Hungarian Agricultural Research, 2007 (XVI/1-4)

2007-03-01 / 1. szám

OMgKDK Periodika /ents • News & Events • News & Events • News & Events • News & Events1 A Joint IAAE- EAAE Seminar Agricultural Economics and Transition: “What was expected, what we observed, the lessons learned.” 6th-8th September, 2007 Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest 1093 Fövám tér 8. Over fifteen years have elapsed since the transition from the centrally planned economic system began 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 eight of the Central European countries and it is close to get completed in the EU candidate countries. The transition to market based agriculture, how­ever, is far from completion in Southern and Eastern Europe and especially in the CIS coun­tries. The major objective of the seminar is to discuss and draw conclusions on the role of agri­cultural policy in the transition process in the light of actual progress and current situation in Central and East European countries and in formal Soviet States. In addition the contribu­tion of agricultural economics - both from the West and from the East - as discipline and pro­fession to the transition process in agriculture will be discussed. A specific objective is to identi­fy priorities and means to strengthen the agricultural eco­nomics profession in Central and Eastern Europe and deter­mine research and educational priorities for the future. Topics 1. The overall transition process: macroeconomic, trade policy and institu­tional framework + theories and expecta­tions, the reform agenda foreseen by the profes­sion, + actual overall progress in transition in the region, + underlining factors (e.g. human capital, financial and public institutions) and characteristics of the observed transition processes. 2, Land privatization and farm restructuring + the reform agenda and proposals, + progresses in land priva­tization and fann restruc­turing, + determinants and differ­ences of outcomes. 3. Reforms in primary pro­duction and in the upstream and downstream sectors + what was expected? + changes in productivity and competitiveness + dramatic changes in ver­tical and market rela­tions, + critical lessons. 4. EU accession experiences + a priori impact analysis, + observed outcomes so far, + results in the lights of predictions: what did we learn? 5. What was the contribution of the profession? + adequacy of proposals and predictions, + where we were right? + where we were wrong? + was the profession pre­pared? + priorities for the future/in research, training and research and in advocacy. 0078442 ________________________________________________________________________

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