eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-07-25 15 2 29 38 10.15414/raae.2012.15.02.29-38 280-1 article MONASTEROLO Irene The paper provides an analysis of the effect of the EU membership on the agricultural and rural counties of Hungary, paying particular attention to the introduction of the CAP and Cohesion Policy. Moving from the mixed case study approach introduced for the evaluation of Rural Development policies, Hungarian rural areas are mapped using multivariate statistical methodologies (principal components analysis and cluster analysis) on a set of relevant variables periodically updated and available at a disaggregated level. Comparing the Hungarian rural counties in 2003 and 2007, a divergence between the expected objectives of the EU membership and the actual outcome emerges, with rural areas by far the worse off. Marginalization increased in lagging behind counties, such as Nógrád, confirming the presence of winning and losing regions as a result of the enlargement. Moreover, this study highlights the limits imposed by lacking national statistical sources on the quality of statistical analysis, and on the possibilities to undertake further evaluations of the EU accession experiences. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_02_Monasterolo.pdf agricultural and RD policy evaluation transition policy targeting EU enlargement eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-07-25 15 2 38 42 10.15414/raae.2012.15.02.38-42 280-1 article HERNIK Joanna Non-governmental organizations usually operate in cities. This tendency results from the fact that the larger the population, the easier it is for organizations to find members. It is also influenced by accumulation of social problems in urban areas, which those organizations may attempt to solve. It does not mean, however, that rural areas lack active people who want to work towards common good. This article describes Polish non-urban organizations and presents a unique initiative called WIR Association (wir = whirl), which has gathered local administration, non-governmental organizations as well as entrepreneurs. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_02_Hernik.pdf activity barriers associations bureaucracy European funds Leader Plus local action group eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-07-25 15 2 43 46 10.15414/raae.2012.15.02.43-46 280-1 article KADLEČÍKOVÁ Mária - KAPSDORFEROVÁ Zuzana - FILO Michal The number of financial crises has been growing in the world according to the International Monetary Fund. The recent global financial crisis caused a considerable slowdown in many countries in the world. The results have included the collapse of housing prices, massive unemployment, and the spread of distress throughout financial markets and economies around the globe. The economic slowdown hit the agricultural sector as well. The purpose of the presented article is to evaluate the impacts of the global economic and financial crisis on the agri-food sector and to present solutions for the existing problems. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_02_Kadlecikova.pdf financial crisis agriculture Central Asia Central and Eastern Europe eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-07-25 15 2 47 49 10.15414/raae.2012.15.02.47-49 280-1 article TLUCZAK Agnieszka The causality Granger test was used to assess the causal links between the prices of milk In selected European Union countries. The Granger test is based on the vector auto regression models - VAR. The conducted research allowed identifying causal relationships between the prices of milk in the following countries: Poland, Germany, France, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. The research shows that milk prices in Poland depend on the prices in France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, while milk prices in Slovakia are dependent on milk prices in Poland. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_02_Tluczak.pdf Granger test VAR model causal relationship milk prices eng Faculty of Economics and Management of the Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra and the Association of Agricultural Economists in Slovakia Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics 1336-9261 2012-07-25 15 2 50 56 10.15414/raae.2012.15.02.50-56 280-1 article HAMULCZUK Mariusz - KLIMKOWSKI Cezary Agricultural commodities prices play crucial role both in farmers income determination and in price relationship establishment for the whole economy. Among the factors influencing the wheat prices, crude oil prices are considered as one of the most important. The aim of this paper was to assess the character of linkage between world crude oil prices and Polish wheat prices. Results of the research confirm the existence of such linkage although the nature and the strength of this relationship changes over time. However, the long-run relationships between the crude oil and Polish wheat prices were not proven. Moreover, growing impact of crude oil prices on Polish wheat prices over time was not detected. The results suggest that exchange rates may strongly influence wheat prices. This in turn may weaken response of Polish wheat prices in relation to world crude oil prices. https://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AOEI_vol15_02_Hamulczuk.pdf wheat price crude oil prices price transmission VAR cointegration