AECP News
New paper published
The paper 'Data on the stated willingness to accept collective agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity conservation of European grassland farmers' led by Viviane Fahrni is published in Data in Brief.
New post on the agricultural policy blog
Reducing the use of copper in viticulture: combinations of measures are the most effective - new blog post on the agricultural policy blog by Robert Finger and Lucca Zachmann.
Neuer Beitrag im Agrarpolitik-Blog
Wie gut können agentenbasierte Modelle die (ex-ante) Evaluation von Agrarpolitik unterstützen? – Neuer Beitrag im Agrarpolitik-Blog von Robert Huber, Jesus Barreiro-Hurle und Robert Finger.
New vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher
New vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher 'Model-based food system evaluation' - Agroscope, with employment in our group from 2028 onwards as part of the Achieve project. Please share in your networks.
Next FRIES Seminar on June 16th
The FRIES seminar series is a joint initiative aimed at fostering interdisciplinary collaboration within and beyond the Institute for Environmental Decisions at ETH Zurich. Isaac Eckert from the McGill University will present on June 16th on the topic 'Spatial planning to achieve 30x30 success'.
Next FRIES Seminar on July 8th
The FRIES seminar series is a joint initiative aimed at fostering interdisciplinary collaboration within and beyond the Institute for Environmental Decisions at ETH Zurich. Jonas Schmitt from the AECP Group will present on July 8th on the topic 'Drought and heat risk in a changing climate under consideration of flexible phenologic'.
Robert Finger was interviewed by Echo der Zeit (SRF)
Interview on the topic of self-sufficiency and the Swiss agricultural sector’s dependence on foreign imports (in German).
New paper in the European Review of Agricultural Economics
The paper “Behavioural and social factors in farm-level agent-based models for European agricultural policy evaluations” by Robert Huber, Jesus Barreiro-Hurle and Robert Finger is now available online.
Hindern ‚Killer Acquisitions‘ durch große Pflanzenschutzmittelhersteller die Verbreitung innovativer Pflanzenschutztechnologien? '
Als Reaktion auf nachteilige Auswirkungen von Pflanzenschutzmitteln zielen öffentliche und private Politikmaßnahmen weltweit darauf ab, die Risiken von Pflanzenschutzmitteln für Mensch und Umwelt zu verringern - ein Blog von Robert Finger.
Alberto Giannecchini joined as a visiting scientist
Today, Alberto Giannecchini from the University of Parma joined our Agricultural Economics and Policy (AECP) Group at ETH Zurich as a visiting scientist for the coming month. We are very happy to have you on board!🥳