The seminar will focus on both theories and empirical applications of policy and governance of agri-food value chains. Emphasis is on applications using various methodologies such as econometrics, simulations, experimental economics, networks, mathematical programming and case studies. Topics: -...

AT THIS EVENT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO: - IDENTIFY new production and investment opportunities across Latin America - LOOK at intra-region and international trade flows and identify supply gaps for both fuel and non-fuel ethanol - HEAR first-hand the strategic issues ethanol producers from across the...

Papers from the following research areas are invited: - Game Theory - Behavioral Economics - Evolutionary Dynamics - General Equilibrium Theory - Decision Theory - Mathematical Finance - Industrial Organization - Computational Economics - Social and Economic Networks - Monetary Economic -...

The AESI 2013 annual conference will include a keynote address as well as contributed papers on themes such as agriculture, the environment, rural development, food marketing, land use and development economics.

The purpose of SAGT is to bring together researchers from Computer Science, Economics, Physics, Biology and Mathematics to present and discuss original research at the intersection of Algorithms and Game Theory.

Theme: 100 years after the land act of 1913 - the state of South Africa’s agriculture and rural sectors. Sub-themes: - The policy environment: Challenges and implications. - Agribusiness and value chain development. - Food security and rural development. - Climate change and environmental issue

Topics list for parallel sessions: - Global and local analyses of food security - Enabling policies for local and global food security - Sustainable intensification of food production systems - Novel ways of feeding 9 billion - Learning from the past to understand the future - Land sparing, land...

The following issues will be addressed: - Agricultural practices that increase the availability of food for poor people, e.g. production for domestic use; land reform, reduction of post-harvest losses; strengthening peri-urban agriculture; sustainable productivity increase, etc. - Policies for...

Das Tagungsthema lautet: "Wie viel Markt und wie viel Regulierung braucht eine nachhaltige Agrarentwicklung?" Zu diesem Tagungsthema bittet das Organisationskomitee um die Einreichung von schriftlichen Beiträgen, die auf der Tagung vorgetragen werden. Ebenfalls willkommen sind Posterbeiträge,...

The theme of the conference will be “Commercializing Agriculture in Africa: Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts”.