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22.06.2023 PuR Chair and HEF organize first Weihenstephan Forum on the Future of Agricultural Policy (20/06)

Organized by the Chair of Production and Resource Economics (PuR) and the Hans Eisenmann Forum (HEF) for Agricultural Sciences at TUM, the first Weihenstephan Forum on the Future of Agricultural Policy took place last Tuesday....[more]
15.06.2023 Professor Sauer as guest at the Asian Development Bank in Manila, Philippines (6.-9.6)
For the fourth time, Professor Sauer was invited as an external expert by the Asian Development Bank. The meeting in Manila included conceptual discussions and a workshop on "Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services",...[more]
14.06.2023 New publication: Straubinger, F. B., Venus, T. E., Benjamin, E. O., Sauer, J. (2023). Private management costs of Popillia japonica: a study of viticulture in Italy. Frontiers in Insect Science.
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14.06.2023 New publication: Vo, H.-T., Vrachioli, M., Frick, F., Sauer, J., et al. (2023). Socio-economic or environmental benefits from pondscapes? Deriving stakeholder preferences using analytic hierarchy process and compositional data analys
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30.05.2023 Professor Sauer speaker at EC JRC Workshop on agricultural resilience
At the invitation of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, Professor Sauer participated last Thursday and Friday (25-26/5) in the workshop on "Progress on evaluation of the (EU) agricultural sector...[more]
28.04.2023 Professor Sauer undertakes research trip to South America
Several reasons led Professor Sauer to South America at the end of April 2023. In addition to cooperation meetings with various South American partners, Professor Sauer gave a lecture at the Catholic University of Uruguay on...[more]
30.03.2023 PuR-junior scientists present their research results at the 97th AES conference (27.3.-29.3.)

The 97th Agricultural Economics Society (AES) conference was held this year from March 27-29, 2023 at the University of Warwick in the UK. Among the conference participants were six PhD students of the PuR Chair, who presented...[more]
02.03.2023 Professor Sauer new member of the Technical Advisory Group of the FAO LEAP Partnership
The LEAP (Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative hosted by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) that develops evidence-based methodology and...[more]
28.02.2023 New publication: S.-H.-E. Chang, E. O. Benjamin & J. Sauer (2023). The role of rice farmers' attitude and trust in government in decision-making for participating in climate-related agri-environmental scheme. Journal of Env. Planning and Management
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25.02.2023 Among the most cited articles in the Journal of Agricultural Economics
Congratulations to Dr. Frick and Prof. Sauer! Their research article “Technological Change in Dairy Farming with Increased Price Volatility” published in the Journal of Agricultural Economics in 2021 was rated as one of the most...[more]
21.02.2023 PUR Chair Group hosts RETOUCH NEXUS Project kick-off meeting welcoming thirteen partner organizations from all over Europe

The arrival of 2023 coincided with the beginning of the RETOUCH NEXUS project. With funding from the European Union’s (EU) Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, the project’s main objective is introducing the WEFE...[more]