Transition and Trade Perspectives on Eastern European Agriculture |
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| Authors: | Csaba Csaki |
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| Institution: | Csaba Csaki;is President of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. Dr, Csaki has edited, authored and co-authored 20 books and more than 150 articles and he serves on several editorial boards of internationally recognized journals. Dr. Csaki is Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and immediate past Rector (President) of the Budapest University of Economic Sciences (SUES). From 1977 to 1982 he was a member of the agricultural research team at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria). He has held various consultancy positions with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Bank, OECD, and recently the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In 1987 he was made corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. At present (until September 1992) he is Visiting Scholar at the Agricultural Department of the World Bank. |
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| Abstract: | In the economic and political restructuring of Eastern Europe, a new agricultural structure is taking shape, based upon private ownership, genuine cooperatives, and a market economy. Agricultural trade policy in six Eastern European nations will be characterized by the aim of self-sufficiency, but privatized and centered around market methods, improvement in agricultural systems will occur slowly, and over the long term may achieve self-sufficiency and greater exports. Meanwhile, Eastern European agriculture will provide investment and market opportunities for countries of the developed world. |
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