Contents: Central and Eastern Europe agricultural transformation in a global perspective, Stephan J. Goetz; Climate, soils and agricultural potential, Gudrun Loose; Social change and trends in rural areas, Rosemarie Siebert; Estonia, Elke Knappe; Latvia, Elke Knappe; Lithuania, Elke Knappe; Belarus, Dieter DrA?ger; Russia, Tanya Jaksch and Dieter DrA?ger; Ukraine, Hermann Mertens. Eastern European Countries: Bulgaria, Dieter DrA?ger and Tanja Jaksch; The Czech Republic, Tanja Jaksch; Hungary, Tanja Jaksch; Poland, Hermann Mertens; Romania, Dieter DrA?ger and Tanya Jaksch; Slovakia, Tanya Jaksch; Land use for forestry, Albrecht Bemmann; Prospects for the future, Tanya Jaksch, Rosemarie Siebert and Stephan J. Goetz; Index.