CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

1. Advances and setbacks

2. The structure of this book

3. Outlook and acknowledgements

4. References

PART I: AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE

1. The Implications of WTO-Accession for Agricultural Policy Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel & Sergiy Zorya

1. Introduction

2. The WTO and agriculture

3. The implications of WTO membership for Ukrainian agriculture

4. Conclusions

5. References

2. Shifting Agricultural Policy towards Measures Envisaged by Serhiy Demyanenko & Viktoriya Galushko

1. Introduction

2. What is the Green Box?

3. Application of Green Box measures in Ukraine

4. Conclusions and recommendations

5. References

3. Taxation and Ukrainian Agriculture Serhiy Demyanenko & Sergiy Zorya

1. Introduction

2. Principles and the role of taxation in the economy

3. The tax system and farm efficiency in the long run

4. The farm taxation system in Ukraine

5. Analysis of farm taxation in Ukraine

6. Conclusions and policy recommendations

7. References

4. The Links between Agriculture and Macroeconomic Development in Ukraine Sergiy Zorya

1. Introduction

2. Literature review

3. Theoretical foundations

4. The equilibrium real exchange rate in Ukraine

5. Impact of macroeconomic policy on agricultural incentives in Ukraine

6. Conclusions

7. References

5. Agricultural Productivity Growth: a Vehicle for Rural Poverty Reduction in Ukraine? Viktoriya Galushko & Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel

1. Introduction

2. Agricultural growth and rural poverty in Ukraine: Theory and description

3. Agricultural growth and rural poverty in Ukraine: An econometric analysis

4. Conclusions and policy options

5. References

6. Agricultural Policy versus Rural Policy: Core Tasks and Joint Responsibilities  Arnim Kuhn & Serhiy Demyanenko

1. Old and new policy concepts for rural areas

2. Core competences: new goals for agricultural policy

3. Rural policy as a joint responsibility

PART II: FARM ENTERPRISES AND ECONOMIC REFORM IN UKRAINE

7. Ensuring Competition on the Market for Lease Land in Ukraine Arnim Kuhn & Serhiy Demyanenko

1. Introduction

2. Why are transaction costs too high?

3. How high transaction costs hamper competition in the land market

4. Competition for land and lease prices: Some empirical evidence

5. Recommendations

6. References

7. Appendix

8. The Organisational Forms and Performance of Agricultural Enterprises in Ukraine: What Conclusions can be Drawn? Serhiy Demyanenko & Stephan von Cramon-T aubadel

1. Introduction

2. The organisational forms and performance of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine

3. The (mis)use of average indicators of agricultural enterprise performance

4. Conclusions and recommendations

5. References

9. Measuring the Productive Efficiency of Ukrainian Farms Viktoriya Galushko, Bernhard BrOmmer & Serhiy Demyanenko

1. Introduction

2. Methodology

3. Definition of variables and data description

4. Farm efficiency: Empirical considerations

5. Total factor productivity change in Ukrainian agriculture

6. Conclusions and policy implications

7. References

8. Appendix

10. The Balanced Scorecard as a New Strategic Management Instrument for Ukrainian Agricultural Enterprises Alexej Lissitsa

1. Introduction

2. The Balanced Scorecard approach

3. The Balanced Scorecard in the closed join-stock company Agro-Soyuz

4. Conclusions and perspectives for the BSC approach in Ukrainian agriculture

5. References

11. Farm Management Challenges in Ukrainian Agriculture Gottfried Lischka

1. Introduction

2. Initial conditions

3. The economic situation in crop production in the forest-steppe zone

4. Unit cost calculations

5. Opportunities and challenges for international investors

PART III: DEVELOPMENTS ON KEY AGRICULTURAL MARKETS IN UKRAINE

12. A Market for Risk and not for Grain: An Introduction to Futures Markets for Agricultural Products in Ukraine Arnim Kuhn & Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel

1. Introduction

2. The nature of a futures market: Trading risk - not grain

3. Futures markets organisation

4. Futures markets - a useful tool for farmers and others

5. Preconditions for functioning futures markets in Ukraine

6. Summary

7. References

13. The Oilseed Export Tax Revisited. Arnim Kuhn & Oleg Nivyevskiy

1. Introduction

2. The sunseed sector in Ukraine

3. Possible justifications for the oilseed export tax

4. Empirical assessment of the oilseed export tax

5. Conclusions

6. References

14. The 2003 Wheat Crisis and Food Security Viktoriya Galushko, Arnim Kuhn & Oleg Nivyevskiy

1. Introduction

2. How likely is a food wheat deficit in Ukraine?

3. Food security: The identification of vulnerable groups

4. Do existing policies help the poor?

5. Public action to protect vulnerable groups: What can be done?

6. Epilogue: How the wheat crisis ended in 2004

7. References

15. The 2003 Wheat Harvest: Crisis! What Crisis? Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel

1. Introduction

2. Crisis! What crisis?

3. Evaluating the response so far

4. What should have been done?

5. Conclusions

APPENDIX: STATISTICAL DATA