Arno Becker

Agricultural Economist (Dipl.-Ing.agr.)

Phone: +49-228-73 2326
Fax: +49-228-73 4693
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Short CV

Doctoral project (pdf)

Research interest:

Analysis of economic and environmental impacts of an increasing global biofuel production on the agricultural sector

Research projects:

EUMercoPol - Analysis of the competitiveness of Mercosur's key agri-food sectors, comparison of policies and the ex-ante impact of EU-Mercosur trade liberalisation (finalised)
EC4MACS - European Consortium for Modelling of Air Pollution and Climate Strategies (ILR Project description) (ongoing)
IPTS/DG-JRC, Project No J05/32/2008 - Integrated Impact Assessment of an Increase in Biofuel Demand in Europe: The Economic and Technological Dimension (finalised)

Academic education:

10/2001 - 04/2006

Agricultural Science (Specialisation in Agricultural Economics), Bonn University. Germany

Employments:

Since 01/2007	Research assistance at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn. Germany
10/2005 - 04/2006	Student apprentice, German Association of Biogenous and Renewable Fuels (BBK). Erkner (Berlin), Germany
10/2005 - 04/2006	Student apprentice, ALENSYS AG (Alternative Energy Systems).Erkner (Berlin), Germany
05/2005 - 08/2005	Student assistance, Institute for Agricultural Business Economics, University of Bonn. Germany
10/2004 - 01/2005	Internship at the Maltamore Nahrungsgesellschaft mbH, Department Marketing. Andernach,Germany

Conference Presentations and Lectures:

06 - 07/09/2007	First International Congress on Plant Oil Fuels, Erfurt, Germany General conditions, policies on subsidies and regional added value potentials of decentralized rape oil production
12/11/2007	Chamber of Commerce Abroad - Business travel Renewable Energies. Moscow, Russia Regulatory framework, current market situation and technical status quo of biofuels in the European Union, particular in Germany
26-29/08/2008	Poster presentation: 12th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, Ghent, Belgium Biomass for energy production in the context of European and international policy objectives
24-26/09/2008	Poster presentation: 48th Annual Meeting of the GEWISOLA "Risiken in der Agrar- und Ernaehrungswirtschaft und ihre Bewaeltigung", Bonn, Germany Kraftstoffproduktion aus Biomasse im Kontext ausgewaehlter europaeischer und internationaler Politikziele
27-29/06/2010	Public Trade Policy Research and Analysis Symposium 2010 of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) "Climate Change in World Agriculture: Mitigation, Adaptation, Trade and Food Security", Suttgart - Hohenheim, Germany: "Impacts of European biofuel policies on agricultural markets and environment under consideration of 2nd generation technologies and international trade"
16/07/2010	University of Bonn, International Office, Summer School on Renewable Energy - Policy and Development: "Biofuels in the European Union: Policy design, Market development and Prospects"

Piketty, M., Weissleder, L., Filho, H., Batalha, M., Adenaeuer, M., Becker, A. : Assessing agricultural trade policies options with European Union: A Brazilian perspective. Agricultural Economics 40 (2009), 447-457.

Breuer, T., Delzeit, R., Becker, A. (2008): Biofuels: Renaissance der Kraftstoffe vom Acker. Geographische Rundschau, Jan. 1/2008

Breuer, T., Becker, A. (2008): Pflanzenoel als Kraftstoff - Rahmenbedingungen, Foerderinstrumente und regionale Wertschoepfungspotenziale in Deutschland. Berichte ueber Landwirtschaft, Band 86 (2)

Other Publications:

Breuer, T., Becker, A.(2007): General conditions, policies on subsidies and regional added value potentials of decentralized rape oil production In: Conference proceedings: First International Congress on Plant Oil Fuels, Erfurt

Becker, A. (2009): Kraftstoffproduktion aus Biomasse im Kontext ausgewaehlter europaeischer und internationaler Politikziele. In: Schriften der Gesellschaft fuer Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V., Band 44 2009, Risiken in der Ernaehrungswirtschaft und ihre Bewaeltigung

Becker, A., Adenaeuer, M., Blanco Fonseca, M.(2010): Impacts of European biofuel policies on agricultural markets and environment under consideration of 2nd generation technologies and international trade Conference paper: IATRC Symposium 2010 "Climate Change in World Agriculture: Mitigation, Adaptation, trade and Food Security" Stuttgart-Hohenheim

Becker, A., Adenaeuer, M., Blanco Fonseca, M., Witzke, P.(2010): Development of a biofuel database for the CAPRI modelling system Technical Paper 2010:1, Institute for Food and Ressource Economics (ILR), Editior: Prof. Dr. Thomas Heckelei

Project Reports:

Witzke, H.P., Becker, A. (2008): Interim Report on modelling methodology
European Consortium for Modelling of Air Pollution and Climate Strategies (EC4MACS):Interim Report, 30.04.2008

Weissleder, L., Becker, A., Adenaeuer, M., Britz, W., Junker, F., Heckelei, T. (2008): EU-Mercosur impact assessment of trade liberalisation scenarios using the CAPRI modelling system. EUMercoPol Report No. 21, EU 6th Framework Programme, Contract No. 6516.

Becker, A., Adenaeuer, M. (2009): Integrated Impact Assessment of an Increase in Biofuel Demand in Europe: The Economic and Technological Dimension
Deliverable 1 and 2: Technical documentation of the ubdated CAPRI-biofuel module and Description of the baseline construction with the preliminary CAPRI-biofuel module. Contract IPTS no. 151250-2008 A08-DE, 18.09.09

Witzke, H.P., Kempen, M., Becker, A. (2009): Agricultural projections for the interim assessment delivered to GAINS and Documentation of data for the interim assessment
European Consortium for Modelling of Air Pollution and Climate Strategies (EC4MACS):Interim Report, 31.01.2009

Becker, A., Adenaeuer, M. (2010): Integrated Impact Assessment of an Increase in Biofuel Demand in Europe: The Economic and Technological Dimension
Deliverable 3: Documentation of model chain. Contract IPTS no. 151250-2008 A08-DE, 19.04.10

Becker, A., Adenaeuer, M. (2010): Integrated Impact Assessment of an Increase in Biofuel Demand in Europe: The Economic and Technological Dimension
Deliverable 4: Final Report. Contract IPTS no. 151250-2008 A08-DE, 30.06.10

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