Vol 6, No 1-2 (2012)
Issue Description
June 23–24, 2011, the second AGRIMBA-AVA congress
was organised in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Its theme
was: Dynamics of International Cooperation in Rural
Development and Agribusiness.
This conference was successful both in terms of number
of participants as in the quantity and quality of the paper
presentations. Participants came from east and west Europe,
and from other parts of the world. Lively discussions were
reported during and after the sessions.
Through a process of selection the editors arrived at 23
papers, that are published in this special issue of Apstract,
skilfully edited by two members of the organizing committee:
Harry Bremmers and Johan van Ophem. They have done an
excellent job!
To a large part, the success of the congress can be
attributed to the enthusiasm and professional support of two
other members of the organizing committee: Karen van der
Heide and Marian Jonker. Without their assistance it would
have been impossible to reach such a high standard.
Also Ruud Huirne, the director of the Department of
Social Sciences of Wageningen University, contributed much
to the su. . .
June 23–24, 2011, the second AGRIMBA-AVA congress
was organised in Wageningen, The Netherlands. Its theme
was: Dynamics of International Cooperation in Rural
Development and Agribusiness.
This conference was successful both in terms of number
of participants as in the quantity and quality of the paper
presentations. Participants came from east and west Europe,
and from other parts of the world. Lively discussions were
reported during and after the sessions.
Through a process of selection the editors arrived at 23
papers, that are published in this special issue of Apstract,
skilfully edited by two members of the organizing committee:
Harry Bremmers and Johan van Ophem. They have done an
excellent job!
To a large part, the success of the congress can be
attributed to the enthusiasm and professional support of two
other members of the organizing committee: Karen van der
Heide and Marian Jonker. Without their assistance it would
have been impossible to reach such a high standard.
Also Ruud Huirne, the director of the Department of
Social Sciences of Wageningen University, contributed much
to the success of the congress. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank him for that.
During the AGRIMBA meeting in Wageningen it was
decided that the annual meeting in 2012 will be organised in
Bolzano during the ICA week of conferences on June 21st and
22nd. I am looking forward to meet a substantial part of the
members of our network there.
Another important topic was the planning of our next
AGRIMBA-AVA congress in 2013. It was decided that our
third bi-annual congress will be organised in Podgorica, the
capital of Monte Negro. Member of the Board, Prof.
Dragoljub Jankovic, was appointed chairman of the
organizing committee. I wish him success in organizing this
important event.