Comparison of agricultural policies and agricultural markets in developed and developing countries. For this contex the countries will be classified as improved economies (EU-15, USA, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Norway), new industrialized countries (Australia, New Zealand, South Korean), emerging economy and countries with improving economies (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexican) developed countries and European canditates or member (Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Turkey).

*Definition, objectives, instruments of the policy * The characteristics of agricultural markets * The importance of the agricultural sector and macro-economic variables in developed and developing countries. * Agricultural policies in developed and developing countries. * The properties of agricultural markets * Analysis of agricultural markets in developed and developing countries * Relationship between agricultural policies and markets * Differences in agricultural markets in developed and developing countries