Being a farmer today is not easy. In the framework of the H2020 FARMWELL project a touching short film was created about farmers and farmer families by the New Heroes creative company. The agricultural sector is worldwide rapidly changing. Thus, farmers today face many challenges – both mentally and physically. But there are also new…
We proudly present our new reports about agricultural products and farms data. Both contain time series data that are updated annually. The first interactive visualization is focusing on the main agricultural products and their cost-structures as well as cost and price trends, yields, margins, and total outputs. The second report shows financial and income data…
In the framework of the YOUCooperATE (Youth Cooperation for Agricultural Renewal through Education) project implemented in partnership with five countries (Bulgaria, Latvia, Hungary, Italy, Romania), the Institute of Agricultural Economics teamed up with teachers and students of three agricultural vocational training institutions coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture. In the spring semester of the 2021…
The kick-off meeting of the two-year long international R&D project “LivestockSense: Enhancing environmental sustainability of livestock farms by removing barriers for adopting ICT technologies” was held online on the 13th of July 2021. The highly successful international event, organized by AKI Institute of Agricultural Economics, was attended by 23 scientists and experts from 9 leading…
As part of the FARMWELL project, the first workshop of the “Practice Group” (PG) was held on the 22nd of June 2021. The aim of the online workshop i.e. the group of farmers, policy-makers, and representatives of advocacy groups was to identify and discuss the challenges impacting the well-being of farmers, especially those identified as…
The Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI) is going to participate in a two-year-long project, „Enhancing environmental sustainability of livestock farms by removing barriers for adopting ICT technologies (LivestockSense)”, funded by ERA-NET COFUND ICT-AGRI-FOOD and National Research, Development and Innovation Fund. The project will assess the acceptance and applicability of information and communication technology (ICT) based…
A user-friendly farmers knowledge reservoir is very much needed in Hungary, that is why it is important for NAK and AKI to be a part of the EUREKA project and support the development of a European online Knowledge Repository – Interview with Anikó Nagy from the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and Szabolcs Vágó from Institute of Agricultural…
The event jointly organized by NAK and AKI on 22nd March 2021, was the national closing event of the international EURAKNOS project in Hungary. Without effective knowledge transfer, innovation results would not reach farmers, and research results would not support their development. That is why it is especially important for AKI to participate as a…
A conference on “Development of information systems and data management practices for CAP evaluation” was organized by the ENRD between 16th and 17th of March. The Sen4CAP (Sentinels for Common Agricultural Policy) project was presented on the event. The project is implemented under the auspices of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development,…
To enhance agricultural and food market transparency at EU level, the price notification obligation has been expanded from the 1st of January 2021. In Hungary, the price notification obligation is fulfilled by the Market Price Information System (MPIS) of the AKI Institute of Agricultural Economics. According to the new European Union price notification obligation, the…
FARMWELL is a Horizon 2020 Thematic Network that aims at identifying and making social innovations more accessible to address common social challenges and improve the wellbeing of farmers. The serious social challenges that farmers are facing – including mental health issues and depression, isolation, physical risks, stress caused by negative societal perceptions, challenges of farm…
Institute of Agricultural Economics and Óbuda University signed a cooperation agreement, laying down the basis of common projects, tenders, applied research activity, professional networking and organisation of joint professional events. On 24th of February 2021, the Institute of Agricultural Economics signed a cooperation agreement with the Óbuda University aiming development of common projects, tenders, applied…