SGA Annual Conference 2025
«Goal Conflicts and Incentive Structures in Agricultural and Food Policies»
May 8th and 9th, 2025 | Campus Liebefeld, Switzerland
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
Location: Plenary K4+K5 |
Date: Thursday, 08/May/2025 | |
9:45am - 10:00am |
Begrüssung / Welcome Reception Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope |
10:00am - 11:00am |
Plenary Session I Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope The role of agricultural economics research for policy-making – the developments of Swiss ex-ante models Agroscope, Schweiz Ernährungssicherheit durch Nachhaltigkeit von der Produktion bis zum Konsum Direktor Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft / Federal Office for Agriculture, Schweiz |
11:15am - 12:30pm |
Session 1a: Policy Measures: Production Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Robert Finger, ETH Zürich TRQ administration methods: Between market protection and distortion Agroscope, Switzerland A systematic review of lessons learned from collective agri-environmental schemes 1: Agricultural Economics and Policy, Switzerland; 2: Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.; 3: University of Galway; 4: BOKU University; 5: Estonian University of Life Sciences; 6: Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research Assessing the Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts and Trade-offs of a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tax in Swiss Agriculture 1: Economic Modelling and Policy Analysis Group, Agroscope, Tänikon, 8356 Ettenhausen, Switzerland; 2: Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland |
1:45pm - 3:00pm |
Session 2a: Policy Measures: Consumption Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Loredana Sorg, Biovision Foundation Funding the Shift: Public Attitudes towards Financial Support for Sustainable Livestock Farming and Animal Welfare in Germany 1: University of Göttingen, Germany; 2: Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Germany; 3: Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Germany Consumer preferences for different types of sustainability levies Agroscope, Switzerland Towards a sustainable chocolate supply chain: Aligning Swiss consumer preferences with policy measures Swiss Federal Institut for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland |
3:15pm - 4:40pm |
Session 3a: Farmers' Adoption Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope The role of social and personal norms in biodiversity conservation: A segmentation of Swiss farmers 1: Agroscope, Schweiz; 2: Universität Basel, Schweiz Determinants of farmers’ adoption of climate-friendly practices in Western Europe FIBL, Switzerland Behavioural factors and opportunity costs determine farmers' adoption of integrated pest management: A systematic review for European agriculture 1: ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Queen's University Belfast; 3: University of Bonn, Germany Landscape outcomes of collective agri-environmental schemes Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETHZ, Switzerland |
4:40pm - 6:15pm |
Agroscope Tour: Start in Plenary room Location: Plenary K4+K5 |
Date: Friday, 09/May/2025 | |
9:45am - 10:45am |
Plenary Session II Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Robert Finger, ETH Zürich Ist Bio effizient? Biosuisse, Schweiz Navigating the Crossroads: Advancing EU Food System Reform Amid Political Turbulence Wageningen University, - |
11:00am - 12:40pm |
Session 4a: Location matters Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope An LLM analysis of farmers’ struggles and protests in Europe 1: Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; 2: Food System Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland The effect of soil erosion risk exposure on the plot level adoption of soil conservation schemes in Swiss arable agriculture. 1: Department of Food System Sciences, FiBL, Switzerland; 2: Agricultural Economics and Policy Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Which areas in Switzerland are suitable for arable farming? A spatial approach to assessing site-potential Agroscope, Switzerland Location matters: A Geospatial Analysis of Fungus Resistant Grapes in Switzerland 1: ETH Zurich, Schweiz; 2: Agroscope, Schweiz |
1:45pm - 2:30pm |
Session 5a: Case studies: Social Capital & Testing of an Advisory Plattform Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Loredana Sorg, Biovision Foundation The role of social capital in traditional mountain cheese systems: Two examples from Grisons/Southern Switzerland Universität Innsbruck, Österreich Solving Goal Conflicts in Swiss Organic Agriculture: Learning from User Experience Prototype Testing of a Farmer-Centred Advisory Platform 1: Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland, Department of Food System Sciences; 2: Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland, Department of Extension, Training & Communication |
2:30pm - 3:30pm |
SGA-Award Session Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Robert Finger, ETH Zürich |
3:30pm - 3:45pm |
Awards and closing remarks Location: Plenary K4+K5 Chair: Nadja El Benni, Agroscope |
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