Institute for Agricultural and Development Politics
The Institute consists of three departments on international agricultural, environmental and development policiy as well as agricultural marketing.
Parent institution:
Justus Liebig University of Gießen (JLU) Details of JLU
Address
Institute for Agricultural and Development Politics
Senckenbergstraße 3
D-35390 Gießen
Hesse
Phone: 49-(0)641-99-37033
Fax: 49-(0)641-99-37039
email: Jutta.Bender(@)agrar.uni-giessen.de
Activities:
- Research
Focus of Research:
- Applied welfare economy
- Competetiveness of the Agribusiness Sector
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Economy of transformation and aspects in globalization
- European and International Agricutlural Policy
- European Right of Food and Feed
- Innovations in Rural Areas
- Institutional Economics
- Integrated economic and ecological assessment of environmental issues
- International Agricultural Trade and Trade Policy
- Partial and general equilibrium models for policy analysis
- Quality assurance systems in the food and feed production
Coordinated projects
- Economic evaluation of land use concepts and their implications for landscape ecology. Modeling and cost-benefit analysis (B ECON) Details of Economic evaluation of land use concepts and their implications for landscape ecology. Modeling and cost-benefit analysis (B ECON)
- Integration of ecological and economic models for the identification of determinants of pasture quality and management of biodiversity (S-D9) Details of Integration of ecological and economic models for the identification of determinants of pasture quality and management of biodiversity (S-D9)
- Price elasticities of demand for organic food: an econometric analysis of price- versus non-price determinants of consumer behaviour Details of Price elasticities of demand for organic food: an econometric analysis of price- versus non-price determinants of consumer behaviour
- SFB 299: Project A4 Details of SFB 299: Project A4
- SFB 299: Project D1 – Regional Interests of Disfavoured and Favoured Agricultural Regions in Different Options of Agricultural Market Policy Details of SFB 299: Project D1 – Regional Interests of Disfavoured and Favoured Agricultural Regions in Different Options of Agricultural Market Policy
Work package leader of collaborative projects:
- SFB 299: Land Use Options for Peripheral Regions Details of SFB 299: Land Use Options for Peripheral Regions