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Über das Projekt

Modifying and testing available small-scale farm household production models to identify the impacts that particular agricultural innovations bring about for farmers’ output, revenue and profit for food supply and food security. Using stated preference methods for eliciting consumers’ willingness to pay and undertaking test sales for observing consumers’ payments for safe food.

 

UrbanFoodPlus – Sub-project 7: Economic Evaluation of Agricultural Innovations
(BMBF-GlobE: 2013-2018):

 

Recently concluded PhD projects:
Seeger, Christina (2019): Trust, certification and willingness to pay for safe food in West Africa 
Hansen Marc (2019): Essays on the theory-based impact evaluation of projects in developing countries
Hope, Lesley (2019): Assessing the welfare impact of biochar on urban farmers in Tamale and Ouagadougou - an ex-ante analysis

 

Ongoing research:
- Test sales of certified safe food on traditional food markets in Tamale, Ghana (Seeger/Löwenstein)
- Consumers’ stated versus actual willingness to pay for safe food (Seeger/Löwenstein)
- Impact of irrigational infrastructure investment interventions on agricultural households in Myanmar (Om Ki)

 

*CURE: Center for Environmental Management, Energy and Resources

 

Projektlaufzeit

Projektstart:
2013
Projektende:
2018

Projektpartner

Urban Food Plus

Gefördert von

Drittmittelprojekt
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

Projektart

Verbundprojekt