7:00 – 8:30

Registration in the entrance hall

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome address

Main hall

A. Balmann , Executive Director of IAMO

8:40 – 10:10

Invited session I

Main hall

Chair: G. Buchenrieder, IAMO, Halle (Germany)

Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Moldova, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan: A Stocktaking

D. Sedik , FAO, Rome (Italy)

Farmland Markets, Boom/Bust Cycles, and Farm Size

A. Schmitz , University of Florida (USA)

10:10 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00

Parallel sessions 1 - 3

Session 1:

Main hall

Farm Efficiency and Technical Change

Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms in the Leningrad Region

D.B. Epstein, NW Institute for Agricultural Economics, St. Petersburg-Puschkin, (Russia)

Pathway towards Efficient Levels of Machinery Investment Needed for the Sustainable Development of Arable Farms in Bulgaria

N. Naydenov, University of Rousse (Bulgaria)

Input and Output Biased Technical Change in Agriculture of Transition Countries

A. Lissitsa, IAMO, Halle (Germany); S. Rungsuriyawiboon, Chiang Mai University (Thailand); D.S. Prasada Rao, University of Queensland (Australia)

Session 2:

Conference room 1

Farm Governance and Organization

Chair: L. Bartová, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra (Slovakia)

Governing of Bulgarial Farming – Modes, Efficiency, Impact of EU Accession

H. Bachev, Institute of Agricultural Economics (Bulgaria)

Leadership May Have Decisive Influence on the Successful Transition of Producer Cooperative

C. Forgacs, Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary)

Contract Farming in China: Perspectives of Smallholders

H. Guo, Zhejiang University (China); R.W. Jolly, Iowa State University (USA); J. Zhu, Zhejiang University (China)

Traditional Transfer in Transition: Evidence from the Bulgarian Cooperative System

I. Boevsky, Institute of Agricultural Economic (IAE), Sofia (Bulgaria)

Session 3:

Conference room 2

Farm Diversification

Chair: T. Ratinger, IPTS, Seville (Spain)

Organic Farming in Selected CEEC after EU accession – Different Market Scenarios and their Impacts on the Economic Performance of Organic Farms

K. Zander, P. Thobe, H. Nieberg, FAL Braunschweig (Germany)

Bioenergy and Biogas Support Based on the New EEG und its Effect on Nature and Landscape

A. Pölking, B. Stiepel, Agroplan Büro für Umwelt- und Agrarplanung, Wolfenbüttel (Germany)

Opportunities and Challenges for Farm Household Livelihood Strategies: Pluriactivity in Finland and the UK

C. Newton, Imperial College, University of London (UK) and MTT Economic Research, Helsinki (Finland) 

12:00 – 12:45

Lunch buffet

12:45 – 13:30

Poster session

13:30 – 15:00

Parallel sessions 4 – 6

Session 4:

Main hall

Competitiveness and Efficiency

Chair: N. Naydenov, University of Rousse (Bulgaria)

How Competitive is Milk Production in the Central and Eastern European Countries in Comparison to Western Europe?

M. Ramanovich, T. Hemme, IFCN Dairy Research Centre, Braunschweig (Germany)

Production and Trade of Animal Products in Selected ECO Countries

F. Mirzaei, Animal Sciences Research Institute (Iran); O. Heidelbach, IAMO, Halle (Germany)

How Large is the Marginal Product of Land in the Moscow Region?

N.V. Il'ina, N.M. Svetlov, Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Russia)

Session 5:

Conference room 1

Policy Effects and Valuation

Chair:  T. Doucha, VUZE, Prague (Czech Rep.)

Are Macro Policies Adjusted to Institutional Arrangements at the Micro Level? Some Empirical Evidences from Polish Agriculture During Transition

J. Fałkowski, D. Milczarek, Warsaw University (Poland)

European Agriculture Without Direct Payments – A Partial Equilibrium Analysis

O. Balkhausen, M. Banse, Georg August University of Göttingen (Germany)

Effects of Exchange Rate Misalignment on Agricultural Producer Support Estimates for Ukraine

S. Kvasha, O. Luka, O. Zhemoyda, National Agricultural University of Ukraine (Ukraine)

Session 6:

Conference room 2

Contractual Arrangements and Farmers’ Interests

Chair: D. Milczarek, Warsaw University (Poland)

The Contractrual Relationships in Hungarian Horticultural Sector

I. Fertő, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary)

Contractual Arrangement and Enforcement in Transition Agriculture: Theory and Evidence from China

H. Guo, Zhejiang University (China)

The Austrian Private Foundation as Legal Form in the Agricultural Sector

H. Peyerl, G. Breuer, Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics, Vienna (Austria)

Who, why and how? Problems of Farmer’s Interest Representation in Poland

A. Zawojska, Warsaw Agricultural University (Poland)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 16:45

Parallel sessions 7 – 9

Session 7:

Main hall

Rural Labor Mobility

Chair: D. Sedik, FAO, Rome (Italy)

Labour Mobility in Transition Countries and the Impact of Institutions

T. Herzfeld, University of Kiel, T. Glauben, IAMO, Halle (Germany)

Choosing to Migrate or Migrating to Choose: Migration and Labor Choice in Albania

C. Azzarri, G. Carletto, B. Davis, A. Zezza, FAO, Rome (Italy)

Rural Non-farm Employment in Ukraine

Oleg Nivyevskiy, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (Ukraine); S. Von Cramon-Taubadel, Georg August University Göttingen (Germany)

Session 8:

Conference room 1

Farm Structure and Organization

Chair: D. Vaněk, VUZE, Prague (Czech Rep.)

