Peer Reviewed

Melder, S., Falk, K. & Feuerbacher, A. (2026). Contextualizing the avocado’s virtual water footprint: media discourse and water-stress-adjusted comparisons. Environmental Research Communications, Volume 8, Number 7. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ae78b1
Feuerbacher, A., Vargas-Carpintero, R., Weik, J., Schlecht, V. (2026). Exploring the biodiversity-bioeconomy nexus. Bioeconomy, 717-733. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-09098-0_40
Krumbe,F., Wongnaa, C.C. & Feuerbacher, A. (2026). Small Midges, Major Consequences: Partial Declines in Cocoa Pollination and Their Economic Impact in West Africa and Beyond. Agricultural Economics, Volume 57, Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.70117
Bücheler, H., Neumann, S., Feuerbacher, A. & Bieling, C. (2026). Harnessing the potential of transdisciplinary practice for the transformation of agri-food systems: A review of methodological challenges in participatory scenario development, Futures, 183, 103882, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103882
Levers, C., Helfenstein, J., Bürgi, M., Debonne, N., Diogo, V., Dossche, R., Herzog, F., Li, Y., Mohr, F., Swart, R., Williams, T.G., Verburg, P.H. (2026).Conceptualising and mapping polarisation trends in land systems. Ambio, Volume 55(7), 1585-1602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02344-0
Bücheler, H., BoschIs, C. (2026). Is community-supported agriculture a case of real utopia? The case of Germany. Agroecology and sustainable food systems, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2026.2635585
Krumbe, F., Melder, S. & Feuerbacher, A. (2025). The vital role of pollination services in seed production: A global review. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 393, 109745. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109745
Diogo, V., Williams, T. G., Debonne, N., Levers, C., Herzog, F., Bürgi, M., & Verburg, P. H. (2025). Developing an Agricultural Futures Framework to explore the option space for agricultural change in Europe under alternative value perspectives. Sustainability Science, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01612-4
Conti, C., Hall, A., Kok, K., Olsson, P., Moore, M.-L., Kremen, C., Laila, A., Gordon, L. J., Barnhill, A., te Wierik, S., Norberg, A., Carducci, B., Bajaj, S., Gibson, M., Diniz Oliveira, T., Bunge, A. C., Williams, T. G., Mazac, R., Scheuermann, M., & Fanzo, J. (2025). A quest for questions: The JUSTRA as a matrix for navigating just food system transformations in an era of uncertainty. One Earth, 8(2), 101178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101178
Li, Y., Helfenstein, J., Swart, R., Levers, C., Mohr, F., Diogo, V., Bürgi, M., Williams, T. G., Zafeiriou, R., Zarina, A., Ammann, J., Rolo, V., Verburg, P. H., Beckmann, M., Hernik, J., Kizos, T., & Herzog, F. (2025). Agroecological and technological practices in European arable farming: Past uptake and expert visions for future development. Land Use Policy, 153, 107553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107553
Williams, T. G., Brown, C., Diogo, V., Magliocca, N. R., Molla, N., Rounsevell, M. D. A., Zagaria, C., & Verburg, P. H. (2025). Power dynamics shape sustainability transitions in a modeled food system. One Earth, 8(1), 101158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.11.012
Feuerbacher, A. (2025). Pollinator declines, international trade and global food security: Reassessing the global economic and nutritional impacts. Ecological Economics, 232, 1–14. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108565
Feuerbacher, A., Kempen, M., Steidle, J.L.M. & Wieck, C. (2025). The economic, agricultural, and food security repercussions of a wild pollinator collapse in Europe. Nature Communications Vol. 16, 9892. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65414-7
Feuerbacher, A., & Flaig, D. (2025). Tourism in Africa and economic vulnerabilities to exogenous shocks. Economic Modelling, 107258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2025.107258
Streit, L., Feuerbacher, A., & Röhl, M. (2025). Market-based instruments for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: An evaluation of quality criteria in a German case study. Environmental Management, 75(6), 1472–1486. doi:10.1007/s00267-025-02162-w
Alarcon-Segura, V., Grass, I., Feuerbacher, A., Gonzales-Chavez, A., & Mupepele, A.-C. (2025). Semi-natural habitats and their contribution to crop productivity through pollination and pest control: a systematic review. Landscape Ecology, 40, 1–15. doi:10.1007/s10980-025-02160-7
Bücheler, H., Bieling, C., & Feuerbacher, A. (2024). Exploring private financing for biodiversity conservation: stakeholder perspectives and governance in the case of wildflower strips in Germany. Ecosystems and People, 20(1), 1–18. doi:10.1080/26395916.2024.2420068
Trommsdorff, M., Nekolla, J., Schwendemann, N., Butt, N.Z. & Feuerbacher, A. (2024). Economic performance of agrivoltaic systems: a comprehensive analysis. Agrivoltaics : Technical, ecological, commercial and legal aspects, Chapter 9, doi/10.1049/pbpo245e_ch9.
