Economic Modeling of Agricultural Systems Group

Head: PD Dr. Wolfgang Britz
Nußallee 19
(for mail: Nußallee 21)
53115 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: 0228/73-2912
The focus of our work is on the development and application of economic simulation models from farm to global scale to analyze quantitatively questions in the agri-food system related to sustainability and provision of eco-systems services. Recent examples relate to optimal farm management and investment strategies in a changing market and policy environment considering risk, regional scale analysis of structural change and nutrient exchanges between farms in Agent-Based Models and long-term projections of the global food system.
The working group, established in 2017, serves as a hub for economic modeling in research and teaching at institute and faculty level. Master students enrolled in our AFECO program can obtain a minor in economic modeling based on our courses.
We collaborate in numerous projects within international research networks, and offer our students and young researchers an internationally oriented teaching and research environment.
Last updated: Friday, July 09, 2021
News
- New corporate research center "DETECT" with contribution of our group
- Förderpreis der Agrarzeitung für Christoph Pahmeyer
- Aus unserer Forschung: in neuer Ansatz zur Simulation der Auswirkungen von Risiken und Risikopräferenzen auf den optimalen Zeitpunkt und Umfang der Technologieeinführung in der Landwirtschaft
- Aus unserer Forschung:
Bioplastik im Nachhaltigkeits-Dilemma
Bioplastics in the sustainability dilemma - Best video award of DIGICROP conference for Christoph Pahmeyer : "Fruchtfolge: A crop rotation decision support system"
- Video for LCA conference by Lennart Kokemohr : "Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of beef production in Germany based on a farm level optimization level"
- New H2020 research project BATMODEL, 2020-2024
- Contribution to DFG Excellence cluster Phenorob, 2020-2024
- GTAP research fellow award for Wolfgang Britz
- Aus unserer Forschung: Oekonomische und oekologische Bewertung eines Glyphosatverzichts am Beispiel der Silomaisproduktion in Nordrhein-Westfalen