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Edition 3/2024, 30 September 2024

News in this edition: IAMO Forum 2025 +++ Research trip and agricultural conference in China +++ Serbian students visit IAMO XR Lab +++ IAMO celebrates 30th anniversary +++ and much more.
Photo: Ronstik © AdobeStock

Events

Rural area © AdobeStock

The IAMO Forum 2025 will be held from 18 to 20 June 2025 on “Rural Roots and Routes: Navigating Complexities of Quality of Life, Immobility, and Migration” in Halle (Saale), Germany. // read more //

Dr. Antje Jantsch
jantsch(at)iamo.de

 

Anna Feshchenko
feshchenko(at)iamo.de

 
Agricultural cultivation in Georgia │ Photo: Kerstin Friebel © IAMO

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. // read more //

Dr. Miranda Svanidze
svanidze(at)iamo.de

 

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Thomas Glauben
glauben(at)iamo.de

 
Landscape in Central Asia │ Photo: Evgeniy Agarkov © AdobeStock

From 15 to 16 October 2024, the conference “Beyond Borders: Central Asia in the Face of Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and Migration Challenges” will take place at the Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT), Uzbekistan. Registration is open until 4 October 2024.  // read more //

Dr. Nodir Djanibekov
djanibekov(at)iamo.de

 

Dr. Kathleen Hermans
khermans(at)iamo.de

 

International cooperations

Meeting of the RCRE delegation with IAMO researchers © IAMO

On 9 and 10 September 2024, a delegation from the Research Center for Rural Economics (RCRE) exchanged views with IAMO researchers on the challenges of rural development in Germany and China. // read more //

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Thomas Glauben
glauben(at)iamo.de

 

Dr. Lena Kuhn
kuhn(at)iamo.de

 
German delegation in China © DCZ/CAAS

On a trip organised by the Sino-German Agricultural Centre (DCZ) from 1 to 7 September 2024, IAMO director Thomas Glauben and IAMO senior researcher Zhanli Sun deepened contacts with research institutions in China. // read more //

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Thomas Glauben
glauben(at)iamo.de

 

Dr. Zhanli Sun
sun(at)iamo.de

 
Panel discussion of the forum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan © IAMO

From 5 to 6 September 2024, IAMO researcher Ihtiyor Bobojonov took part in the International Forum of Landlocked Developing Countries on “Food Security and the Sustainable Development Goals”. He emphasised the importance of pilot activities to assess the effectiveness of agricultural policies. // read more //

Dr. Ihtiyor Bobojonov
bobojonov(at)iamo.de

 
SAAE president speaks at the National Assembly of Serbia © Serbian National Television

The president of the Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists (SAAE), Tatjana Brankov, spoke about the collaboration with IAMO at a public hearing on the topic “agricultural policy” at the National Assembly of Serbia in Belgrade on 12 July 2024. // read more //

Dr. Ivan Duric
duric(at)iamo.de

 

Research projects

Presentation of the virtual reality and augmented reality devices at IAMO │ Photo: Ivan Duric © IAMO

Young Researcher from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, undertook a research trip to IAMO in the period from 1 July to 31 August 2024. They learned more about immersive digital technologies for consumer behaviour research. // read more //

Dr. Ivan Duric
duric(at)iamo.de

 

Latest research projects at IAMO

Cooperation between the European Union and Ukraine │ Photo: Rochu 2008 ©AdobeStock

New projects started at IAMO:

“Reaping the Benefits and Minimising the Risks: Integration of the Ukrainian Agricultural and Food Sectors into the European Union” (EUkrBenefits) // read more //

Prof. Dr. Alfons Balmann
balmann(at)iamo.de

 

“Understanding the behavioral factors affecting adoption of sustainable agriculture practices by farmers in Kyrgyzstan” // read more //

Marlen Tynaliev
tynaliev(at)iamo.de

 

News from IAMO institute

Opening speech by IAMO director Thomas Herzfeld │ Photo: Markus Scholz © IAMO

On 4 September 2024, staff and alumni of the institute came together to celebrate “30 Years of IAMO” in Halle (Saale), Germany. // read more //
Total E-Quality logo

This year, the institute was honoured with the TOTAL E-QUALITY award for equal opportunities and diversity. For the third time, IAMO has been granted the award for its equal opportunities-oriented human resources and organizational policy. // read more //

 

Publications

IAMO Annual 2024

Ukrainian Agriculture on the Way to EU Entry +++ BRICS: World Heavyweight in Agricultural Trade +++ Young Farmers in the EU Islands: Farming Beyond the Mainland in the Digital Age +++ Read all articles in the new IAMO Annual. // read more //
Agricultural land in Germany │ Photo: Clemens Jänicke © IAMO

The authors Clemens Jänicke, Alfons Balmann and Daniel Müller discuss in the latest FORLand Policy Brief on “Who owns the land?” questions about the necessity of planned land market regulations in Brandenburg. // read more //

Clemens Jänicke
jaenicke(at)iamo.de

 
The book “Das Französische Ancien Régime als Eigentümergesellschaft?”

August 2024 saw the publication, by De Gruyter, of a new book entitled “Das Französische Ancien Régime als Eigentümergesellschaft?” (The French Ancien Régime as proprietary society?), written by Georg Fertig and IAMO researcher Michael Kopsidis. // read more //

Prof. Dr. Michael Kopsidis
kopsidis(at)iamo.de

 

Personalia

IAMO director Alfons Balmann has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the German-speaking agrifood scene by policy briefing Agrifood.Table. +++ In September 2024, the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP) awarded Alfons Balmann the title of honorary doctor, whilst IAMO researcher Oleksandr Perekhozhuk received the distinction of honorary professor. // read more // +++ On 24 June 2024, Borislav Rajkovic successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Determinants of Consumer Trust towards Food Producers in Serbia: Linkages between Trust Transparency trough Digital Solutions as a Path of Fostering Supply Chain Competitiveness”. +++ We welcome Michael Henke as a new member of staff at the institute. He is head of the IAMO library and works in the administration and central services/technical support department.

Selected publications

; ; (2024) Remitted euros are not equal: The complex spending behaviour of Kosovar households. International Migration

; ; (2024) The effects of social capital and family income on farmers’ participation in rural public goods provision. Journal of Rural Studies 109

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

; ; (2024) When Goliath sells to David: Explaining price gouging perceptions through power. Public Choice

; ; ; (2024) Opinion leaders’ influence on knowledge transmission about crop diseases management: Exploring the attributes that matter to followers. Outlook on Agriculture

; ; ; (2024) An accuracy assessment of satellite-based cotton yield estimation using panel data regression: A case study of Uzbekistan. Environment, Development and Sustainability

; ; ; ; ; (2024) Cross-sectoral collaboration in times of crisis: Comparing the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Public Administration

(2024) Moral value conflicts in the German debate about genetically engineered foods. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety = Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

// List of publications //

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