The Institute of Agricultural Economics Nonprofit Kft. (AKI) is a government scientific institute supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture. Building on the rich heritage of its predecessor, the Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, established in 1954, AKI continues as a research and knowledge centre with the most extensive agricultural economics databases and the most significant policy expertise in Hungary, performing both public duties and state functions. One of the principal tasks of the Institute is to develop recommendations for agricultural and rural policy decision-makers. These recommendations are based on the results of research applying state-of-the-art methods and focusing especially on the implementation and the execution of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy.