Business Economics
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:
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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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Latest publications
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Cow and herd-level risk factors associated with mobility scores in pasture-based dairy cows
Preventive Veterinary Medicine 181 (2020). - ISSN 0167-5877 -
Crop insurance and pesticide use in European agriculture
Agricultural Systems 184 (2020). - ISSN 0308-521X -
Farmers' heterogeneous motives, voluntary vaccination and disease spread : An agent-based model
European Review of Agricultural Economics 47 (2020)3. - ISSN 0165-1587 - p. 1201 - 1222.