9:00 Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KU): Introduction
Efficiency
9:10 J. Stephen Clark (Dalhousie University) and Lukas Cechura (Czech University of Life Sciences): Heteroskedasticity in Crop Yields with small N large T panels: An Application to Grains Yields for Crop Districts in the Province of Saskatchewan
9:50 Lukas Cechura (Czech University of Life Sciences) and J. Stephen Clark (Dalhousie University): Crop Area Response as a Spatial Econometric Problem with an Application to Cropping Districts in Saskatchewan
10:30 10: 50 Coffee break
Efficiency
10:50 Lajos Baráth (CERS IE) and Raushan Bokusheva (Zurich University of Applied Sciences): Modelling state-contingent technology: the case of production and price uncertainty
11:30 Heinrich Hockmann (IAMO): The dynamics of efficiency analysis
12:10 13:10 Lunch break
Food Chain Governance
13:10 Gaetano Martino (Università degli Studi di Perugia): Governing milk quality through meso-institutions: A comparative analysis
13:50 Gábor G. Szabó (CERS IE): Co-operation in the agri-food economy: trends, models – challenges, barriers
14:30 14:50 Coffee break
Rural Development
14:50 Katarzyna Zawalińska (Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development – Polish Academy of Sciences): Impact of generational renewal measures of CAP on Polish economy and rural areas
15:30 Zoltán Bakucs (CERS IE/CUB): Regional Development Convergence in Central-East Europe – A spatial perspective at NUTS3 level
18:30 Conference dinner at the Dreher Brewery
9:00 Chris High (University of Lund): A research agenda for the implementation of the sustainable development goals in rural Europe
9:40 Dan-Marius Voicilas (Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy): Organic farming evolution and EU quality schemes
10:20 Coffee break
Local Food
10:40 Zsófia Benedek (CERS IE) and Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KU): The multiplier effect of local food: a systematic review
11:20 Gusztáv Nemes (CERS IE/CUB): Eat the view! – local food in a rural tourism destination
12:00 13:00 Lunch break
Farm sector analysis
13:00: Štefan Bojnec (University of Primorska) and Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KU): Drivers of farm growth in Slovenia
13:40 Vitalij Krupin (Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development – Polish Academy of Sciences): Resilience of horticulture farming in Poland: SURE-Farm H2020 approach and collected evidence
14:20 Coffee break
Farm sector analysis
14:40 Anca Izvoranu (Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy): Impact of taxation on farmers in Romania
15:20 Enikő Vígh, Krisztina Miskó, A Németh and József Fogarasi (Research Institute of Agricultural Economics): Willingness to participate in results-oriented agri-environmental measures. An ecosystem service analysis
16:00 Imre Fertő (CERS IE/KE): Conference closure