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Participation at the Sustainable Food System Symposium at the University of Göttingen

The University of Göttingen recently hosted the First Sustainable Food System Symposium, an event that brought together researchers to discuss the latest research and innovations aimed at transforming food systems towards sustainability. The symposium featured cutting-edge presentations on the…

Participation at the International Quinoa Symposium

On July 24-25th, two members of our team participated in the prestigious International Quinoa Symposium, hosted at the University of Hohenheim. This symposium brought together leading researchers and institutions from around the globe to discuss the latest advancements in quinoa breeding and genetic…

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PHD Job offer in Economics (f/m/d) // (Agricultural, Ecological or Food Economics

The professorship for “Governance in International Agribusiness” affiliated with the TUM School of Management and the TUM School of Life Sciences offers a Ph.D. position in Economics (f/m/d) (Agricultural, Ecological or Food Economics)

Publication in Food Policy

Russo, Carlo; Di Marcantonio, Federica; Cacchiarelli, Luca; Menapace, Luisa; Sorrentino, Alessandro (2023)  "Unfair trading practices and countervailing power" Food Policy 119 (2023) 10252

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102521

Publication in World Development

Ola, Oreoluwa and Menapace, Luisa (2020) “A meta-analysis understanding smallholder entry into high-value markets” in World Development (forthcoming).

Publication in Agricultural Economics

Glebe, Thilo W.. 2021. “The influence of contract length on the performance of sequential conservation auctions.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 1-26.

https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12247

Ola, Oreoluwa and Menapace, Luisa (2020) “Revisiting constraints to smallholder participation in high-value markets: a best-worst scaling approach” in Agricultural Economics.

https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12574

Publication in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Menapace, Luisa and Raffaelli, Roberta (2020) “Unraveling hypothetical bias in discrete choice experiments”. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 176:416-430.

doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.04.020

Horizon 2020 project "BATModel"

The overall goal of BATModel (Better Agri-food Trade Modelling for policy ANalysis) is to improve existing trade modelling tools and approaches with a focus on agriculture and food to support policy analysis. Our group focuses on the analysis of international trade effects related to Geographical Indications (GIs). This is a four-year project funded by the Horizon 2020 project of the European Union.

Publication in "Food Quality and Preferences"

Danner, H., Menapace, L. (2020): Using Online Comments to Explore Consumer Beliefs Regarding Organic Food in German-Speaking Countries and the United States. Food Quality and Preferences, 83.

doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2020.103912

Project funded by the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food

The project Development of an Information System for Geographical Indications focuses on the role of origin-based food labels for the German food crafts sector (e.g., bakers, butchers). The project is funded by the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) and is carried out in collaboration with the private sector partner, Agromind (https://agromind.de/).