20 years of transition in the agri-food sector
Published: 07.10.2009
Authors: Gertrud Buchenrieder, Jon H. Hanf, Agata Pieniadz
Prior to 1989 the world could be divided “economically” into three clusters: (1) The Eastern Bloc with its socialist, planned economies, (2) the Western Bloc with its more market-oriented systems, and (3) the developing and emerging countries. Then, at approximately the same time, some major political events took place which contributed to the collapse of…