We look at the trade-off between smallholder cocoa intensification and the ecosystem in Indonesia and investigate the determinants of environmental efficiency in cocoa production. In our analysis, we apply a distance output function that includes cocoa production and the abundance of native...

[Einleitung und Lernziele] Mit wenigen Ausnahmen kaufen Verbraucher in Industrieländern nur wenige Lebensmittel direkt vom Acker bzw. vom Stall. Stattdessen werden die meisten Agrarerzeugnisse am Ende eines langen und mehrstufigen Weges 'from the farm to the fork' konsumiert. Auf diesem Weg...

[Einleitung und Lernziele] Die landwirtschaftliche Produktion ist die Grundlage der globalen Nahrungsmittelversorgung. Diese Produktion erfolgt in der Regel flächengebunden und damit dezentral. Landwirtschaftliche Güter müssen also transportiert werden, zum Ort der Verarbeitung und/oder zum...

CONTEXT Agricultural management systems of many smallholders in low and middle-income countries depend on services by pollinator populations. However, increased adoption of modern inputs and particularly the wide-spread use of agrochemicals threaten pollinators and smallholders' crop production....

In 2015-16, India was the seventh-largest economy in the world and had more than 200 million people at risk for obesity. Overconsumption of calories from processed foods, an outcome of a country's dietary transition, is known to be an important mechanism that drives risks for obesity. Testing...

Garry Poluschkin und Robert Kirchner, German Economic Team, gehen davon aus, dass der Wiederaufbau der Ukraine eine langfristige multilaterale Herausforderung sein wird, bei der insbesondere die EU eine hervorgehobene Rolle einnehmen wird. Gleichzeitig dürfe die Diskussion der...

Given its national and global importance, agriculture in Ukraine is a key sector to consider when assessing both the damages and losses caused by Russia's attempted invasion and the associated post-war reconstruction needs and challenges. As of September 2022, total war damages and losses for...

The Russian war against Ukraine has put at risk a significant share of global food exports, and has contributed significantly to strongly rising global food prices. This has made poor, food-import dependent countries more vulnerable, with potentially serious humanitarian consequences. The crisis...