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Dr. Arnim Kuhn

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Complete CV for download (PDF)

Education:

1988-1990 Apprenticeship in agriculture
1991-1996 Studies of agricultural science, Universities of Bonn and Kiel (Germany)
2000 Dissertation, University of Bonn


Position:

since 2001 Research fellow at ILR, Bonn University

Research areas:

  • Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems in Africa (RCR-Project)
  • Water use in Benin and Morocco (IMPETUS)
  • International Trade in Agricultural Commodities (WATSIM)
  • Agricultural Policy in Transition Countries
  • Economic Modelling

Scientific advisory work:

  • Member of the German Advisory Group with the Ukrainian Government (see www.ier.kiev.ua)

Work as consultant in transition countries:

  • TACIS: Training of farm advisors
  • EU-Phare: Twinning projects

Country experience:

  • Kenya, South Africa, Benin, Morocco, Russia, Ukraine

Languages:

  • German, English, Russian

 

Selected Publications:

    Gaiser T., Judex M., Hiepe C., Kuhn A. (2010): Regional simulation of maize production in tropical savanna fallow systems as affected by fallow availability. Agricultural Systems 103(9):656-665. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.08.004

    Kuhn A., Gaiser T., Gandonou E. (2010): Simulating the effects of tax exemptions on fertiliser use in Benin by linking biophysical and economic models. Agricultural Systems 103(8):509-520. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.05.003

    Heidecke C., Kuhn A., Klose S. (2008): Water pricing options for the Middle Drâa River Basin in Morocco. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2(2):170-187.

    Heidecke, C., Kuhn, A. (2007): Considering salinity effects on crop yields in hydro-economic modelling - the case of a semi-arid river basin in Morocco. In: Water Resources Management IV. Edit. Brebbia, C.A., Kungolos, A.G. 978-1-84564-074-3 Wessex Institute of Technology Press
    Available here

    Heidecke, C., Kuhn, A (2006): Calculating Feasible Charges for Irrigation Water in the Drâa Valley in Southern Morocco. In: Journal of Agriculture and Marine Science 11 S.I. 47-54

    Heidecke, C., Kuhn, A., Klose, S. (2006): The Impact of drought in the Drâa basin in Southern Morocco on Groundwater use Paper presented at the International Conference: Economics of Poverty, Environment and Natural Resource Use. 17-19 May 2006. Wageningen, the Netherlands

    Kuhn, A., Gruber, I. (2006): The Impact of Increasing Land Scarcity on Food Production in Benin. Conference 'Economics of Poverty Environment and Natural Resource Use', ENR, Wageningen.

    Kuhn, A., Gruber, I., Doevenspeck, M., Paeth, H. (2005): The Impact of Resources Pressure and Rainfall Variability on Land Use and Food Supply in Benin. Presentation at the GLOWA-Status Conference 18./19.05.2005, University of Cologne.

    Arnim Kuhn, Tanja Schmidt, Claudia Heidecke (2005): Economic Aspects of Water Management in the Drâa Region (Southeast Morocco). Deutscher Tropentag 2005: The Global Food and Product Chain - Dynamics, Innovations, Conflicts, Strategies University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, October 11 - 13.
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    Ina Gruber, Torbjörn Jansson, Arnim Kuhn (2005): Projecting Benin's Food Gap for 2025. Deutscher Tropentag 2005: The Global Food and Product Chain - Dynamics, Innovations, Conflicts, Strategies University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, October 11 - 13. (Download as PDF)

    Kuhn, A. (2005): A CGE Analysis of Trade Costs in the Russian Agro-Food Sector.
    Agricultural Economics 33:79-90.

    Kuhn, A. (2004): RASMU: Regional Agricultural Sector Model for Ukraine. IER Working Paper, Kiev, November 2004. (Download)

    von Cramon-Taubadel, S., Demyanenko, S., Kuhn, A. [Eds.] (2004): Ukrainian Agriculture - Crisis and Recovery. Aachen: Shaker, 198 pages

    German Advisory Group on Economic Reforms (2004): Towards Higher Standards of Living - An Economic Agenda for Ukraine. Kiev, 93 pages

    Kuhn, A. (2003): From World Market to Trade Flow Modelling - the Re-Designed WATSIM Model. WATSIM AMPS Final Report. Institute for Agricultural Policy, University of Bonn (Download report)

    Witzke, H.P. and Kuhn, A. (2003): Assessing Reform Options for the Sugar Common Market Organisation - Quantitative Analyses with Interlinked Models. Schriften der GeWiSoLa e.V., Bd. 39, pp. 107-115

    Kuhn, A. and Wehrheim, P. (2002): Agricultural Trade Diversion due to EU Eastern Enlargement - A Quantitative Analysis Based on a Partial Equilibrium World Trade Model (WATSIM). Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V., Band 39

    Kuhn, A. (2001): Handelskosten und regionale (Des-)Integration: Russlands Agrarmärkte in der Transformation. Dissertation, Landwirtschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Bonn.

    Kuhn, A. (2000): Regional (Dis-)Integration of Russia's Agro-food Markets. In: Wehrheim, P., E. V. Serova, K. Frohberg, and J. von Braun (eds.), Russia's Agro-food Sector: Towards Truly Functioning Markets. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Kuhn, A. und Wehrheim, P. (1999): Klassifizierung russischer Regionen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft. in: Europa Regional 7 (2), S. 2-9.

    Braun, J. von und A. Kuhn (1998): Information for Improved Policy Making in Developing Countries: A Note on Conceptual Frameworks. In: The Role of Research in Agricultural Policy-Making in Sub-Sahara Africa Expert Consultation Workshop Documentation, Feldafing, 07.-11.04.1997, GTZ, Eschborn.


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