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Edition 1/2021, 26 March 2021

Welcome to the new IAMO Newsletter!

IAMO is back with an entirely revised newsletter after a longer break. We have adapted the design and implemented necessary technical updates. From now on you can read news about events, projects and publications of the institute again on a regular basis.

We hope you enjoy it!

Events

This year, IAMO Forum will take place as an online conference on the topic "Agrifood systems in the bioeconomy" from 07 to 09 June 2021. Registration for this event is open until 3 June 2021.

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Within the event series “Book a Scientist”, IAMO researcher Frans Hermans answered questions on the topic “The role of biocluster in the transition to a bioeconomy” on 18 March 2021. // read more //

Dr. Ir. Frans Hermans
Tel.: +49 345 2928-134
hermans(at)iamo.de

Projects

Teaching and Research Centre for Animal Husbandry (LVAT) in Groß Kreutz, Brandenburg, Germany © Berner | LVAT

The plans for a model farm with a biorefinery were unveiled at a virtual event on 24 and 25 February 2021. It will be the first of its kind in Germany and aims to promote a sustainable bioeconomy. // read more //

Prof. Dr. Alfons Balmann
Tel.: +49 345 2928-300
balmann(at)iamo.de

Digital tools in agriculture © Budimir Jevtic | Fotolia

A new mobile application is being developed at IAMO to assist farmers in transition economies with their daily decisions related to crop management and implementation of risk management measures. // read more //

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

Orchard in the Republic of Moldava © Aliona Socorov | Pixabay

A new study at IAMO examines the impact of agricultural support programmes in the Republic of Moldova. Farming continues to play an important role in the former Soviet republic, especially fruit and wine growing. // read more //

Dr. Judith Möllers
Tel.: +49 345 2928-245
moellers(at)iamo.de

FORLAND investigates agricultural land markets © csm | Fotolia

After a successful evaluation, the DFG Research Unit FORLAND started its second funding phase. In the project questions related to efficiency and regulation on agricultural land markets are investigated. // read more //

Prof. Dr. Alfons Balmann
Tel.: +49 345 2928-300
balmann(at)iamo.de

Call for Papers

Village in Uzbekistan © John P.A. Lamers

Researchers from the fields of economics, sociology and political sciences are invited to submit contributions on new insights into the reform process of the agricultural sector in Central Asia. Submission deadline is 15 June 2021. // read more //

For a special issue of "Foods", experts from agricultural economics and related fields are asked to submit contributions on the topic of "Food Consumption and Sustainable Agri-Food Chains". Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access journal. // read more //

Releases

Book by Richard H. Tilly and Michael Kopsidis © IAMO

The book by the two economic historians Richard H. Tilly and Michael Kopsidis "From Old Regime to Industrial State. A History of German Industrialization from the Eighteenth Century to World War I" was published by the University of Chicago Press. // read more //

Prof. Dr. Michael Kopsidis
Tel.: +49 345 2928-230
kopsidis(at)iamo.de

The policy brief looks at the benefits of futures markets for farmers and gives recommendations on which hedging strategies can be of advantage. // read more //

Dr. Sören Prehn
Tel.: +49 345 2928-248
prehn(at)iamo.de

The publication reveals substantial mismatches between legal land rights and farmers’ perceptions in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. // read more //

Digitalisation in agriculture +++ China as global player between trade war and epizootics +++ Cotton sector reforms in Central Asia +++ Conflicting values in the German GMO debate? +++
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News from IAMO institute

IAMO is delighted to see its efforts to promote a family-friendly personnel policy recognized: on 10 December 2020, the institute was awarded the "berufundfamilie" (BUF) certificate for the first time. // read more //

Personalia

+++ Since December the Belarusian researcher Aleh Ivanou has been a guest at IAMO. His paper "Authoritarian populism in rural Belarus: distinction, commonalities, and projected finale" was awarded the best academic text on the country by the International Congress of Belarusian Researchers in 2020. +++ IAMO researcher Osama El-Din Ahmed has successfully acquired his habilitation at Cairo University in September 2020 and was appointed associate professor of agricultural economics. +++ After three years of excellent research work at IAMO, Lijuan Miao has returned to Nanjing University of Information and Technology (NUIST). She received the distinguished "Dragon Mountain Award" there and will work as an associate professor at the School of Geographical Sciences in the future. +++ On 23 September 2020, Fang Yin successfully defended her dissertation with the topic: "Cropland changes during 1980 to 2011 in China" in Geography. Congratulations! +++

Staff members of the institute © IAMO

IAMO is looking for a coordinator (m/f/d) in the field of equal opportunities and a student assistant (m/f/d) in the Department Structural Change. // read more //

Further selected publications

; (2021) Still in the shadow of the wall? The case of the Berlin biotechnology cluster. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 53 (1): 73-94.

; ; ; (2021) Women’s empowerment in agriculture and household food insecurity: Evidence from Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan. Land Use Policy 102: .

; ; (2021) Driving factors of direct greenhouse gas emissions from China’s pig industry from 1976 to 2016. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 1 (20): 319-329.

; (2021) Redistributive politics in Russia: The political economy of agricultural subsidies. Comparative Economic Studies 63 (1): 1-30.

; ; ; (2021) What drives the acquisition behavior of agroholdings? Performance analysis of agricultural acquisition targets in Northwest Russia and Ukraine. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 24 (4): 593-613.

; ; ; (2021) Gaining trust in the digital age: The potential of social media for increasing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises. Sustainability 13 (4): .

; ; ; (2021) Reduction of carbon emissions through resource-saving and environment-friendly regional economic integration – Evidence from Wuhan metropolitan area, China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 166: .

; (2021) Deconstructing the attractiveness of biocluster imaginaries. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 23 (2): 227-242.

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