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Edition 2/2024, 20 June 2024

News in this edition: IAMO Forum starts on 26 June 2024 +++ Senior researcher accompanied delegation of the Parliamentary State Secretary to Uzbekistan +++ AgEnRes project: Sustainable agriculture for Europe +++ Atlas of discourse errors +++ and much more.

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Events

Studies in agriculture | Photo: MPA STUDIO © AdobeStock

The IAMO Forum 2024 will take place from 26 to 28 June 2024 to discuss “The Functions of Land in Times of Change: Environmental, Social, and Economic perspectives” in Halle (Saale), Germany. // read more //

Anna Feshchenko
Tel.: +49 345 2928-455
feshchenko(at)iamo.de

 

Inspection of seedlings | Photo: littlewolf1989 © AdobeStock

The workshop on “Functional labor market in Ukraine's agriculture for resilient and sustainable development of the sector” will take place in Halle (Saale), Germany, from 24 to 26 June 2024. // read more //

Dr. Inna Levkovych
Tel.: +49 345 2928-232
levkovych(at)iamo.de
 

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Thomas Glauben
Tel.: +49 345 2928-200
glauben(at)iamo.de

 

Lavash in tandoor | Photo: rvbox © IStock

An international workshop entitled “Improving the Functioning of Agri-Food Value Chains in the South Caucasus Region” will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 3 to 5 October 2024. Contributions can still be submitted until 23 June 2024. // read more //

Dr. Miranda Svanidze
Tel.: +49 345 2928-571
svanidze(at)iamo.de

 

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Thomas Glauben
Tel.: +49 345 2928-200
glauben(at)iamo.de

 

International cooperations

Delegation of the Parliamentary State Secretary and representatives of research institutes, universities and non-governmental organisations │ © IAMO

IAMO researcher Ihtiyor Bobojonov accompanied the delegation of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) lead by Parliamentary State Secretary, Dr. Ophelia Nick MdB (Member of the German Bundestag), to Uzbekistan from 28 April to 2 May 2024. // read more //

Dr. Ihtiyor Bobojonov
Tel.: +49 345 2928-247
bobojonov(at)iamo.de

Visit of the IFPRI delegation to the International Agricultural University (IAU) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan │ © IAU/GUCAI

During their visit on 5 April 2024 to the International Agricultural University (IAU) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the delegation from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was informed about the activities of the Chair and their future cooperation. // read more //

Dr. Ihtiyor Bobojonov
Tel.: +49 345 2928-247
bobojonov(at)iamo.de

Research projects

Green energy | Photo: Pcess609 © AdobeStock

The AgEnRes project was launched this year with the aim of promoting sustainable agricultural practices and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. // read more //

Dr. Franziska Appel
Tel.: +49 345 2928-117
appel(at)iamo.de

Agriculture and animal farm concept | Photo: arrowsmith2 © AdobeStock

The project “Towards resilient and sustainable integrated agro-ecosystems through appropriate climate-smart farming practices” (TRUSTFARM) has been granted a one-year extension. // read more //

Prof. Dr. Osama Naser El-Din Ahmed
Tel.: +49 345 2928-250
naser(at)iamo.de

Fatbardh Sallaku, Rector of the Agricultural University of Tirana, at the opening event | Foto: Klaudia Saraci © Agricultural University of Tirana

On 27 March 2024, the official kick-off event for the project “Establishment of a Geoinformation Center for the Western Balkans” (GEO-WB6) took place at the Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania. The center is intended to support the agricultural sector in the Western Balkans during the EU accession process. // read more //

Max Hofmann
Tel.: +49 345 2928-256
hofmann(at)iamo.de

Social debates | Graphic: Julien Eichinger © AdobeStock

Two researchers developed a questionnaire designed to provide users with strategies to help them better navigate socio-political debates. These debates can include topics on agricultural transformation, genetic engineering, sustainable nutrition or climate change. // read more //

IAMO in the Media

Article on global agricultural trade │ © MZ

From farmers' protests to alliances in agriculture - IAMO Director Thomas Glauben in an interview with the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung on global agricultural trade. (in German) // read more //

Report on rental prices for agricultural land │ © FAZ

IAMO Director Alfons Balmann explains to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung the direct link between rental prices and subsidies in agriculture. (in German) // read more //

 

Personalia

Bahareh Mosadegh Sedghy was awarded for the best poster at the annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Society (AES) in March 2024. Her poster is on “The Impact of Export Price Volatility on Market Behaviour in the International Export Market: A Case Study of Canadian and German Pork Exports in China”. +++ IAMO doctoral researcher Johnson Kansiime wins DAAD travel grant to attend the International Society of Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) conference in Malaysia in June 2024. The award is based on the research abstract “Revitalising Rural Well-being: A Novel Approach with the Index of Well-being (IoW)”, which he will present orally at the conference. +++ Ihtiyor Bobojonov has been a member of the editorial board of the Central Asian Journal of Sustainability and Climate Research (CAJSCR) since May 2024. He is an associated editor on the topics of risk management, climate change, agricultural insurance and agricultural supply chains. +++ The defense of Annamaria Hajdu's doctoral thesis on “Institutional Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Agricultural Enterprises amidst Social Movement Debates” took place on 8 April 2024. +++ Barchynai Kimsanova successfully defended her dissertation entitled “On an Unknown Path in an Era of Change: Economic insights from Kyrgyzstan” on 17 June 2024.

Selected publications

; ; ; ; (2024) Can domestic wheat farming meet the climate change-induced challenges of national food security in Uzbekistan?International Journal of Water Resources Development 40 (3): 448-462.

; (2024) Barriers to the adoption of multiple agricultural innovations: Insights from Bt cotton, wheat seeds, herbicides and no-tillage in Pakistan. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 22 (1): .

; ; (2024) Concentration, market imperfections, and interbranch organization in the Italian processed tomato supply chain. Agricultural Economics 55 (4): 603-620.

; ; ; (2024) The effect of income distribution on diet-related environmental footprints: Evidence from urban China. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 68 (2): 483-502.

; ; (2024) Gospel or curse: The impact of religious beliefs on energy poverty in rural China. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11: .

; (2024) BRICS: World heavyweight in agricultural trade. Intereconomics - Review of European Economic Policy 59 (3): 160-166.

; (2024) Revealing agricultural land ownership concentration with cadastral and company network data. Agriculture and Human Values: .

; ; ; (2024) Combining multiple UAV-based indicators for wheat yield estimation, a case study from Germany. European Journal of Remote Sensing 57 (1): .

; ; ; ; ; (2024) Eco-innovative transformation of the urban infrastructure of Ukraine on the way to post-war recovery. Financial and Credit Activity: Problems of Theory and Practice 2 (55): 391-408.

; ; ; (2024) Higher crop rotational diversity in more simplified agricultural landscapes in Northeastern Germany. Landscape Ecology 39 (4): .

; ; ; (2024) The circular economy rebound effect: Reconceptualizing rebound approaches and mitigation opportunities from an ordonomic perspective. Journal of Industrial Ecology 28 (3): 374-385.

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