ABSTRACT
The economic transition process in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) 1 countries has started to bring about fundamental change in most of their agricultural and food sectors as well as pressures to mitigate some of the adverse consequences associated with sectoral reform. The changes vary significantly between countries, reflecting differences attributable to the impact of communist-era economic policies, the pace of land reform, and the privatization of agricultural input supply, food processing, and food distribution enterprises. Nevertheless, agriculture and food in this region still accounts for a large portion of economic activity and employment. As a result, many observers contend that the adaptation of farm enterprises, the new class of private farmers, and agribusiness to sectoral and macroeconomic reforms and policies is crucial to the success of the overall economic transition process.
