The EU-Mercosur agreement: Small gains, big political risks – blog post of The Agricultural Economics Society by Imre Fertő
The EU-Mercosur agreement: Small gains, big political risks Imre Fertő Agricultural Economics Society blog – 14/04/2026 The EU–Mercosur agreement is often debated as if it were mainly about tariffs. It is not. The more important issue is whether the EU can open agricultural markets while preserving the credibility of its own environmental, animal welfare, and […]
Exploring the circular economy’s promise and challenges in Ghana from company and policy expert interviews – by Gergely Buda
Exploring the circular economy’s promise and challengesin Ghana from company and policy expert interviews Gergely Buda Discover Sustainability – Published: 3 April 2026 Abstract This paper investigates how and why circular economy (CE) practices, particularly inter-firm waste exchange and industrial symbiosis (IS), are emerging yet remain constrained in Ghana, and identifies policy-relevant […]
Producers and consumers in local food systems are more alike than we think – shared values matter more than roles
by Zsófia Benedek, Gusztáv Nemes, Imre Fertő, and Zoltán Bakucs
When the dollar hits the dinner table: Why food inflation in non-euro EU countries is mostly imported
When the dollar hits the dinner table:Why food inflation in non-euro EU countries is mostly imported Tibor Bareith and Imre Fertő Food inflation is where macroeconomics becomes painfully personal. Households may not follow bond yields or central bank speeches. But they notice immediately when bread, milk, cooking oil, and vegetables become more expensive. Food prices […]
Synergies in agriculture and nature conservation through hydrological restoration of ecologically valuable and cultivated wetlands in the drought-prone Hungarian Plain
Jeno Zsolt Farkas, Andras Donat Kovacs and 13 co-author
Why Zambia’s rice policy needs more than irrigation infrastructure – by Imre Fertő
Why Zambia’s rice policy needs more than irrigation infrastructure In many low-income countries, agricultural transformation is constrained not only by land and labour, but by water. This is increasingly true in Zambia’s rice sector, where climate variability, weak infrastructure, and fragmented value chains combine to limit productivity and resilience. Our recent FAO study […]
The hidden benefit of starting school later: a stronger sense of control – by Dániel Horn
The hidden benefit of starting school later: a stronger sense of control by Dániel Horn When should children start school?The question is usually framed in terms of academic performance or later earnings.Yet, schooling may also shape something less visible but equally important: how children think about their own agency.Do they believe that effort matters, […]
Greener farming policies are judged by environmental outcomes. They should also be judged by what they do to farm costs – by Štefan Bojnec and Imre Fertő
Greener farming policies are judged by environmental outcomes. They should also be judged by what they do to farm costs Štefan Bojnec and Imre Fertő Agri-environmental schemes are usually assessed by whether they improve biodiversity, reduce pollution, or cut emissions. But for farmers, a more immediate question often comes first: what happens to […]
Featured Lendület Researcher: Balázs Reizer
Featured Lendület Researcher: Balázs Reizer 25 March 2026 – mta.hu Hungarian workers still earn significantly less than their Western counterparts. In order for this situation to change, it is essential to uncover the underlying causes of this phenomenon. This is the task undertaken by Balázs Reizer, Senior Research Fellow at the ELTE Centre for […]
Informality and Spatial Marginality of Roma in Bulgaria and Hungary – Tünde Virág’s book chapter has been published
Tünde Virág’s latest book chapter provides a comparative analysis of how Roma communities are spatially marginalized in Bulgaria and Hungary. Using Loïc Wacquant’s concepts of the “ghetto” and “anti-ghetto,” it shows how state policies, welfare systems, and historical trajectories shape distinct patterns of segregation in Eastern Europe. Published in the De Gruyter Handbook of Eastern […]
