Managing economic, social and biological transformations

The Project “Modern Agriculture in Central and Eastern Europe” (MACE) seeks to enhance the capacity of agricultural research for problem analysis in CEE countries and thus contribute to managing the agricultural modernisation process. It is sponsored by the European Union and has a systems focus, looking at the rural sector as a whole and examining important factors of change in CEE countries. Natural as well as socio-economic issues are discussed in this book. The proceedings of this conference held in Berlin (Germany) in 2007, show the wide variety of themes which characterise the area of agricultural studies nowadays. The papers presented by the participants vary in themes from farm management over rural development up to market analyses, land use and environmental studies.