Browsing Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften (inkl. GAUSS) by Referee "Spiller, Achim Prof. Dr."
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Klimarisikomanagement - Akzeptanz und Potential satellitenbasierter Indexversicherungen in Deutschland
(2025-03-27)Although drought is the most relevant production risk for farmers in Germany, the demand for weather index insurance remains very low. Given that basis risk is known to be one of the main inhibiting factors of farmers’ ... -
Fundamental Changes in Food: Improving the Toolbox of Simulation Modeling
(2025-02-14)Background
The global agrifood system is critically contributing to the transgression of planetary boundaries (Rockström et al., 2009b, 2009a). Crippa et al. (2021) estimate that the agrifood system ... -
Bewertung der Praxisnähe und des Lösungsbeitrags von Technologien in der Landwirtschaft 4.0 am Beispiel digitaler Höhenmodelle, drohnengestützter Pflanzenbonitur und mechanisch-chemischer Unkrautregulierung
(2024-12-19)Digital technologies are omnipresent and open up new opportunities for agriculture. At the same time, challenges arise when implementing the technologies in practice. OUTCOME SITUATION: Over the years, significant ... -
Betriebswirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Alternativen zur betäubungslosen Ferkelkastration
(2024-12-09)Piglet castration without anaesthesia has long been a common practice in pig farming to avoid boar taint in meat and to produce a homogeneous carcass. Due to the growing societal awareness of animal welfare, this practice ... -
Die Bio-Tierhaltung aus Sicht der Gesellschaft
(2024-11-15)The aim of this dissertation was to assess citizens’ expectations and trust in organic animal husbandry and to identify expectation–reality gaps in organic animal farming. Strengthening consumer trust is an important aspect ... -
Evaluating the Effects of Changing Dietary Patterns on Agricultural Sectors, Trade, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the EU
(2024-08-09)Reducing the consumption of animal-based foods and shifting to a more plant-based diet is seen by many scientists as a contribution to combating climate change and improving the environment and public health (WILLETT et ... -
Essays on Antibiotic Awareness and Antibiotic Use among Farmers in East China
(2024-06-10)Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is among the top 10 threats to global health and imposes substantial economic burdens (WHO, 2012; O’Neill et al., 2016). Antimicrobials used in food animals, exceeding the amount used in human ... -
Export potential for pork produced under higher animal welfare standards: A comparative study of market trends and consumer preferences
(2024-05-08)Pork production has developed steadily in Germany over the past 30 years. The increasing demand from the exporting slaughter companies and increasing producer prices have led pig farmers to invest in their production. As ... -
Die Digitalisierung der Milchwirtschaft: Gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz und Nutzungsbereitschaft unter Landwirten
(2024-02-02)The advancing process of digitalization, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, has already exerted a multifaceted influence across various domains of life and is characterized as a megatrend of the 21st century. ... -
Nachhaltigkeitsherausforderungen und Kommunikationsstrategien im Transformationsprozess Landwirtschaft
(2024-01-30)This dissertation, which focuses on sustainability work and sustainability communication in the field of agriculture, seeks to provide contributions on how German agriculture can position itself more sustainably and how ... -
Analyse des Liquiditätsmanagements in landwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen am Beispiel von niedersächsischen Milchviehbetrieben
(2023-12-08)Dairy farms are increasingly exposed to volatile prices for both milk and input factors in milk pro- duction. Price fluctuations in the world market are more strongly reflected in the EU internal mar- ket than before due ... -
Produktionsökonomische Analyse von Tierwohlmaßnahmen in typischen Milchviehbetrieben Nordwestdeutschlands
(2023-12-01)Farm animal husbandry is the most important sector of the German agriculture and food industry. With an overall share of 22 percent of the production value of agriculture, milk production is of particularly great economic ... -
Caught between theft and rapidly rising prices
(2023-09-08)This Ph.D. Dissertation explores smallholder preferences for contract farming options in the trade of vanilla from Madagascar. It seeks to identify possibilities to increase the mutual benefit of contract farming for both ... -
Intention, Impact and Commitment in Geographical Indication of Origin: The Case of Kintamani Bali Arabica Coffee
(2023-04-25)Market extension and differentiation strategies that specify products based on the geographical indication of origins (GIs) play an important role in countering the impact of neoliberal policy in the agri-food industry. ... -
Zukünftige Anforderungen an Produktinnovationen unter Berücksichtigung globaler Megatrends am Beispiel von biofortifizierten Obst- und Gemüseprodukten
(2023-03-15)Consumer behavior analysis is an essential part of the innovation process for the new product development. Due to the increasing complexity, high-level structures can be reviewed for evaluating the framework conditions ... -
Maßnahmen zur Reduzierung des Pflanzenschutzmitteleinsatzes – Anpassungsoptionen, Kosten und Möglichkeiten zur umweltpolitischen Steuerung
(2023-02-10)Plant protection products are a significant component of conventional arable farming in Germany. They have helped increase land productivity and reduce yield losses, thereby providing a significant contribution to food ... -
Measuring meat consumption with recommendations towards more sustainability
(2023-02-01)The broad public calls for a transformation of food systems and addresses a trilemma by emphasising environmental effects, but also referring to health risks associated with meat-heavy diets. In addition, citizens of many ... -
Consumers' choice of chicken meat. The case of local dual-purpose breeds and local protein feedstuff.
(2022-10-27)As poultry production and consumption have increased over the last decade, current production methods have been under scrutiny by several stakeholders, including consumers. Practices such as culling day-old male chicks ... -
Essays on the Dietary Pattern and Consumer Preference for Sustainable Food
(2022-07-21)With the rapid economic growth, the dietary pattern has undergone great changes in China. The traditional dietary structure high in staple food and vegetables is evolving into Western food diet containing a lot of fat (Guo ... -
Essays on consumer preferences for ethically certified food products
(2022-07-08)This cumulative dissertation contributes to the mounting understanding of the multitude of factors that influence consumers to opt for food products with ethical or sustainable attributes. It consists of four independent ...