Transition in Agriculture – Agricultural Economics in Transition
XX. conference
We held a two-day international conference organized by the Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Research Group of The HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics on May 29 and 30, 2025.
After the opening speech of Director General Imre Fertő 13 presentations were made in 4 sections, lectures by Polish, Czech, Slovenian, Serbian, British and French researchers according to the following program:
Thursday, 29 May 2025
9:00 Imre Fertő (HUN-REN, CERS): Opening Remarks
Session 1: Policy and Structural Change in Agriculture
9:10 Stefan Bojnec (University of Primorska) The AES and variable input costs in Slovenia
9:50 Alastair Bailey – Sophia Davidova (University of Kent) Existing behavioural differences between new and old MS concerning CAP I.
10:30 Zoltán Bakucs (HUN-REN, CERS) Train or not to train
Section 2: Sustainability and resilience
11:30 Zsófia Benedek (HUN-REN, CERS) Developmental needs of small-scale farmers in rural Hungary: methodological innovations in rural development and reflections on degrowth
12:10 Katarzyna Zawalińska (Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development – Polish Academy of Sciences) Resilience of agriculture in theory and agricultural policy
Session 3: Efficiency
13:40 Lukas Cechura (Czech University of Life Sciences) Flexible IDF approach with endogenous inputs
14:20 Lajos Baráth (HUN-REN, CERS) Eco-efficiency among female- and male-headed farms
15:20: Hervé Dakpo (INRAE) Reducing Pesticide Use in Bordeaux Wine via Technical Efficiency Improvements
16:00 Andrzej Pisulewski (Cracow University of Economics)The effect of Common Agricultural Policy subsidies on technical efficiency and its persistence – an evidence from Slovenian animal farms
Friday, 30 May 2025
Session 4: Digitalisation, Innovation and Shocks in Agri-Food Systems
9:00 Chris High (Linnaeus University) Using GenAI in participatory research, a research agenda
9:40 Gusztáv Nemes (HUN-REN, CERS) The state of the agroecological knowledge and advisory system in Hungary, and how to improve it
10:40 Ivan Duric (IAMO) – Thomas Glauben (IAMO) Sensing the Shift: How Biosensors and Immersive Technologies are Revolutionising Consumer Behaviour Analysis in Agricultural Economics
11:20 Tibor Bareith (HUN-REN, CERS) Heterogeneity in Food Price Inflation Convergence Across the EU: Evidence from Club Dynamics and Structural Breaks
