599 research outputs found
Schelkens Karim, The Council notes of Edward Schillebeeckx, 1962-1963 (coll. Instrumenta theologica, 34). With a Preface by Mathijs Lamberigts and an Introduction by Erik Borgman, 2011
No full textSoetens Claude. Schelkens Karim, The Council notes of Edward Schillebeeckx, 1962-1963 (coll. Instrumenta theologica, 34). With a Preface by Mathijs Lamberigts and an Introduction by Erik Borgman, 2011. In: Revue théologique de Louvain, 43ᵉ année, fasc. 1, 2012. pp. 127-128
Sustainable Development of the Flemish Greenhouse Industry
No full textThis paper addresses the sustainable development of the Flemish greenhouse industry by investigating the optimal size, structure and location of its farms. It emphasizes the importance of a square shape of the greenhouse as optimal structure. Using Data Envelopment Analysis an optimal farm size that varies between 1.7 and 3 hectares has been found, depending on the method used. Location factors that matter in the future Flemish greenhouse industry include temperature, light, transportation costs, air pollution and land prices, while rainfall, wind, output price differences, soil and infection risk do not differentiate between regions.Farm Management,
Land markets and household farms in transition: Theory and evidence from Hungary.
No full textMarket; Markets; Theory;
The agricultural economics profession in Belgium: maturing through deepening and broadening
No full textAre EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations proportional?
No full textThe EU is currently struggling to implement coherent coexistence regulations on genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops in all member states. While it stresses that any approach needs to be “proportionate to the aim of achieving coexistence”, very few studies have actually attempted to assess whether the proposed spatial ex ante coexistence regulations (SEACERs) satisfy this proportionality condition. In this article, we define proportionality as a functional relationship which is weakly increasing in the incentives for coexistence. We propose a spatial framework based on an existing landscape and introduce the new concept of shadow factor as a measure for the opportunity costs induced by SEACERs. This enables comparing the proportionality of (i) rigid SEACERs which are based on large isolation distances imposed on GM farmers versus (ii) flexible SEACERs based on pollen barrier agreements between neighboring farmers. Our theoretical and empirical findings argue for flexibility as rigid SEACERs violate the proportionality condition and, hence, are not consistent with the objectives of the EU.policy analysis, GIS, shadow factor, Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,
Commercialization and Subsistence in Transaction Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.
No full textPresent-day Central and Eastern European agriculture is characterized by a high incidence of small-scale farmers who are not producing for the market. This paper uses household level data from comparative farm surveys in Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania to analyze which farm household characteristics and endowments influence commercialization and subsistence farming.
FARM RESTRUCTURING AND EFFICIENCY IN TRANSITION: EVIDENCE FROM BULGARIA AND HUNGARY
No full textBased on survey data on Bulgarian and Hungarian crop and dairy farms, a double-peaked distribution of technical efficiency is observed. Several factors explain differences in efficiency. Human capital matters not only through age and education, but also through gender as farms with a higher share of women are more efficient. Contracting with upstream processors increased efficiency through facilitating the adoption of technology and the access to credits. The superiority of family farms over corporate farms is confirmed for crops but not for dairy.Eastern Europe, Bulgaria, Hungary, technical efficiency, land tenure, governance, Agribusiness, Farm Management, Productivity Analysis,
Economics of spatial coexistence of genetically modified and conventional crops: Oilseed rape in Central France
No full textEurope is currently struggling to implement coherent coexistence regulations on genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops in all EU Member States. We conduct simulations with the software ArcView® on a GIS dataset of a hypothetical case of GM herbicide tolerant oilseed rape cultivation in Central France. Our findings show that rigid coexistence rules, such as large distance requirements, may impose a severe burden on GM crop production in Europe. These rules are not proportional to the farmers’ basic incentives for coexistence and hence not consistent with the objectives of the European Commission. More alarming, we show that in densely planted areas a domino-effect may occur. This effect raises coexistence costs and even adds to the non-proportionality of rigid coexistence regulations. Instead, we show that flexible measures would be preferable since they are proportional to the incentives for coexistence and, hence, less counterproductive for European agriculture.regulation, GIS modelling, domino-effect, Crop Production/Industries,
Kick-starting new engineers at EDS Casting & Forging B.V.
No full textEDS Casting and Forging B.V. (EDS) is an Amsterdam-based design agency, specialised in redesigning welded assemblies into castings. As EDS is growing rapidly, and plan to keep on growing, they expressed a need of centralising their in-house design knowledge. From this need, the following problem statement was formulated:“New engineers at EDS have a lack of easily accessible sources, to learn how to design an economical casting or forging”To approach this problem, the following research questions were formulated:What does a new engineer need to learn in order to design an economical casting or forging at EDS?What kind of learning source could fit within EDS?To find answers to those research questions an analysis phase was executed considering the following topics:EDS Casting and ForgingDesigning at EDSAn economical casting or forgingNew engineers at EDSLearning sourcesEstimating costAs can be observed, these topics cover all crucial elements of the research questions, enabling the analysis phase to answers them. The insights from this analysis were used to create concepts, and define design criteria to evaluate those concepts. The concept that was chosen to develop further was the EDS kick-start, a program specially designed to optimise the learning curve for new engineers at EDS. The EDS kick-start is divided in 3 phases:The 1st phase takes 1 week. In this week, the new engineer should obtain as much knowledge about casting and forging as possible. For this phase the EDS traineeship was developed.The 2nd phase takes 3 months. During this period the new engineer needs to be productive for EDS, while still learning new skills and knowledge. For this phase a recommendation was made for an EDS learning sources overview.The 3rd phase takes as long as the engineer is working for EDS. During this phase the engineer should be fully enabled to learn from the projects he is doing. For this phase a recommendation was made for an EDS quotation book.The product of phase 1, the EDS traineeship is the main focus of this project. This traineeship was developed using the principle of constructive alignment (Biggs, 2011). The assignments of the traineeship were inspired by the ‘7 principles of good teaching’ (Chickering, 1987) and build upon learning goals that were shaped, making use of Blooms taxonomy (Bloom, 1956).An early version of the traineeship was tested with a new engineer and found to be very valuable for both the trainee, the mentor, and therefore, also for EDS. With the testing insights the traineeship was developed further to an final version, and presented to EDS, ready to be used for the foreseeable future.Integrated Product Desig
Risk and De-Collectivisation: Evidence from the Czech Republic
No full textThe replacement of wage-labour farms by family farms in Central and Eastern Europe during the transformation has been more limited than was initially expected. In this paper a formal framework is developed in order to analyse the behaviour of family farms and socialist-style farms in the presence of risk, given the typical post-socialist environment. Management incentives, ownership structure, lump-sum transfers and consumption choices are shown to have the potential to limit the size of family farms relative to socialist-style farms. The hypotheses are tested with survey data collected by the author in the Czech Republic.transition, agriculture, structural change, risk, survey data, Risk and Uncertainty, D21, D81, O18, Q12,
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