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Chair of Economic and Agricultural Policy

Prof. Dr. Thomas Heckelei

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Theodor-Brinkmann-Award for Dr. Sebastian Rasch

"Theodor Brinkmann-Wissenschaftspreis" 2017 goes to Dr. Sebastian Rasch for his PhD-Thesis "Resilience, collapse and reorganization of a rangeland socio-ecological system in South Africa".

 

Publications from the dissertation

Rasch, S., Heckelei, T., Storm, H., Oomen, R., Naumann, C. (2017): Multi-scale resilience of a communal rangeland system in South Africa, Ecological Economics 131: 129-138 Link

Rasch, S., Heckelei, T., Oomen, R. (2016): Reorganizing resource use in a communal livestock productionsocio-ecological system in South Africa, Land Use Policy 52: 221-231 Link

Rasch, S., Heckelei, T., Oomen, R., Naumann, C. (2016): Cooperation and collapse in a communal livestock production SES model – A case from South Africa, Environmental Modelling & Software 75: 402-413 Link

Linstädter, A., Kuhn, A., Naumann, C., Rasch, S., Sandhage-Hofmann, A., Amelung, W., Jordaan, J., Du Preez, C., Bollig, M. (2016): Assessing the resilience of a real-world social-ecological system: lessons from a multidisciplinary evaluation of a South African pastoral system, Ecology and Society 21: 35 Link

 

 

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Last Updated: Thursday, July 13, 2017

News

• Theodor-Brinkmann-Award 2017 for Dr. Sebastian Rasch

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• Vacancies

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• Exam dates summer term 2017

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• Economic and Agricultural Policy Group contribution to 2017 EAAE congress

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Recent publications

• Climate change impacts on crop yields, land use and environment in response to crop sowing dates and thermal time requirements Zimmermann, A., Webber, H., Zhao, G., Ewert, F., Kros, H., Wolf, J., Britz, W. and de Vries, W. (2017):
  "Climate change impacts on crop yields, land use and environment in response to crop sowing dates and thermal time requirements", Agricultural Systems 157, p. 81-92
• Effect of off-farm income on smallholder commercialization: panel evidence from rural households in Ethiopia Woldeyohanes, T. B., Heckelei, T. and Surry, Y. (2017):
  "Effect of off-farm income on smallholder commercialization: panel evidence from rural households in Ethiopia", Agricultural Economics 48(2), p. 207-218
• Metrics, models and foresight for European sustainable food and nutrition security: The vision of the SUSFANS project Rutten, M., Achterbosch, T., de Boer, I., Crespo Cuaresma, J., Geleijnse, M., Havlik, P., Heckelei, T., Ingram, J. S., Leip, A., Marette, S., van Meijl, H., Soler, L. -G., Swinnen, J. F., van't Veer, P., Vervoort, J., Zimmermann, A., Zimmermann, K. and Zurek, M. (2016):
  "Metrics, models and foresight for European sustainable food and nutrition security: The vision of the SUSFANS project", Agricultural Systems (in press)
• Multi-scale resilience of a communal rangeland system in South Africa Rasch, S., Heckelei, T., Storm, H., Oomen, R. and Naumann, C.(2017):
  "Multi-scale resilience of a communal rangeland system in South Africa", Ecological Economics 131, p. 129-138
• Assessing the resilience of a real-world social-ecological system: lessons from a multidisciplinary evaluation of a South African pastoral system Linstädter, A., Kuhn, A., Naumann, C., Rasch, S., Sandhage-Hofmann, A., Amelung, W., Jordaan, J., Du Preez, C. and Bollig, M.(2016):
  "Assessing the resilience of a real-world social-ecological system: lessons from a multidisciplinary evaluation of a South African pastoral system", Ecology and Society 23(3)
• Entry deterring effects of contractual relations in the dairy processing sector Zavelberg, Y., Heckelei, T. and Wieck, C.(2016):
  "Entry deterring effects of contractual relations in the dairy processing sector approach ", Bio-based and Applied Economics 5(1), p. 83-98
• Impact of biofuel development on Malaysian agriculture: a comparative statics, multicommodity, multistage production, partial equilibrium approach Jafari, Y. and Othman, J.(2016):
  "Impact of biofuel development on Malaysian agriculture: a comparative statics, multicommodity, multistage production, partial equilibrium approach ", Food and Energy Security
• Uncertainty in future irrigation water demand and risk of crop failure for maize in Europe Webber, H., Gaiser, T., Oomen, R., Teixeira, E., Zhao, G., Wallach, D., Zimmermann, A., Ewert, F. (2016):
  "Uncertainty in future irrigation water demand and risk of crop failure for maize in Europe", Environmental Research Letters 11(7)
• Directional Volatility Spillovers Between Agricultural, Crude Oil, Real Estate, and Other Financial Markets Grosche, S. and Heckelei, T.(2016):
  "Directional Volatility Spillovers Between Agricultural, Crude Oil, Real Estate, and Other Financial Markets", in: Kalkuhl, M., von Braun, J. and Torero, M. (eds.), Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy: 183 - 205, Springer