Production Economics Group
The Production Economics Group strives to identify pathways towards more sustainable and resilient agricultural and food production systems – and to quantify the potential impacts and trade-offs of such transformations. In our research, we combine cutting-edge quantitative methods for the analysis of human behavior and decision-making with a profound understanding of the economic, agronomic and ecological processes in agri-food systems. We work for and with farmers, food-value-chain actors, policymakers and other societal actors to support their decision-making with evidence-based information. We work together with researchers from different disciplines and countries.
Prof. Dr. Niklas Möhring
+49 228 73-2758
26.07.2024
New paper in Agricultural Systems by the Production Economics Group (lead by Robert Finger, ETHZ):
"Towards sustainable crop protection in agriculture: A framework for research and policy"
Find the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104037
Also find a blog article (in German) on the paper here:
https://mohringlab.com/nachhaltiger-pflanzenschutz-in-der-landwirtschaft-grundlagen-fur-politik-und-forschung/
24.07.2024
New paper in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy by the Production Economics Group (lead by Eileen Ziehmann, ETHZ):
"Economics of herbicide-free crop production"
Find the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13461
Also find a blog article (in German) on the paper here:
https://mohringlab.com/okonomische-implikationen-herbizidfreier-weizenproduktion/
14.06.2024
Andreia Arbenz, external PhD student in the Production Economics group, was awarded the Young Researcher Award of the Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Sociology (SGA) for her master thesis "Consumer Acceptance of policy instruments to increase sustainability in food consumption".
Congratulations to Andreia!
22.04.2024
New paper in Food Policy by the Production Economics Group (lead by Robert Finger, ETHZ):
"Europe needs better pesticide policies to reduce impacts on biodiversity"
Find the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102632
Also find a blog article (in German) on the paper here: https://mohringlab.com/europa-braucht-eine-bessere-pflanzenschutzmittelpolitik-um-die-auswirkungen-auf-die-biodiversitat-zu-verringern/
06.02.2024
Niklas Möhring was invited to hold a presentation on “Pathways for advancing pesticide policies” in the Global Change Colloquium of the University Kaiserslautern-Landau.
31.01.2024
New paper in the Q-Open by the Production Economics Group (lead by Esther Devilliers, INRAE):
"Estimation and comparison of the performance of low-input and conventional agricultural production systems"
Find the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoad032
Also find a blog article (in French) on the paper here: https://agrarpolitik-blog.com/2024/01/29/une-comparaison-des-performances-des-systemes-de-production-conventionnels-et-bas-intrants-le-cas-de-la-culture-de-ble-en-suisse/
16.01.2024
New paper in the Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics by the Production Economics Group (lead by Viviana Garcia, ETHZ):
"Risk Perceptions, Preferences, and the Adoption Dynamics of Pesticide-Free Production"
Find the paper here: https://jareonline.org/articles/risk-perceptions-preferences-and-the-adoption-dynamics-of-pesticide-free-production/
Also find a blog article (in German) on the paper here: https://mohringlab.com/risikopraferenzen-und-wahrnehmungen-und-die-teilnahme-an-pestizidfreier-landwirtschaft/
06.12.2023
Niklas Möhring held his inaugural lecture on the topic: "Why we need to talk about Agriculture (and Agricultural Economics)".
23.11.2023
Niklas Möhring holds an invited presentation at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Union in Seville on “Crop insurance and pesticide use in European agriculture”.
21.11.2023
New paper in Nature Plants by the Production Economics Group (lead by Tobias Dalhaus, WUR):
"Rapidly growing subsidization of crop insurance in Europe ignores potential environmental effects"
Find the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01569-9
Also find a blog article (in German) on the paper here: https://mohringlab.com/europaische-subventionen-fur-ernteversicherungen-berucksichtigen-potentielle-umwelteffekte-nicht/
03.11.2023
Niklas Möhring is invited as keynote speaker at the “Azole Resistance International Meeting” at Wageningen University on Nomvember 3rd , 2023. He will speak on the topic of “Pathways for advancing pesticide policies”.