Organizational Restructuring of the Agrarian Sector in Bulgaria During the Pre-accession Period

J. Doitchinova, I. Kanchev, A. Miteva, University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria)

Organisation and Capital Structure Dynamics of Czech Corporate Farms

T. Ratinger, IPTS, European Commission, Seville (Spain); J. Curtiss, IAMO, Halle (Germany); T. Medonos, VUZE, Prague (Czech Rep.)

Duality of Farm Structure in Transition Agriculture: The Case of Moldova

Z. Lerman, Hebrew University (Izrael); D. Cimpoies, The State Agricultural University of Moldova, Chisinau (Moldova)

Session 9:

Conference room 2

Price Transmission

Chair: S. Brosig, IAMO, Halle (Germany)

Spatial Price Transmission on the Turkish Wheat Market  – An Initial Application

E-B. Weitzel, University of Kiel (Germany); A. Bayaner, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Turkey)

Farm to Retail Price Transmission on the Pork Market: A German - Hungarian Comparison

L.Z. Bakucs, I. Fertő, Hungarian Academy of Science (Hungary); H. Hockmann, O. Perekhozhuk, IAMO, Halle (Germany)

The Nature of Selected Price Transmissions in Agri-food Chain and their Consequences

L. Čechura, Czech University of Agriculture in Prague (Czech Rep.)

16:45 – 17:15

Coffee break

17:15 – 18:30

Parallel sessions 10 – 12

Session 10:

Main hall

Adjustment to Changing Markets and Market Power

Chair: C. Forgacs, Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary)

Farmers’ Strategic Reactions to Changing Markets and Policies: Empirical Results from Germany

P. Inderhees, L. Theuvsen, Georg August University Göttingen (Germany)

Measuring the Degree of Market Power in the Ukrainian Milk Processing Industry

O. Perekhozhuk, IAMO, Halle; M. Grings, Martin Luther University, Halle (Germany)

Does the Internal Market for Food Products Exists: The Case of Butter and SMP?

H. Hockmann, IAMO, Halle (Germany); É. Vőneki, AKI, Budapest (Hungary)

Session 11:

Conference room 1

Rural Development

Chair: C. Azzarri, FAO, Rome (Italy)

Territorial Aspects of Enterprise Development in Remote Rural Areas of Europe

Z. Bednaříková, T. Doucha, Z. Travnicek, VUZE, Prague (Czech Rep.)

The Diversity of the Rural Development Priorities in Europe: Seeking a Common Perspective

T. Ratinger, S.H. Gay, IPTS, European Commission, Seville (Spain)

New Policy Approaches for Rural Development: the Experience of two Case Regions in Eastern Germany

T. Fock, University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg (Germany)

Session 12:

Conference room 2

Rural Finance

Chair: G. Buchenrieder, IAMO, Halle (Germany)

Credit as a Tool of Integration between Polish Farms and Buyers of Their Products

A. Daniłowska, Warsaw Agricultural University (Poland)

Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Ukraine and Loaning for Agriculture: A Panel Data Stochastic Frontier Analysis

O. Karasyk, K. Troyanovska, M. Yaremchuk, Nationality Agricultural University (Ukraine); A. Lissitsa, IAMO, Halle (Germany)

Possibilities of Agricultural Credit Cooperatives for Creating Tenable Small Farming in Bulgarian Rural Areas

D.N. Nikolov, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia (Bulgaria)

18:30 – 21:00

Welcome reception in front of the main hall

7:00 – 8:30

Registration

8:45 – 9:15

Welcome addresses

Main hall

A. Balmann, IAMO

U. Neubauer, Ferderal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

9:15 – 10:45

Invited session II

Main hall

Chair: T. Glauben, IAMO

The Success of Gradualism: Empirical Evidence from China’s Agricultural Reform

S. Rozelle, University of California, Davis (USA)

Land Market Developments, Imperfections, and Effects in Transition Countries

J. Swinnen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 12:45

Main hall

Section A – Panel Discussion

„What will be the Consequences? – Future Framework and Claims on Agriculture in an Enlarged EU“

Moderation:  J. Zeddies, Stuttgart-Hohenheim (Germany)

H. O. Aeikens, Undersecretary of State, Ministery of Agriculture and Environment of the State Saxony-Anhalt (Germany)

M. Grams, European Commission, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, Brussels (Belgium)

A. Tietjen, John Deere International (Switzerland)

B. Bayley, HM Treasury, (United Kingdom)

H.-J. Preuß, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe, Bonn (Germany)

12:45 – 13:30

Lunch buffet

13:30 – 14:15

Poster session

14:15 – 17:00

Main hall

Section B – Lecture and Panel Discussion

„With New Ideas Towards the Future – Strategies of Agriculture under Changing Framework Conditions“

14:15 – 15:00

Lecture

Agriculture in the Change Process – New Challenges for Agricultural Entrepreneurs

C.-A. Bartmer, DLG, Frankfurt/Main (Germany)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00

Panel discussion

Moderation: D. Holler, Ernährungsdienst, Frankfurt/Main (Germany)

C.-A. Bartmer, DLG, Frankfurt/Main (Germany)

A. Czech, Opole (Poland)

W. Petersen, Gut Wilmersdorf, Brandenburg (Germany)

G. Rasko (Hungary)

J. Brandstätter (Austria)

from 17:00

Social event

9:30

Departure from IAMO by bus
Meeting point – in front of the main entrance

10:00

Tour trough mining areas in the Halle/Delitzsch region

11:30 – 13:00

Visit of Porsche GmbH Leipzig

14:00

Arrival at the Geiseltal

14:20 – 14:45

Picnic in the countryside

14:45 – 15:30

Viticulture in the Geiseltal: Economic, ecological and social problems of recultivating a mining dump with viticulture

15:30 – 17:15

Winetasting

17:15

Departure by bus to Halle

appr. 18:00

Arrival at InterCity and at Apart-Hotel