The agrarian branch may be a way out of recession

Significant changes occurred in the agrifood chains and related market relations throughout Central and Eastern Europe during the last decades, results are stable now – professor Csaba Csáki pointed out at the conference IAMA this week.

International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IAMA) Brings together top executives, academics, policy makers, students and stakeholders to network and stimulate strategic thinking across the global food, fiber, fuel, floral and forestry systems.Csaba Csáki, senior lecturer at Budapest Corvinus University, analyzed the facilities of the Eastern-Central region and Hungary, in the first place. In spite of very different transition patterns and political, demographic, climatic and geographical conditions, the agribusiness and agro-industries in the region are currently challenged by the need to comply with the European Union and the World Trade Organization regulations in order to access broader and more diversified markets. As a result, the need to improve the competitiveness of agrifood industries throughout the region has become imperative and a concern for policy makers and agrifood chain stakeholders, particularly farmers and small and medium‐sized enterprises.