Natural resource base of the Fairbanks North Star Borough

This report on the natural resource base of the Fairbanks North Star Borough is one of several continuing research projects related to community planning in Alaska. It represents an interdisciplinary effort of the Mineral Industry Research Laboratory and the Institute of Social, Economic and Government Research at the University of Alaska. The result is a synthesis of the economic development potential of natural resources in the greater Fairbanks region

Organic Farms in the EU: Status Quo, Development Strategies and Policy Impacts on Selected Arable and Dairy Farms

Organic farming is increasingly considered in the European Common Agricultural Policy. Sound evaluations of the effects of policy measures on organic farms in the EU are needed to face the challenges in future policy design. The effects of various policy scenarios on profitability and development strategies of typical organic arable and dairy farms are analysed for the EU countries Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Italy. Based on an approach which integrates simulation modelling and focus groups, profitability of model farms is analysed ex-post for year the 1999 and their potential development simulated until 2008 under Agenda 2000 and three alternative policy scenarios. For each policy scenario potential farm adaptation strategies are analysed. Size, structure, productivity, achieved output prices and policy surrounding of typical organic farms differ widely between countries and farm types. Great differences in the contribution of payments to total farm profit and farm family labour remuneration are observed. Dairy model farms are expected to slightly benefit from Agenda 2000, while arable farms are more susceptible to price reductions realised in the Agenda 2000 package. In adaptation to Agenda 2000 organic dairy farms are expected to grow, while arable farms are more likely to diversify production or envisage valued adding strategies. The effects of alternative policy scenarios on profitability of typical farms are similar in all countries. The choice of adaptation strategy of farmers in the different countries, however, vary significantly, mainly due to the current market situation.typical organic farms, integrated modelling, policy impact analysis, strategic farm development, Livestock Production/Industries,

Impact of the EU Common Agricultural Policy on Organic in Comparison to Conventional Farms

Farms in the EU receive considerable support from the Common Agricultural Policy. Support for organic and conventional farms is analysed, covering a wide range of different Common Agricultural Policy support measures. The current design of the Common Market Organisations tends to disadvantage organic farming systems, although developments in the last two CAP reforms (year 1992 and 2000) and the latest reform (2003) have reduced the discrimination of extensive farming systems and now provide opportunities to introduce measures to meet some of the needs of organic farms.agricultural policy, farm accounts, Agricultural and Food Policy, Q18, Q12,

The market for insulation in Alaska and feasibility of the regional manufacture of insulating materials

This investigation was undertaken jointly by the Mineral Industry Research Laboratory and the Institute of Business, Economic and Government Research at the University of Alaska. It is one of a continuing series of studies concerning the market and utilization rate for selected structural materials within Alaska. The overall objective of these studies is to identify opportunities for the regional manufacture of selected building products. In this manner, this limited study of insulation markets complements more extensive previous studies concerning Alaskan cement and clay products, markets and manufacturing feasibility

[Rezension zu:] Mirjam Triendl-Zadoff: Nächstes Jahr in Marienbad

Rezension zu Mirjam Triendl-Zadoff: Nächstes Jahr in Marienbad. Gegenwelten jüdischer Kulturen der Moderne. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 200

Von der "Entartung" zur "Nervenhygiene" : die Pathologie der Großstadt im zionistischen Diskurs um 1900

Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Zusammenhänge von medizinischen, soziologischen und ideologischen Debatten in den frühen Identitätsentwürfen der zionistischen Bewegung. Ausgehend von Nordaus und Herzls gesellschaftskritischen Diagnosen zur Großstadt wird nach der Funktion der Krankheits-Metaphorik innerhalb utopischer Heilskonzeptionen gefragt

Zur Sprachenfrage : Theodor Herzl, Nathan Birnbaum und die Prager jüdische Publizistik in Jargon-Debatten

Der Einzug des ostjüdischen Jargon in die literarischen Kulturen der Moderne wurde in Prag nicht allein durch Außenseiter wie Franz Kafka begrüßt. Dennoch bildet gerade Kafkas Rede über den Jargon eine Zäsur, die hinsichtlich der gesellschaftlichen (Identitäts-)Diskurse in Mitteleuropa denkwürdig erscheint. Der folgende Beitrag versucht die Diskussionen und Debatten um Jargon in ihren wichtigsten Aspekten zu beleuchten und fragt nach der kulturellen Symbolik solcher Debatten in den Konzeptionen literarischer Identität

Modelling Interregional Trade of Energy Crops in Eastern Germany

Renewable resources gain in importance in our modern society. The line of reasoning is based on their positive effects on agriculture, the environment and the economy. To support renewable energy from biomass the EU promotes the cultivation of energy crops. A spatial equilibrium model is applied based on the concept of maximizing net welfare, to provide information whether energy crop production competes with food production for land area. The Model of Interregional Trade of Energy Crops (ITEC) refers to Eastern Germany and adjacent areas of Poland. First results show that the regions have enough feedstocks to meet the required demand for food and biofuel production. In many cases both food crops and biofuels are either traded on interregional basis or exported to "Rest of Europe" indicating that there is no competition between food and energy crops. Only green maize for biogas production strongly competes in areas where the crop is required as feed for cattle.Energy crops, spatial equilibrium analysis, interregional trade, International Relations/Trade,