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As part of the Summer School in Agricultural Economics, a course on “Scientific Writing for Agricultural Economists” will take place at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE), Ukraine, from 28 to 31 May 2019. The summer school is aimed at doctoral candidates.

A workshop entitled “Agriculture and society: A multi-stakeholder dialogue for stable and sustainable development” (UaAgriDialog) for researchers, academics and representatives from practice, politics and civil society will take place in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.

+++ IAMO Forum 2019: Registration for early bird ticket prices +++ Workshop on tensions between agriculture and society +++ Effects of social media on the marketing of agricultural products +++ These and more reports in the current IAMO newsletter

In March 2019, researchers Martin Petrick and Nodir Djanibekov published the IAMO Policy Brief 36 entitled “Farm Restructuring in Uzbekistan: What Next?”.

The Agricultural Policy department and Structural Change department (TRAFOBIT project) are looking for student assistants in order to support the research activities.

The German-Ukrainian Summer School in Agricultural Economics “Foundations of Agricultural Economics” was held from 3 to 17 March, 2019 at IAMO in Halle (Saale), Germany.

The Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), IAMO and Welthungerhilfe are conducting an international and interdisciplinary workshop on “Home Gardens as a Coping Strategy in Crises and Humanitarian Emergencies” from 2 to 3 April 2019 in Bonn, Germany.

As part of the cooperation project “Structured Doctoral Programme on Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia” (SUSADICA), a kick-off workshop will be held from 26 to 27 March 2019 at IAMO in Halle (Saale), Germany. The event is being jointly organised by IAMO, Justus Liebig University...

Researchers at IAMO and the Czech University of Life Sciences have published a study on acceptance of genetically modified crops and foods in the online journal PLOS ONE. The focus of the research is upon the extent to which attitudes towards genetic modification in the agri-food sector correlate or...

Within the DFG research group “Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation” (FORLand), IAMO and the University of Bonn conduct interviews concerning the effects of land market regulations for farmers and society.