For the Russian delegation it was after 1992, 1997 and 2001, the fourth visit in East Germany. The focus was on issues of agricultural transformation and development paths of farms since the collapse of the GDR and the Soviet Union. On the first day of their visit, the participants exchanged experiences with IAMO researchers and guests from Central Asia in a workshop. While in East Germany also due to the generous subsidies the transition into a market economy has been very successful, Russia has indeed become one of the major grain exporters in the world, but many farms are not fully competitive. On the second and third day, the group visited four farms in the region and discussed with the managers in detail the development of the past 25 years. The excursion took into account the four main forms of organization of agricultural production companies: agricultural individual enterprises, civil law (GbR), limited liability company (GmbH) and registered cooperative (eG). A joint workshop completed the journey of the Russian delegation.
Russian researchers visit IAMO to inform themselves about transformation of East German agriculture
From 24-26 February Dr. Natalia Shagaida, Prof. Dr. Vasily Uzun and Dr. Alexander Nikulin of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) from Moscow visited IAMO. The historian Prof. Dr. Stephan Merl from Bielefeld University accompanied the group.
