Business Economics Group
Strategically placed within Wageningen University & Research, the Business Economics Group (BEC) performs research and teaches across a wide range of aspects of agricultural business economics and food supply chains.
Research
The chair group Business Economics carries out fundamental and applied research focusing on economic and management problems within the food chain. Research is categorized in the following research themes:
- Economics and management of farms and agribusiness
- Economics of animal health, plant health and food safety
- Economics of sustainable agriculture
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Education
The Business Economics group is composed of a professional team with a wide range of specializations. Students receive solid training in business economics providing them with the knowledge to address research questions in the area of the economics of farms and agribusinesses, animal health, plant health, food safety and sustainable agriculture. We encourage students to develop their own interests and to think critically.
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EAAE Seminar: Prospects for agricultural insurance in Europe
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Section Business Science
Latest publications
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Research idea to science for impact : Tracing the significant moments in an innovation based irrigation study
Agricultural Water Management 212 (2019). - ISSN 0378-3774 - p. 181 - 192.
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What drives the choice of poultry market channel and the change of purchase behavior due to highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks?
Poultry Science 97 (2018)10. - ISSN 0032-5791 - p. 3652 - 3660.
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Body image dissatisfaction and health-enhancing food choices : A pilot study from a sample of Italian yogurt consumers
British Food Journal 120 (2018)12. - ISSN 0007-070X - p. 2778 - 2792.