Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 21/June/2023 | |||
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer |
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| 9:00am - 9:15am |
Conference Opening Location: Lecture Hall Welcome Address IAMO, Germany |
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| 9:15am - 11:00am |
Plenary Session 1: Geopolitical tensions and international cooperation Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Jens-Peter Loy, CAU The new economic cold war: geoeconomic competition and fragmentation of the world economy Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Rising or falling? International tensions and China’s slowing growth (online presentation) Stanford University, USA Presentation topic to be confirmed Purdue University, USA Agricultural trade and sustainable food systems FAO, Italy |
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| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
A1 Organised Session: From Plate to Politics - The strategies and implications of Chinese food security Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Zhanli Sun, IAMO Food security – China and the World IAMO, Germany Towards sustainable food systems in China Wageningen University, The Netherlands The hog farming of China in a changing world: status, challenges and future perspective Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China „One to per mu“ and „return forests to farmlands“ – some observations on current food security debates. Sino-German Agriculture Centre - IAK Agrar Consulting, Germany |
B1: Agricultural Policy Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Stephan Brosig, IAMO The response of economic, environmental and social indicators to circular economy and sustainable development policies: the case of Eastern Europe 1: Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany/ Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bio-economy; 2: Agribusiness Department/ATC, ICARE Foundation Can technical and environmental efficiency gaps be closed? Evidence from rice production in China (online presentation) 1: China Academy for Rural Development (CARD), Zhejiang University, China; 2: Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany Agri-LCA ability to inform comprehensive sustainable agricultural policy Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine Innovative development strategy of the Ukrainian agriculture sector in the post-war period: European integration and support Poltava State Agrarian University, Ukraine |
C1: Trade 1 Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Ivan Djuric, IAMO The oligopolistic behavior of Kazakh and Russian wheat exporters in the South Caucasus: evidence from a residual demand elasticity analysis 1: Azerbaijan State University of Economics, Azerbaijan; 2: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany The effect of ePhyto on global agrifood trade Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Italy Can trade policies help mitigate future food crises in the NENA region? Regional Centre for Sustainable Adaptation to Global Change in the Middle East (SAGE-Centre), Egypt Impact of post-Soviet economic integration on small economies: Agri-food trade of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Lunch Location: Foyer |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
A2 Organised Session: Developments in Russia’s agricultural sector during the Ukraine war Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Linde Götz, IAMO Snarled in the gray zone: GVCs in the emerging geopolitical context University of California Irvine, United States of America Russia's not-so-secure food security (online presentation) Southern Methodist University, United States of America Sino-Russian agricultural cooperation and alignment: updates since the Ukraine war (online presentation) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden Does the war against Ukraine influence on Russia's food security strategy in the seafood sector? Nord University Business Aschool, Norway Domestic market effects of Russia’s wheat export restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war IAMO, Germany |
B2: Resilience and food security Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans, IAMO Why hedging, as practiced for storable commodities, is not an option for dairy farmers: a critical discussion 1: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany; 2: KSE, Ukraine Farmers' social networks' effects on the sustainable apple production in China_based on agricultural sustainability and economic perspective (online presentation) 1: School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China; 2: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China How food sovereignty can increase farmers’ resilience to climate change (the case of Iran) Shiraz University, Islamic Republic of Iran Smallholder food security: the case of Zambia, Nigeria, Syria, Iraq and Nepal Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic |
C2: Trade 2 Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Oleksandr Perekhozhuk, IAMO Does food import contribute to rising obesity in low and middle-income countries? 1: University of Gastronomic Sciences and Turin Centre on Emerging Economies, Italy; 2: University of Turin and Turin Center on Emerging Economies, Italy Challenges and opportunities for value chains in trans-border livestock trade between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan 1: Justus-Liebig University, Germany; 2: Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU) Determinants of the regional wheat prices in Russia: Quantifying the effects of weather shocks 1: IAMO, Germany; 2: The World Bank Exploring the determinants of livestock transportation across country borders 1: Wageningen University and Research; 2: INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm |
Halle Academic Quartet: Globalization vs Isolation - Diplomacy-Security-Trade Location: Lecture Hall Joint event MLU Halle-Wittenberg, IWH Halle, and IAMO. Simultaneous interpretation (German-English) available. Discussants: Ingo Pies (Chairperson), MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Thomas Glauben, IAMO, Germany Reint E. Gropp, IWH Halle, Germany Johannes Varwick, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Guest: Rudolf G. Adam, a former vice president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND, Bundesnachrichtendienst), Germany |
