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This  paper  assesses the  impacts of the  global  financial and  economic crisis  on the  agro-food sector of Central and Eastern European, Caucasus and Central Asian countries on the basis  of research conducted in Hungary, Ukraine, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. It summarises the results of a study of which the objective was to propose  policy options  to the Food  and Agriculture Organisation of the  United Nations and  other  public  authorities which  can  be  applied to lessen  the  undesirable effects  of the current  or future  crises  in the sector. Results of interviews of stakeholders were analysed in the context of primary economic data and policy recommendations were formulated.

Keywords

Financial and Economic Crisis, Agro-food Sector, Central and Eastern Europe, The Caucasus and Central Asia.

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