Production Economics Group
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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.

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Prof. Dr. Niklas Möhring

+49 228 73 - 2890

+49 228 73 2758

Head of the Group Production Economics

News

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., 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
  • 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

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About us

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

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Niklas Möhring

+49 228 73 - 2890

+49 228 73 2758

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Jacqueline Fabula

+49 228 73 - 2890

+49 228 73-2758

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Hans-Theo Simons

Dipl.-Ing. agr. (FH) & Organisationsprogrammierer (IBM)

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Dr. agr. Hermann Ernst Trenkel

Student assistants

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Tom Sailer

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Emmanuel Tolani

Former Staff Members & Alumni

Prof. em. Dr. Ernst Berg

Professor emeritus of Environmental and Production Economics

Projects

We are currently developing research projects in the area of sustainable and resilient production systems and sustainable pest management.


Where to find us

Contact

Production Economics

University of Bonn
Institute for Food and Resource Economics
Meckenheimer Allee 174
D-53115

Email: sekretariat-pe@ilr.uni-bonn.de

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