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| 6:00pm | End of Conference Day 1 Location: Foyer Bus trip to Café Saalekiez for a welcome dinner (outside Halle) Meeting point: foyer, main entrance at 6:15pm. Departure: 6:30pm, by bus Trip duration: 30 minutes Return trips from Saalekiez to Halle: 9:30pm and 10:30pm. |
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| Date: Thursday, 22/June/2023 | |||
| 8:00am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer |
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| 9:00am - 11:00am |
Plenary Session 2: International trade and food security Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Linde Götz, IAMO Feeding the world: The role of agrifood trade FAO, Italy Impact of the Open Balkan on trade and export competitiveness of agri-food sector University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia Agricultural trade and food security in China Nanjing Agricultural University, China The role of Ukraine in international food security: the case study of grains Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Ukraine |
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| 11:00am - 11:30am |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 11:30am - 1:00pm |
A3 Organised Session: Enabling diversification of agri-food exports in the selected Western Balkan countries Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Vlade Zaric, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture Growing success: unlocking opportunities for agricultural exporters FAO, Italy Understanding governance, export structure and new market opportunities for selected fruit exports from Serbia and North Macedonia IAMO, Germany Overview of the FAO/EBRD cooperation on stimulating diversification of agri-food exports in the Balkan and Eastern Europe UN FAO, Italy |
B3 Organised Session: Towards sustainable food consumption and better nutrition: evidence from China Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Yanjun Ren, IAMO Discussants: Yuchun Zhu, Northwest A&F University Rong Kong, Northwest A&F University Yanjun Ren, Northwest A&F University Omid Zamani, Thünen-Institut of Market Analysis Bente Castro Campos, Giessen University Presentations: Better transportation, better dietary quality? Quasi-experimental evidence from the 'Five Vertical and Seven Horizontal' national trunk highway system in China Peking University, China Can information intervention improve dietary quality? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in rural China China Agricultural University, China The impact of famine experience on elderly individuals’ food consumption: evidence from rural China Northwest A&F University, China, China Can access to markets slash food waste? Evidence from China Zhejiang University, China The impact of demographic dynamics on food consumption and its environmental outcomes: evidence from China Northwest A&F University, China |
C3: Climate Change Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Florian Schierhorn, IAMO The role of smartphone-based weather information acquisition on climate change perception accuracy: Cross-country evidence from Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany Possible and Plausible Climate Futures in Central Asia (Analysis with Simple Climate Model – FAIRv2.0.0 in GAMS) CMCC@University of Ca'Foscari, Italy Can crop index insurance increase welfare and climate resilience? An experimental impact analysis from Uzbekistan IAMO, Germany Climate change adaptation strategies enabling a resilient farming system and poverty of rural communities in Morocco 1: University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco; 2: IAMO, Germany; 3: INRA Settat, Morocco; 4: University Cadi Ayyad Marrakech, Morocco. |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Lunch Location: Foyer |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
A4 Organised Session: Agricultural commodity markets in times of crisis Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Miranda Svanidze, IAMO Session Chair: Linde Götz, IAMO Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increased the synchronisation of global commodity prices (online presentation) Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine Agricultural harvests and seasonal conflict (online presentation) University of Sydney, Australia The stability of global wheat trade network in the post-Soviet era Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, Germany Directional aspects of distance in spatial data: crop yields in the US area crop insurance programs North Carolina State University US, USA |
B4: Crisis and trade Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Sören Prehn, IAMO The Covid-19 pandemic and the war on Ukraine: Effects on German milk and butter prices Department of Agricultural Economics, CAU Kiel, Germany Global trade disruptions and impact on the export of agricultural products: The evidence from the network analysis of the Serbian fresh apple export 1: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, Germany; 2: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Serbia Pass-through of crude oil price to wheat prices in Russia: implications to world oil crisis and COVID-19 pandemic IAMO, Germany Organic certification and farmers' market resilience: evidence from the market performance of Chinese apple farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic (online presentation) Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University, China |
C4: Central Asia Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Nodir Djanibekov, IAMO Farm output and incentives to workers: Insights from Central Asia Justus Liebig University Giessen, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers – National Research University Agricultural commercialization and welfare in Kyrgyzstan 1: Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany; 2: Independent researcher The impact of old-age pension on nutritional outcomes: evidence from Kyrgyzstan 1: Northwest A&F University, China; 2: IAMO, Germany; 3: Kiel University, Germany Household resilience and coping strategies to food security: an empirical analysis from Tajikistan 1: IAMO, Germany; 2: IFPRI, USA |
