- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Market Dynamics and Volatility
- Global trade and economics
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Indian Economic and Social Development
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Biotechnology and Related Fields
University of Bonn
2016-2025
Kelowna General Hospital
2025
University of British Columbia
2025
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
2020-2024
Bauhaus Luftfahrt
2023
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques
2021
European Council
2019
InterAcademy Partnership
2019
International Food Policy Research Institute
1992-2013
Dillinger Hütte (Germany)
2012-2013
More than forty states worldwide currently pursue explicit political strategies to expand and promote their bioeconomies. This paper assesses these in the context of global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our theoretical framework differentiates between four pathways bioeconomic developments. The extent which developments along lead increased sustainability depends on creation effective governance mechanisms. We distinguish enabling constraining as two fundamental challenges setting up...
The objective of this study is to explore empirical evidence on the quantitative importance supply, demand, and market shocks for price changes in international food commodity markets. To end, it distinguishes between root, conditional, internal drivers using three models: (1) a spike model where monthly returns (spikes) are estimated against oil prices, supply demand shocks, excessive speculative activity; (2) volatility annualized variability prices same set variables plus financial crises...
The complex causes of the current food and agriculture crisis require a comprehensive response. In view urgency assisting people countries in need, first set policy actions an emergency packageconsists steps that can yield immediate impact: 1. expand responses humanitarian assistance to food-insecure threatening government legitimacy, 2. eliminate agricultural export bans restrictions, 3. undertake fast-impact production programs key areas, 4. change biofuel policies. A second actionsa...
The emerging concept of bioeconomy offers several opportunities to address societal challenges. is mainly driven by advances in microbiology, which can be applied various processes that use biological resources shifting consumer preferences and yielding new insights into resource constraints related such issues as climate land. Although expectations are high, less known about the economic importance bioeconomy. This article reviews methodological challenges measuring bioeconomy, approaches...