The Land Economics Group at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn will soon publish another PhD vacancy (fully funded for the entire duration, on global smart farming diffusion and impacts). Funded by the Cluster of Excellence "PhenoRob" Application Deadline will be end of November!

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Land Economics The Land Economics group brings together researchers from various disciplines to identify under which conditions public policies, institutional changes, and technological innovations most effectively ...

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Next week, the @Land_Economics Group @UniBonn will publish a funded, open PhD position. The research should focus on land, optimally combine satellite data and causal inference, and personality-wise, the person should enjoy being creative and working in a team. Link in response.

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Submit your papers for this years EAAE Congress in Bonn

*Deadline is February 10*

www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/eaaecongress...

We have just published a new working paper / preprint: "Estimating Causal Effects with Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists" (with Guy Low, @davidwuepper.bsky.social, Tobias Dalhaus, Hugo Storm, Dagim Belay, and Stefan Hirsch): econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:foi:wp...

New ILR Working Paper:

Agricultural Mechanization Around the World (Roman, Hadi, Wuepper 2024)

For the first time, we now have a globally comprehensive and comparable dataset on agricultural mechanization (based on ML):

ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/34836...

If you happen to be in #Bonn and want to attend an interdisciplinary Seminar talk (in German) on how to sustainably feed a population of 10 Billion people: drop by tomorrow: lifeethics.uni-bonn.de/veranstaltun...
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Submit a paper to the Conference of The Agricultural Economics Society (at Bordeaux School of Economics): aes.ac.uk/annual-confere…

This year's Masterclass will be given by me:

Regression Discontinuity Designs in Agricultural and Environmental Economics

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Innovations for pesticide application must consider environmental impact - Nature Food Innovation in pesticide application is urgently needed. However, recent approaches, such as employing full-service pesticide contractors or utilizing artificial intelligence for pest control, may prio...

Interesting comment by current and former colleagues across universities:

Innovations for pesticide application must consider environmental impact

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

UNCCD COP16 Event I am now a participant in COP16, join us at the UNCCD COP16 event!

award for young researchers working on land conservation and restoration. Deadline is November 22 👇 @land-economics.bsky.social

www.unccdcop16.org/Scientific-E...

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We are recruiting three PhD students to work with us on a new project on agricultural innovation adoption and impacts in Vietnam. We provide full funding and exciting international opportunities. Please spread the word and apply by 6 Dec 2024. Details: www.zef.de/header/vacan...

Land Economics The Land Economics group brings together researchers from various disciplines to identify under which conditions public policies, institutional changes, and technological innovations most effectively ...

After a long break, we are back and will post updates here soon. visit our website in the meantime: www.ilr1.uni-bonn.de/en/research/...

Eine globale Übersicht von Agrarumweltpolitiken zeigt politische Präferenzen und Umwelteffekte David Wuepper, Ilsabe Wiebecke, Lara Meier, Sarah Vogelsanger, Selina Bramato, Andrea Fürholz, Robert Finger Überall auf der Welt werden Politikmassnahmen implementiert, um Agrar- und Ernährungssystem...

agrarpolitik-blog.com/2024/03/26/e...

Agri-environmental policies from 1960 to 2022 - Nature Food A lack of systematized information on existing agri-environmental policies poses challenges for research and practice. A new database with more than 6,000 agri-environmental policies implemented over ...

New publication in Nature Food: A large new database of agri-environmental policies (open access) 👇

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Looking forward to the webinar of ZEF_Bonn on Economics of Land Degradation (Feb 21st) 👇 Register here: www.zef.de/media-center...

Where does the modern state come from?
Economists attempt to answer a profound political question www.economist.com/finance-and-...

The future of research on sustainable food systems: Building an early-career network of agricultural economists in Europe

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Our paper 'Measuring farmer time preferences: A systematic literature review for Europe and North America' is now assigned to an issue in JAAEA

Led by @davidwuepper.bsky.social with Severin Henzmann

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Blog (German) agrarpolitik-blog.com/2023/12/08/d...

New Paper: Public Policies and Global Forest Conservation

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The economics of growing threats to biodiversity worldwide: nber.org/papers/w31952

Agrarökonom Harald Grethe - "Wir brauchen eine Moorschutzstrategie" Die Trockenlegung der Moore sei eine kulturhistorische Leistung gewesen, so Agraröknomom Harald Grethe, aber wegen der hohen Treibhausgasemissionen klimaschädlich. Nun müsse es einen Transformation...

Warum es volkswirtschaftlich kompletter Unsinn ist entwässerte Moore landwirtschaftlich 🚜 zu nutzen & warum der Moor-Klimaschutz dem Braunkohleausstieg 🏭 eigentlich in nix nachsteht und daher ähnlich angegangen werden müsste.

👉 Super Interview mit dem Agrarökonom @haraldgrethe.bsky.social

Measuring farmer time preferences: A systematic literature review for Europe and North America

New open access paper with Robert Finger and Severin Henzmann

doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.97

📍new paper: H. Kamau (ZEF Bonn), S. Roman (Land Economics Group Uni Bonn), & L. Biber-Freudenberger (ZEF Bonn): Nearly half of the world is suitable for diversified farming for sustainable intensification: www.nature.com/articles/s43...