This chapter, drawing primarily on data from the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, presents findings on the tourism enterprises concerning their period of operation, length of ownership, annual turnover, and the profile of owners/managers with attention to their memberships in trade...

Ukraine acceded to the WTO in 2008 and Russia acceded in 2012. As WTO members, Ukraine and Russia have binding commitments not to exceed given levels of farm support. The ceilings apply to the sum of certain types of domestic support, calculated in a particular way. This chapter reviews the...

Wheat trade accounts for one-third of the world grain trade, and it is expected to double by 2050. The KRU (Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine) countries account for approximately one-quarter of world wheat exports and are collectively considered one of the key wheat exporting regions. Ukraine became a ...

This chapter looks at the past 20 years of transition towards democratic and free market economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In the 20 years since the fall of communism, the agricultural sectors of the CEE countries have done quite well overall. Market oriented reform is complete nearly...

This chapter examines Albanian agricultural and rural development policy in the context of the EU integration process. It discusses: the strategic framework for agriculture and rural development; the implementation of national agricultural and rural development support schemes; and the alignment...

This book aims at providing relevant background information in the event that a decision is made by the EU to begin accession negotiations with Serbia. If this happens, then the full set of Copenhagen criteria will become relevant. The book focuses on one of the Copenhagen criteria: the existence...

This chapter addresses the background, approach and structure of the study presented in this book whose main objective is to provide a balanced overview of Serbian agriculture, food and rural areas, taking Serbian accession to the European Union in the medium term as a working hypothesis.

This chapter provides the macroeconomic context within which other chapters analyse agrifood issues and the consequences of the Serbia's accession to the EU. After a brief overview of Serbia and its economy in section 2.2, section 2.3 gives information on the economic growth, inflation, employment, ...

This chapter describes the current institutional framework of the Serbian agricultural sector, beginning with a brief account of the key historical developments that have influenced this framework. Specifically, it examines institutional developments that have implications for the alignment of...

This chapter draws on the previous chapters of the report in order to derive the likely consequences for Serbia's agricultural and agri-food sectors should it become an EU member in five to seven years. Three groups of issues are explored in this chapter. The first set of issues relates to Serbia's ...