Cocoa is a cash crop which is predominantly cultivated in smallholder agroforestry systems. On a global scale, the expansion of cocoa cultivation area has dominantly taken place in areas of prior primary forests, thereby contributing substantially to the loss of remaining rainforests. Tropical...

Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht, inwiefern Discrete Choice Experimente (DCE) in der landwirtschaftlichen Produktionsökonomie eingesetzt werden können, um das Entscheidungsverhalten von Landwirten zu prognostizieren. Um diese Fragestellung zu beantworten, werden mehrere DCE mit...

Recent reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy shifted the emphasis towards competitiveness of the agricultural sector, rural development and environmentally sound farming approaches, acknowledging the considerable role agriculture plays in protecting nature and landscape. Significant progress...