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Policy and technology impact assessment
Prof. dr. ir. Eric Tollens
  • The socio-economic impact of agricultural biotechnology in European agriculture
  • Evaluating policies on agricultural technologies
  • Methodological issues on ex ante impact assessment
  • Economic analysis of invasive species in agriculture

Food value chains
Prof. dr. ir. Miet Maertens
  • Value chain governance and vertical coordination
  • The globalization of food supply chains 
  • Socio-economic performance of global food value chains
  • Environmental performance of global food value chains
  • Supply chain upgrading
  • Rent distribution in food supply chains
  • Food standards in international trade and development
Rural livelihoods in South-America and Africa
Prof. dr. ir.  Miet Maertens, Prof. dr. ir. Erik Mathijs and Prof. dr. ir. Eric Tollens
  • Adoption and economics of deficit irrigation of quinoa in the Bolivian Altiplano
  • Integrated soil fertility management, market access and food security in Central Africa
  • Optimal management of farm level resources in the Lake Victoria Basin (Uganda)
  • Restoration and sustainable     management of frankincense forests in Ethiopia
  • Sustainable livelihoods in the Geba Catchment, Tigray, North Ethiopia (Vlir-IUC)
  • Sustainable management of agro-ecosystems in Peru (Vlir-IUC)
Land use change
Prof. dr. ir. Miet Maertens
  • Integrated analysis of land use and land use changes
  • Analysis of spatial decision making mechanisms
  • Land use at the agriculture – forest frontier and deforestation
Organization, transition and environment
Prof. dr. ir. Erik Mathijs
  • Ecological citizenship and politicization: The case of the Transition Towns movement in Flanders
  • Multi-actor collaboration, renewable energy and climate change
  • Transition management and sustainability
  • Action research




 
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