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Department Agricultural Policy

External Environment for Agriculture and Policy Analysis

This department researches institutions involved in agricultural development in transition economies from a micro-economic perspective. The work of the Department Agricultural Policy thus contributes to understanding the interconnections between institutions, agricultural policies and transition processes in rural areas of formerly planned economies in Europe and Asia.

Investigations appraise various agricultural policy measures' impacts on producers, consumers and public budgets. Studies also cover various effects of institutional reforms on agricultural production, economic development of rural areas and the use of natural resources. Further themes of interest include organizing agricultural production and food marketing. The theoretical foundation of the department’s work is an elementary component of its applied research and ranges from neoclassical theories via games theory to institutional economics approaches. The department’s scientists publish their research findings in leading international journals and derive scientifically-based policy recommendations.

Latest publications of the department


; (2024) After Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz: Strikes and organic intellectuals in the German meat industry. South East Europe Review (SEER): Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe 26 (2): 227-248.


; ; ; (2024) Heterogeneous effects of weather extremes on different dimensions of poverty in Kyrgyzstan. Environmental Research Letters 19 (1)


; ; (2024) Dynamics of food demand during political instability: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan. Agricultural Economics 55 (1): 41-53.


(2024) Nature’s value: Evidencing a Moldovan terroir through scientific infrastructures. Ethnos 89 (2): 237-252.


; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; (2023) Being a doctoral researcher in the Leibniz Association: 2021 Leibniz PhD Network survey report. 0


(2023) Wine as a “Cultural Product”? Ethnographic notes on work and nationhood in the Republic of Moldova. Comparative Southeast European Studies 71 (4): 565-584.


; ; ; (2023) Russlands Getreideexporte und Angebotsrisiken während des Krieges gegen die Ukraine. Russland-Analysen (443): 2–7.


; ; ; (2023) Russia’s grain exports and supply risks during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russian Analytical Digest (304): 12-17.


; ; ; ; (2023) Resilience in farm technical efficiency and enabling factors: Insights from panel farm enterprise surveys in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. IFPRI Discussion Paper, Washington, D.C..


; (2023) Український ринок продажу сільськогосподарської землі підчас війни Росії проти України. Agro Policy Report, Kiew.


Contact


			Prof. Dr. Thomas Herzfeld

Prof. Dr. Thomas Herzfeld

Director of IAMO,
Head of Department Agricultural Policy
Room: 117

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			Dr. Judith Möllers

Dr. Judith Möllers

Deputy Head of Department Agricultural Policy,
Ombudsperson for Good Scientific Practice
Room: 118

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			Mara Kyritz

Mara Kyritz

Secretariat
Room: 116

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