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Vacancy: PhD position in the political-economic analysis of the EU agricultural policy
IAMO invites applications for a PhD position in the political-economic analysis of the EU agricultural policy for a period of 36 months.
To saturday IAMO present at GFFA
Within the framework of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) IAMO in cooperation with partners is hosting two agricultural policy symposia and is present at GFFA's cooperation market. Simultaneously with the International Green Week the GFFA is organized by the German Federal Ministry of...
ScienceCampus Halle - plant-based bioeconomy (WCH) honoured as "Most Innovative Alliance"
The ScienceCampus Halle - plant-based bioeconomy (WCH) has been awarded the Hugo Junkers Award for Research and Innovation from Saxony-Anhalt 2015. In the Ständehaus Merseburg handed Hartmut Möllring, Minister of Sciences and Economic Affairs of the federal German state Saxony-Anhalt, on 15 December...
IAMO publication were honored with GEWISOLA Award and Best Paper Award
During this year’s GEWISOLA conference ( 23 – 25 September) the Society for Economic and Social Sciences in Agriculture e.V. honored two IAMO contributions. Firstly, agricultural economist Dr. Swetlana Renner received the GEWISOLA Award for her outstanding dissertation entitled “Flexibility of...
Lively debates at the parliamentary evening “Competitiveness: EU research project COMPETE“
On 29 September 2015, the COMPETE team discussed and debated the results of three years of research during the parliamentary evening "Competitiveness: EU research project COMPETE" in Berlin. The event was hosted by the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE), a partner within the...
Social Science Paper honoured with Thyssen Prize
IAMO researcher Michael Kopsidis has been awarded with the 2014 third prize of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the best social science paper in German for his article "Peasant Agriculture and Economic Growth: The Case of Southeast Europe c. 1870-1940 reinterpreted" ("Bäuerliche Landwirtschaft und...
IAMO summer school in Kazakhstan educates and links young scientists from Central Asia
Within the research project „Agricultural Restructuring, Water Scarcity and the Adaptation to Climate Change in Central Asia (AGRIWANET)“ supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), IAMO carried out a summer school for 25 young researchers at the Kazakh National Agrarian...
Joint organized symposium by IAMO and IFPRI at 29th International Conference of Agricultural Economists (ICAE)
IAMO and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) organized a session entitled "Food Security and Food Self-sufficiency in Central Asia" as part of the 29th ICAE in Milan, Italy.
Country case studies on skilled agricultural workers from Russia and Bulgaria
IAMO researchers Vasyl Kvartiuk and Diana Traikova published their current research results entitled “Eastern Europe as a source of skilled agricultural workers in Germany?” in July, 2015. One case study is focusing on Russia, one on Bulgaria.