4204-421 | Advanced Policy Analysis Modelling | Vorlesung und Seminar

General Equilibrium Modelling (Modelling approaches; Estimations and Assumptions; Regional, National and International Modells), Mathematical Structures and Solution Algorithms, Models for Agricultural Supply and Environment, Modelling the CAP, Modelling International Trade, Institutions and Transactions, Project: Structure your model

4201-471 | Policies for Sustainability Transitions │Vorlesung mit Übung

Policy fields relevant for sustainable transitions:

• Biodiversity policies
• Animal welfare policies
• Due diligence policies
• Sustainable trade policies
• Deforestation related policies

Students learn for each policy field, what are the objectives, which instruments are used to achieve the objectives, what are relevant context factors, implementation and monitoring issues; relevant actors and their interests; scientific analytic approaches used in the respective policy field

4904-410 - Agricultural Economics Seminar (Winter Term)

Each participating student will be assigned a seminar topic and a tutor at the beginning of the semester, whereby own fields of interest will be taken into account. Participants will have 6-8 weeks to prepare a short paper on the topic (maximum 15 pages) under the supervision of the tutor. Seminar topics can include literature reviews about current issues, book reviews, small empirical analyses, research proposals, and other tasks. In the second half of the semester, the papers will have to be presented orally (15-20 minutes), followed by a critical discussion.

3090-211 | Grundlagen und Sozioökonomie des Ökologischen Landbaus │Vorlesung mit Übung und Exkursion

Geschichte und Grundlagen des Ökologischen Landbaus
Betriebswirtschaft und Agrarpolitik (im ökologischen Landbau)
Märkte und Marketing im Ökologischen Landbau
Übungen und Exkursionen zum Ökologischen Landbau