A descriptive approach of labour migration is analysed in a context of regional agricultural labour movement following the enlargement of the European Union. Considering the different agricultural systems of the candidate countries and their need of restructering their agricultural sector, it has been found that fears of mass migration of agricultural labour from CEEC to the EU after enlargemen...

esee 2015, chania, greececonference dates: july 4 – 7, 2017conference theme: transformative learning: new directions in agricultural extension and educationthe 23rd european seminar on extension (and) education (esee) will be held in the mediterraneanagronomic institute of chania, and hosted by the lab. of agricultural extension, rural systems &rural sociology, dept. of agricultural economics &...

The use of pesticides implies negative effects on human health and the environment. Thus, reduction in pesticide risks without harming food security farmers' income is a key policy goal. aim to investigate implications policies that explicitly foster large-scale adoption pesticide-free, non-organic production systems at national scale using Swiss crop as an illustrative example. We develop bio-...

Agricultural trade between nations is a significant proportion of total international trade. Agricultural trade in transgenic crops faces extra complications due to the existence of domestic and international regimes that focus specifically on agricultural biotechnology. These specialized regimes create legal and commercial challenges for trade in transgenic crops that have significant implicat...