Business Economics Group
Strategically placed within Wageningen UR, the Business Economics Group (BEC) performs research and teaches across a wide range of aspects of agricultural business economics and food supply chains.
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VENI grant for Wilma Steeneveld!
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant to dr. Wilma Steeneveld for a research on the economic consequences of sensors on dairy farms.
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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:
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.
Latest publications
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The future supply of animal-derived protein for human consumption
Trends in Food Science and Technology 29 (2013)1. - ISSN 0924-2244 - p. 62 - 73.
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Prevalence of livestock-associated MRSA on Dutch broiler farms and in people living and/or working on these farms
Epidemiology and Infection 141 (2013)5. - ISSN 0950-2688 - p. 1099 - 1108.
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Prospects for cost reductions from relaxing additional cross-border measures related to livestock trade
Preventive Veterinary Medicine 109 (2013)3-4. - ISSN 0167-5877 - p. 278 - 292.