2019

A new Blog on Precision Farming (in German) was posted by Robert Finger and co-authors

A new blog on the countries role on global soil erosion (in German) was posted by David Wüpper and co-authors

On the global rate of soil erosion. David Wuepper, Pasquale Borrelli, Robert Finger (2019). "Countries and the global rate of soil erosion" in Nature Sustainability

New blog on environmental sustainability of small family farming by David Wüpper, Stefan Wimmer, Johannes Sauer (in German)

An Interview with Robert Finger, Bruno Studer and Hanspeter Hunkeler was published in ETH GLOBE 3/2019 (pp. 21-23)

On the environmental sustainability of family farming. Wüpper, D., Wimmer, S., Sauer, J. 2019. Is small family farming more environmentally sustainable? Evidence from a spatial regression discontinuity design in Germany 

Stefan Hirsch will have a presentation on "Firm names, market power and profitability: Evidence from the German food processing industry"on 13 December, 12:15 to 13:15 at ZUE G1

Antoine Champetier will have a presentation on "The economics of pollination and honey in the U.S.: The roles of almonds, bee losses, and trade" on 22 November, from 12:15 to 13:15 at ZUE G1

We analyzed the value plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands. Schaub, S., Buchmann, N., Lüscher, A., Finger, R. 2019. Economic benefits from plant species diversity in intensively managed grasslands.

Our former AECP master student Marc Chautems won the best poster award at the World Food System Center Research Symposium 2019 for his thesis 'Regional differences in the adoption of organic farming'