02.11.2023
Niklas Möhring is invited as keynote speaker at the “Fortbildung Pflanzenbau” of the “Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen” on November 2nd , 2023.
Recent publications:
- Dalhaus, T., Wu, J., & Möhring, N. (2023). Rapidly growing subsidization of crop insurance in Europe ignores potential environmental effects. Nature Plants, 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01569-9
- Devilliers, E., Möhring, N., & Finger, R. (2023). Estimation and comparison of the performance of low-input and conventional agricultural production systems. Q Open, qoad032. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoad032
- Finger, R., Sok, J., Ahovi, E., Akter, S., Bremmer, J., Dachbrodt-Saaydeh, S., ... & Möhring, N. (2024). Towards sustainable crop protection in agriculture: A framework for research and policy. Agricultural Systems, 219, 104037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104037
- Finger, R., Möhring, N., & Kudsk, P. (2023). Glyphosate ban will have economic impacts on European agriculture but effects are heterogenous and uncertain. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 286. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00951-x
- Finger, R., Schneider, K., Candel, J., & Möhring, N. (2024). Europe needs better pesticide policies to reduce impacts on biodiversity. Food Policy, 125, 102632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102632
- Garcia, V., Möhring, N., Wang, Y., & Finger, R. (2024). Risk Perceptions, Preferences, and the Adoption Dynamics of Pesticide-Free Production. Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics, 49(1). https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000651437
- Möhring, N., Kanter, D., Aziz, T., Castro, I. B., Maggi, F., Schulte-Uebbing, L., ... & Leadley, P. (2023). Successful implementation of global targets to reduce nutrient and pesticide pollution requires suitable indicators. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02120-x
- Möhring, N., Huber, R., & Finger, R. (2023). Combining ex-ante and ex-post assessments to support the sustainable transformation of agriculture: The case of Swiss pesticide-free wheat production. Q Open, 3(3), qoac022. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoac022
- Wang, Y., Möhring, N., & Finger, R. (2023). When my neighbors matter: Spillover effects in the adoption of large‐scale pesticide‐free wheat production. Agricultural Economics, 54(2), 256-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12766
- Ziehmann, E., Möhring, N., & Finger, R. (2024). Economics of herbicide‐free crop production. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13461
Communication and Outreach:
- Science brief for the United Nations Global biodiversity framework (Lead on pesticide pollution): David Kanter, Niklas Möhring, Paul Leadley, Tariq Aziz, Italo Castro, Federico Maggi, Ralf Schulz, Lena Schulte-Uebbing, Fiona Tang, Xin Zhang. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Science briefs on targets, goals and monitoring in support of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework negotiations. 2022. https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/6053/38a4/3710d6e83f5b006ef774607d/wg2020-04-inf-02-rev-01-en.pdf
- Blog on the Earth & Environmental Sciences Blog about our paper “Glyphosate ban will have economic impacts on European agriculture but effects are heterogeneous and uncertain”: https://earthenvironmentcommunity.nature.com/posts/economic-effects-of-a-glyphosate-ban-on-european-agriculture
For further information please visit the German version of the website
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The Production Economics Group strives to identify pathways towards more sustainable and resilient agricultural and food production systems – and to quantify the potential impacts and trade-offs of such transformations. In our research, we combine cutting-edge quantitative methods for the analysis of human behavior and decision-making with a profound understanding of the economic, agronomic and ecological processes in agri-food systems. We work for and with farmers, food-value-chain actors, policymakers and other societal actors to support their decision-making with evidence-based information. We work together with researchers from different disciplines and countries.
Staff
Niklas Möhring
+49 228 73-2758
Jacqueline Fabula
+49 228 73-2758
Hans-Theo Simons
Dipl.-Ing. agr. (FH) & Organisationsprogrammierer (IBM)
Student assistants
External PhD candidates
Tom Sailer
Emmanuel Tolani
Andreia Arbenz
Former Staff Members & Alumni
Prof. em. Dr. Ernst Berg
Professor emeritus of Environmental and Production Economics
Where to find us
Production Economics
University of Bonn
Institute for Food and Resource Economics
Meckenheimer Allee 174
D-53115