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20.11.2019 Chair Group welcomes Ph.D. students to the course "Technology and Innovation in the Agricultural Sector - Theoretical and Empirical Approaches" (16/11-20/11)
For the fifth time already, between November 16 and 20, the Chair Group of Production and Resource Economics taught the module "Technology and Innovation in the Agricultural Sector - Theoretical and Empirical...[more]
19.11.2019 New publication: Wuepper, D.; Wimmer, S.; Sauer, J. "Is small family farming more environmentally sustainable? Evidence from a spatial regression discontinuity design in Germany". Land Use Policy.
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11.11.2019 Chair Group strengthens collaboration with partners in Egypt
As part of the Chair Group’s internationalization strategy, Professor Sauer and Emmanuel Benjamin travelled to Egypt for the third time in order to intensify the chair’s cooperation with Egyptian partners in the fields of...[more]
10.11.2019 Research results implemented in new sustainability standard of the German Agricultural Society
How can the sustainability profile of a farm be measured in its entirety or in parts and converted into a system that is easy for the farmer to use? Veronika Hannus investigates this question as part of her research. Through a...[more]
04.11.2019 Postgraduate course "Applied Microeconometrics and Impact Analysis" at the Chair Group of Production and Resource Economics (4/11-8/11)
In 2019, as in previous years, the Chair Group of Production and Resource Economics offers modules of the Doctoral Certificate Program in Agricultural Economics, a structured program for training doctoral students in the field of...[more]
31.10.2019 Presentation of Maria Vrachioli at the third meeting of the OECD Network on Agricultural and Total Factor Productivity and the Environment at the University of Maryland (30/10-31/10)
At the end of October, the members of the OECD Network on Agricultural Total Factor Productivity and the Environment, which develops methods for agricultural productivity measurement taking into account environmental effects, met...[more]
29.10.2019 Professor Sauer presents research results at the 24th Session of the OECD Network for Farm-Level Analysis in Paris (28/10-29/10)
Five months after the last meeting of the OECD Farm-Level Analysis Network, members of the network, international experts in agricultural and environmental economics as well as ministry representatives from various OECD member...[more]
25.10.2019 Dr. Will Chancellor from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) visits chair group (23/10-25/10)
On Wednesday, Professor Sauer had the pleasure to welcome a well-traveled guest for a short visit at the chair group. Dr. Will Chancellor, agricultural economist at the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of the...[more]
23.10.2019 New publication: Tröster, M. F.; Pahl, H.; Sauer, J. "Effects of application costs on fertilizer application strategy". Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.
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11.10.2019 Professor Sauer speaker at the first South American Bioeconomy Forum in Medellín (10/10)
At the invitation of the Universidad EIA, Professor Sauer presented European approaches and concepts on the topic of bioeconomy at the first Bioeconomy Forum in South America, which took place on October 10 in Medellín, Colombia....[more]
08.10.2019 Professor Sauer and Orlando Rodriguez present research results at the "Jornada de Socialización en Café y Cacao" in Pereira (7/10)
At the first "Jornada de Socialización en Café y Cacao", a one-day conference on the latest scientific findings on coffee and cocoa value chains in Colombia organized by the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Professor...[more]