Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group
The Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group (AEP) carries out research focusing on economic and institutional issues within the bio-economy, and teach across a wide range of aspects related to the contribution of the bio-economy and the agricultural sector in particular to sustainable development.
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Interview Global Food Summit
- Interview with prof. dr. Justus Wesseler on ''Food supply and Ukraine'' -
Implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for global food markets and food policies
- On 31 March 2022 from 16.00 – 17.00 hours a webinar on this theme was organised by WUR and Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). This webinar... -
Hearing of the Committee on Agriculture of the Parliament
- Roel Jongeneel, AEP, will discuss today at the Dutch Parliament income options for farmers under the new CAP -
Opinion piece: Allow Golden Rice to save lives
- PNAS has published the opinion piece of Felicia Wu, Justus Wesseler, David Zilberman, Robert M. Russell, Chen Chen, and Adrian C. Dubock -
Large online audience for Opening Academic Year 2021
- Although there were limited places available in the room on Monday, the annual ceremony drew 1300 online guests. People appear to be getting used to... -
Post COVID-19 Implications for Genetic Diversity and Genomics Research & Innovation: A Call for Governance and Research Capacity
- At a time of significant technological change and digitization in the biological sciences, the COVID19 pandemic has highlighted again the inequities... -
ICABR Closing Statement: Importance of the bioeconomy often under-estimated.
- Ravello, July 4, 2021
At the conclusion of the 25th International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomy Research Conference, the ICABR Board of Directors... -
Webinar: Meeting the Green Deal goals - How plant science and innovation can contribute
- On June 1st Justus Wesseler (AEP) will give a talk at the Plant ETPs Partner Event for the EU Green Week -
Scientists urge EU to allow the use of novel breeding techniques and modern biotechnology in organic farming
- Unless the European Union allows novel breeding techniques such as gene editing in organic agriculture, Europe’s Farm to Fork strategy will... -
PhD defence Evert Los
- On March 10, 2021 Evert Los successfully defended his PhD thesis: Econometric modelling of heterogeneity and structural changes in Dutch horticulture....
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Latest publications
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Large-scale land investments and land-use conflicts in the agro-pastoral areas of Ethiopia
Land Use Policy 119 (2022). - ISSN 0264-8377 -
The EU's farm-to-fork strategy: An assessment from the perspective of agricultural economics
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (2022). - ISSN 2040-5790 -
Intraday liquidity in soybean complex futures markets
Journal of Futures Markets (2022). - ISSN 0270-7314 - p. 1 - 23. -
The Importance of Improving and Enlarging the Scope of Risk Management to Enhance Resilience in European Agriculture
In: Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe / , Meuwissen, Miranda M. P., Feindt, Peter H., Garrido, Alberto, Mathijs, Erik, Soriano, Bárbara, Urquhart, Julie, Spiegel, Alisa. - : Cambridge University Press - ISBN 9781009098281 - p. 18 - 37. -
Understanding and Addressing the Resilience Crisis of Europe’s Farming Systems : A Synthesis of the Findings from the SURE-Farm Project
In: Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe / , Meuwissen, Miranda M. P., Feindt, Peter H., Garrido, Alberto, Mathijs, Erik, Soriano, Bárbara, Urquhart, Julie, Spiegel, Alisa. - : Cambridge University Press - ISBN 9781009098281 - p. 342 - 374.
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