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Roberto Villalba receives Hans Hartwig Ruthenberg Graduate Award for an outstanding master's thesis (9/9)

Every year, the fiat panis Foundation, which is committed to improving the nutritional situation in the southern hemisphere, honours the authors of outstanding theses in the field of world nutrition with the Hans Hartwig Ruthenberg Graduate Award. Among the 2020 winners is Roberto Villalba, who in…

New publication: Hannus, V.; Sauer, J. "Are Farmers as Risk-averse as They Think They Are?". International Journal on Food System Dynamics.

New publicatioin: Kuosmanen, T.; Zhou, X. "Shadow Prices and Marginal Abatement Costs: Convex Quantile Regression Approach". European Journal of Operational Research.

Terese Venus presents research results at joint webinar of the EU projects FIThydro und AMBER (29/6)

Rivers are among the most vulnerable ecosystems in the world. The fragmentation caused by dams and weirs, often built to generate electricity, has serious effects on ecology, geology and material cycles. In Europe, for example, only a few rivers meet the goal of good ecological status set out in the…

Professor Sauer gives presentation at virtual meeting of the OECD Network for Farm-Level Analysis (5/6)

For the 25th time, the experts of the OECD Network for Farm-Level Analysis, of which Professor Sauer has been a member for several years, met on June 5 to discuss latest research results and developments in the agricultural sector. Due to the current situation, the meeting, including a presentation…

Chair Group secures BMBF funding to investigate the effects of climate-smart agriculture in Colombia in the project "Net-CSA"

New publication: Dai, S.; Zhou, X.; Kuosmanen, T. "Forward-looking assessment of the GHG abatement cost: Application to China". Energy Economics.

New publication: Wimmer, S.; Sauer, J. "Profitability Development and Resource Reallocation: The Case of Sugar Beet Farming in Germany". Journal of Agricultural Economics.

New publication: Hannus, V.; Venus, T. J.; Sauer, J. "Acceptance of sustainability standards by farmers - empirical evidence from Germany". Journal of Environmental Management.