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New publication: Sauer, J.; Vrolijk, H. "Innovation and performance - evidence at micro level". Applied Economics.

Professor Sauer welcomes guest researchers from Zhejiang University

Funded by the August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professor Program Prof. Dr. Hongyun Han and Dr. Xia Sheng from Zhejiang University, China, spend five days (18/3-22/3) at the Chair Group of Production and Resource Economics. Both researchers work at Zhejiang University's renowned China Academy for Rural…

Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer meet collaboration partners in China (10/3-17/3)

Funded by the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC) Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer spend seven days in Hangzhou in order to finalise a research proposal that is prepared in cooperation with the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) of the Zhejiang University. As part of…

Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer travel to Bozen for project meeting and workshop (5/3-6/3)

In order to discuss new empirical results in the project "The added value of family farming in Bavaria – A trans-regional study focusing on Bavaria" with their project partners from Norway (NIBIO), Austria (BAB) and South Tyrol (Free University of Bozen) Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer spent to…

Professor Sauer and Philipp Mennig visit Colombian universities and research institutes (17/2-27/2)

Funded by the Bavarian Higher Education Centre for Latin America (BayLAT) Professor Sauer and Philipp Mennig spend ten days in Colombia in order to establish cooperations in research and teaching with partner institutions. They meet amongst others with environnmental and resource economists from…

Chair group secures funding for EU H2020 project

Together with 18 European partners our chair group successfully passed the H2020 application process for an agri-environment project called EFFECT. The overall objective of the project, which has a budget of almost 5,000,000 EUR, is to develop and pilot a theoretically well-founded and empirically…

We are pleased to welcome Kristin Bär in our team.

Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer in China (13-19/12)

Professor Sauer and Stefan Wimmer travel to China for the fourth time within one year to strenghten the bonds with Chinese universities they established at previous visits. They will meet with researchers from Peking University, Renmin University of China, Zhejiang University and the Nanjing…

Professor Sauer as speaker and panel discussion member at OECD seminar in South Korea (5-7/12)

Between December 5 and 7 the KOREA-OECD Publication Seminar and the Seminar on Rice Productivity Analysis take place in Seoul and Naju-si. At the Publication Seminar Professor Sauer will participate in a panel discussion entitled „Agricultural Innovation System“. On December 7 he will give a…

Professor Sauer and Emmanuel Benjamin explore cooperation possibilities in Egypt (26-30/11)

As part of the chair group's international strategy Professor Sauer and Emmanuel Benjamin spend five days in Egypt. They will meet with representatives of the universities of Cairo and Heliopolis to discuss cooperation possibilities. Further, Professor Sauer will give a public lecture concerning the…