribution and …

Widespread changes of agricultural land use occurred in Eastern Europe since the collapse
of socialism and the European Union's eastward expansion, but the rates and patterns of …

This paper analyses the technical efficiency of private farms in Slovenia. Both parametric
and non‐parametric frontier techniques are employed. The results of the competing methods …

The 23 former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) started the transition in 1989–1990 from a …

This paper analyzes how policy reforms and other factors have effected agricultural output in
Central and Eastern Europe since 1989. Price liberalization and subsidy cuts caused a …

Agrobiodiversity is a crucial environmental resource. Much of the agrobiodiversity remaining
in situ today is found on the semi-subsistence farms of poorer countries and the small-scale …

The emergence of China as a global economic powerhouse, the uncertain path of Russia
towards a market economy, and the integration of ten Central and Eastern European …

Rural development models to date have failed to adequately explain why development
stagnates in certain regions, and have often focused on single policy areas. This paper …