Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group
Our main research focus is the economic analysis of agriculture, food and rural areas.
Special attention is given to:
• production, trade, processing and consumption of agricultural and food products
• the development of rural areas
• agricultural, rural and food policies
• institutional and organisational aspects of agriculture and rural areas.
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International Conference 2013: Cooperation or Conflict? Economics of natural resources and food
This conference will further economic research on cooperation and conflict at individual, group and international levels. We invite theoretical and empirical contributions from institutional, behavioral, experimental and mainstream economics.
Read moreOur Education
In the course Economics of Agribusiness we teach on the behaviour of stakeholders in agriculture and agribusiness using micro-economic theory and institutional economics.
Our Theses
Students looking for a MSc thesis in relation with future EU enlargements are highly welcome. More specifically, we are interested in one MSc thesis exploring the potential effects of an EU accession of countries of the former Yugoslavia and Albania on the agricultural and agri-business sector of those countries.
Latest publications
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Expanding risk consideration in integrated models - the role of downside risk aversion in irrigation decisions
Environmental Modelling & Software 43 (2013). - ISSN 1364-8152 - p. 169 - 172.
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Adapting crop management practices to climate change: Modeling optimal solutions at the field scale
Agricultural Systems 117 (2013). - ISSN 0308-521X - p. 55 - 65.