| 4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 4:30pm - 6:30pm |
A5 Organised Session: Crisis-proof Food Systems in the Western Balkans Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Stanimira Penkova, IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH State of the agricultural policy dialogue SWG, Republic of North Macedonia Current agricultural policy developments in the Western Balkan countries Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia State of agricultural knowledge and innovation systems in the Western Balkans Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania Youth and women in the Western Balkans Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies, Germany The Western Balkan soil partnership CIHEAM Bari, Italy Climate adaptation in the Western Balkans Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia Current developments in the EU accession context European Commission, Belgium |
B5: Agricultural production and the environment Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Daniel Mueller, IAMO Study on the spatial relationship between land use carbon emission and ecosystem service value in the Yellow River Basin China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China Do macro agricultural inputs contribute to the rise in greenhouse gases in China? A study from the perspective of environmental risk and sustainability (online presentation) 1: School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China,; 2: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China Assessing the impact of the Russian invasion on cropland extent and grain yields in Ukraine with open satellite data IAMO, Germany From the field to the market: investigating the relationship between agriculture, trade, and carbon emissions in post-Soviet economies Institute of Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research, Uzbekistan |
C5: Nutrition/Food consumption Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Lena Kuhn, IAMO Does place-based policy affect residents’ nutrient intake? Evidence from China (online presentation) Northwest A&F University, China Inequality and environmental impact from food consumption - can the two be reduced jointly? University of Siegen, Germany Does cultural integration benefit dietary quality? Empirical evidence from pastoral areas in China 1: Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Germany; 2: China Center for Agricultural Policy, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, China; 3: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, China Association of common food consumption with socio-demographic indicators of human development: case of Ukraine (1990-2021) Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University, Ukraine |
| 6:30pm | End of Conference Day 2 BBQ at IAMO |
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| Date: Friday, 23/June/2023 | ||
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Registration Location: Foyer |
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| 9:00am - 10:30am |
A6 Organised Session: Opportunities and challenges for European agriculture and rural development in the context of Ukraine’s EU integration Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Heinz-Wilhelm Strubenhoff, Expert APD, German – Ukrainian Agricultural Policy Dialogue (APD) Ukraine's readiness for EU accession ‐ what Ukraine could change in the EU Former Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine, Independent Expert, Ukraine Ukraine's trade relations in light of EU accession - prospects for developing (online presentation) Department of Trade Agreements and Export Development, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Ukraine Impact of Ukraine's accession on the development and strengthening of the EU market Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine Changing agrarian structures in Ukraine and the EU ‐ what the future holds UCAB NGO, Ukraine Ukraine's role in achieving EU Common Agricultural Policy objectives ‐ organic perspectives German-Ukrainian Cooperation Organic Agriculture (COA), Germany |
B6: Information & innovation Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Osama Naser Eldin Ahmed, IAMO Access to information, supervision of quality, and internet meal food safety (online presentation) 1: College of Economics and Management, Zhejiang A & F University, China; 2: Rural Revitalization of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A & F University, China; 3: Institute of Ecological Civilization, Zhejiang A & F University, China; 4: Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology Information, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Evaluating the impact of improved technology adoption in traditional poultry farming on potential outcomes of farmers: evidence from rural Togo 1: University of Nigeria, Nigeria; 2: IAMO, Germany; 3: Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany Agricultural labour and agricultural innovation in China (online presentation) College of Economics and Management, Northwest A&F University, China Organic food supply chain management University of Lethbridge, Canada |
| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer |
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| 11:00am - 12:45pm |
Moderated Panel Discussion: Securing global value chains, geopolitical tensions and food security Location: Lecture Hall Simultaneous interpretation (German-English) available. Moderator: Jens-Peter Loy, University Kiel, Germany Discussants: Per Brodersen, German Agribusiness Alliance, Germany Cornelia Berns, BMEL, Germany Lena Kuhn, IAMO, Germany Etel L. Solingen, University of California, USA Sergiy Zorya, World Bank, Austria/USA |
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| 12:45pm - 1:00pm |
IAMO Forum Closure Location: Lecture Hall |
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| 1:00pm | Lunch Location: Foyer |
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