Livestock Farming Systems in Central and Eastern Europe

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Livestock Farming Systems diversity and challenges for sustainable livestock development in selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe 1; A. Gibon, S. Mihina, G. Zervas, J. Boyazoglu, J. Maki-Hokkonen and M. Zjalic; Research approaches for livestock farming systems and their diversity in Central and Eastern Europe; Case study of cattle farming systems in Bulgaria 25; D. Dinev, N. Todorov, K. Koleva, and G. Kostov; Study on livestock farming systems diversity in the Czech Republic 57; V. Matlova, G. Mala, J. Knizek and D. Cerna; Livestock farming systems in Hungary with special emphasize on beef cattle production 85; Z. Wagenhoffer, F. Szabo and M. Mezes; A characteristic of livestock farms with development potential in the lowland and mountainous regions of Poland 105; A. Gut, P. Slosarz, A. Drozdz, B. Borys and J. Wojtowski; Animal production farming diversity in Slovak agriculture 119; S. Mihina, B. Valihora, A. Gibon, J. Bandosova, V. Tancin, J. Broucek, M. Zimkova, C. Raichon, E. Uhliarova and J. Golecky; A case study on improving sustainability in dairy farming systems in Lithuania 141; J.O. Christensen, J E. Hermansen, I.S. Kristensen, T. Kristensen, J. Jatkaukas, J. Gutsauskas and D. Sakickas; SAPARD Programme in the Slovak Republic - A support for rural economic diversification with special emphasis on sheep and rural tourism 157; J. Tvrdonova. Policy issues for sustainable LFS in Central and Eastern Europe; Livestock production in Central and Eastern European Countries and the Commonwealth of Independent States: Selected issues 167; T. Vares; Changing livestock systems and markets in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, and the proposed World Bank agenda to reduce rural poverty 181; T.W. Schillhorn van Veen; Insights into the livestock sector and farms in national environments; Profitability and scale of livestock production in Slovakia 201; G. Blaas, M. Kubankova and J. Zatkovic; A note on the opinions of farmers from lowland regions of Poland concerning factors affecting the operation of their family farms on the threshold of accession to the EU 215; B. Borys and P. Slosarz; Assessment of some technological aspects in Bulgarian dairy farms 223; D. Dinev, N. Deltchev and K. Koleva; Sheep and goat production in the Slovak Republic 235; J. Dubravska and J. Vajs; Status quo on beef meat sector in Hungary 239; I. Feher, T. Toth and D. Rupp Daniel; Evaluation of some environmentally-friendly private livestock farms in Central Slovakia 245; V. Krajcovic, E. Uhliarova, M. Michalec and M. Zimkova; Cattle and sheep farming systems in mountain and submontane areas of Slovakia 249; V. Krajcovic, B. Valihora, J. Vano, J. Trnovsky, D. Krajciova and M. Zimkova.