Market Research No. 2 (23), Part 1, Market of the Lithuanian agricultural and food products and land, deals with the variations in the markets of grain, potatoes, vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, meat, eggs and milk in the first quarter of 2004, in the market of land of agricultural purpose. The analysis includes prices, export and import flows of agricultural products. A comparison with neighbouring countries is presented.
Market Research No. 1 (22) consists of three parts. Part 1, Market of the Lithuanian agricultural and food products, deals with the status of the markets of agricultural products over the recent two years and in the start of 2004. The analysis includes changes of producers, processing enterprises and retail prices, prices and flows of export and import, the comparison with neighbouring countries.
Agriculture performs a significant social, ethno-cultural and environmental function. Rural areas are regarded as the country’s infrastructure determining living standards of both urban and rural population.