Vol 3, No 5-6 (2009)
Issue Description
These numbers of Apstract are the result of the AVA4
International Congress, held in Debrecen March 26–27,
2009. An impressive number of papers of high quality were
presented during the well organized sessions. From each of
the 17 sessions the two best papers were chosen to be
published in numbers 3 and 4 of volume 3.
During the opening session of the congress Professor
Nagy, the president of the Centre for Agricultural Sciences
and Engineering of the University of Debrecen as well as
Professor Molnár, Hungarian Minister of Science, Research
and Innovation emphasized the crucial role of knowledge in
European economic development. The AVA4 Congress
contributes to that and therefore is important.
I also would like to take the opportunity to draw your
attention to the web site “ageconsearch”: http://
ageconsearch.umn.edu/ of the University of Minnesota (US)
where you can find a wealth of articles and papers (including
the Apstract articles) in our field. This really is a rich
resource for research.
As Professor Nábrádi, the organizer of the conference,
and Deputy Editor of Apstract indicated th. . .
These numbers of Apstract are the result of the AVA4
International Congress, held in Debrecen March 26–27,
2009. An impressive number of papers of high quality were
presented during the well organized sessions. From each of
the 17 sessions the two best papers were chosen to be
published in numbers 3 and 4 of volume 3.
During the opening session of the congress Professor
Nagy, the president of the Centre for Agricultural Sciences
and Engineering of the University of Debrecen as well as
Professor Molnár, Hungarian Minister of Science, Research
and Innovation emphasized the crucial role of knowledge in
European economic development. The AVA4 Congress
contributes to that and therefore is important.
I also would like to take the opportunity to draw your
attention to the web site “ageconsearch”: http://
ageconsearch.umn.edu/ of the University of Minnesota (US)
where you can find a wealth of articles and papers (including
the Apstract articles) in our field. This really is a rich
resource for research.
As Professor Nábrádi, the organizer of the conference,
and Deputy Editor of Apstract indicated the bi-annual AVA
congress has become a bi-annual Agrimba activity. The
Agrimba Network, the AVA Congress, and our journal
Apstract together form the three institutional pillars of the
Agrimba activities. I am confident that this triple A is a
success formula for the years to come.
Next time in 2011 the congress will be organized in
Wageningen, the Netherlands. Everybody who is interested in
research in the areas of applied economics, agribusiness,
informatics or tourism is invited to take part in it. I am
looking forward to meet you all in Wageningen.