Sponagel, C., Weik, J., Feuerbacher, A., & Bahrs, E. (2024). Exploring the climate change mitigation potential and regional distribution of agrivoltaics with geodata-based farm economic modelling and life cycle assessment. Journal of Environmental Management, 359, 1–14. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121021
Rai, A., Zangpo, D., & Feuerbacher, A. (2024). Land cover changes and hydropower in Bhutan: Analyzing trade-offs in economic and ecosystem impacts. Energy for Sustainable Development, 78, 1–16. doi:10.1016/j.esd.2023.101371
Feuerbacher, A., Herbold, T., & Krumbe, F. (2024). The economic value of pollination services for seed production: A blind spot deserving attention. Environmental & Resource Economics, 87(4), 881–905. doi:10.1007/s10640-024-00840-7
Tshotsho, T., Lippert, C., Zikeli, S., Krimly, T., Barissoul, A., & Feuerbacher, A. (2024). The role of management and farming practices, yield gaps, nutrient balance, and institutional settings in the context of large-scale organic conversion in Bhutan. Agricultural Systems, 220, 1–17. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104057
Babajani, A., Muehlberger, S., Feuerbacher, A., & Wieck, C. (2023). Drivers and challenges of large-scale conversion policies to organic and agro-chemical free agriculture in South Asia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 21(1), 1–25. doi:10.1080/14735903.2023.2262372
Sponagel, C., Feuerbacher, A., Bendel, D., Weber, T. K. D., & Bahrs, E. (2023). Economic and agronomic impacts of agrivoltaics on arable land use at the example of the Stuttgart Region. German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 72(2), 101–116. doi:10.30430/gjae.2023.0334
Feuerbacher, A., & Luckmann, J. (2023). Labour-saving technologies in smallholder agriculture. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 67(1), 56–82. doi:10.1111/1467-8489.12502
Tshotsho, T., Lippert, C., & Feuerbacher, A. (2023). Organic agriculture, labour exchange, and social networks. Organic Agriculture, 13(1), 83–98. doi:10.1007/s13165-022-00416-z
Laub, M., Pataczek, L., Feuerbacher, A., Zikeli, S., & Högy, P. (2022). Contrasting yield responses at varying levels of shade suggest different suitability of crops for dual land-use systems. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 42(3), 1–13. doi:10.1007/s13593-022-00783-7
Feuerbacher, A., Herrmann, T., Neuenfeldt, S., Laub, M., & Gocht, A. (2022). Estimating the economics and adoption potential of agrivoltaics in Germany using a farm-level bottom-up approach. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 168, 112784. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112784
Berndt, M., Boysen-Urban, K., Ehjeij, S., Espey, A., Feuerbacher, A., Flaig, D., Heimann, H., Hess, S., Kempen, M, Schünemann, F. & Wieck, C. (2022). Implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine for the global agri-food sector. German Journal of Agricultural Economics, 71(3), 134–149. doi:10.30430/gjae.2022.0310
Feuerbacher, A., McDonald, S., & Thierfelder, K. E. (2022). Peasant farmers and pandemics. Economic Systems Research, 34(4), 491–518. doi:10.1080/09535314.2021.1963684
Feuerbacher, A., Laub, M., Högy, P., Lippert, C., Pataczek, L., Schindele, S., Wieck, C. & Zikeli, S. (2021). An analytical framework to estimate the economics and adoption potential of dual land-use systems: the case of agrivoltaics. Agricultural Systems, 192, 103193. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103193
Feuerbacher, A., Lippert, C., Kuenzang, J., & Subedi, K. (2021). Low-cost electric fencing for peaceful coexistence: an analysis of human-wildlife conflict mitigation strategies in smallholder agriculture. Biological Conservation, 255, 108919. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108919
Stepanyan, D., Grethe, H., Zimmermann, G., Siddig, K., Deppermann, A., Feuerbacher, A., Luckmann, J., Valin, H., Nishizawa, T., Ermolieva, T. & Havlik, P. (2021). Multiple rotations of Gaussian quadratures: An efficient method for uncertainty analyses in large-scale simulation models. Environmental Modelling & Software, 136, 1–20. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104929
Feuerbacher, A., Rai, A., Lofgren, H., Sander, K., & Grethe, H. (2021). Policies to reconcile forest conservation and rural development: a pathway to bridge the forest transition in Bhutan? Land Use Policy, 109, 105647. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105647
Lippert, C., Feuerbacher, A., & Narjes, M. (2021). Revisiting the economic valuation of agricultural losses due to large-scale changes in pollinator populations. Ecological Economics, 180, 1–14. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106860
Feuerbacher, A., McDonald, S., Dukpa, C., & Grethe, H. (2020). Seasonal rural labor markets and their relevance to policy analyses in developing countries. Food Policy, 93, 101875. doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.1018
Feuerbacher, A., Luckmann, J., Boysen, O., Zikeli, S., & Grethe, H. (2018). Is Bhutan destined for 100% organic? PLOS ONE, 13(6), 1–24. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199025