Robert Huber
@robehube.bsky.social
Researcher in the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group ETH Zürich
Last week, the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zürich farewelled Dr. Nicolas Alou who recently completed his doctorate at ETH Zurich. Congratulations and all the best Nico! Thank you for a wonderful and inspiring time in our AECP group. We wish you all the best for the next steps!
Wie kann ein klimafreundliches Schweizer Agrar- und Ernährungssystem Realität werden? Blog Post zu unserem neuen Projekt im Rahmen des SWEET Konsortium ACHIEVE agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/08/03/w... @maikenmelanie.bsky.social @robehube.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
'Adoption Dynamics of Fungus-Resistant Grapevine Varieties: A Real Options Approach' New paper in Agricultural Economics 🥳 led by Eileen Ziehmann 👏 and with Niklas Möhring Open Acess doi.org/10.1111/agec...
'Probabilistic Tillage Mapping at Scale: Fusing Predictions from a Theory-Based Agronomic Model and a Bayesian Neural Network' Joins us next week for a FRIES Seminar by Alexa Leyens, University of Bonn July 13 at ETH or via zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/61682523452 FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Réduire l’utilisation du cuivre en viticulture : les combinaisons de mesures sont les plus efficaces ICYMI : nouveau billet sur le blog Agrarpolitik. Lead: Lucca Zachmann agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/06/11/r... Article publié dans Crop Protection: doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
'Unlocking Agricultural Policy Potential through Digitalization and New Instruments' I am looking forward to giving a presentation at Humboldt University in Berlin next week. July 02, 14:00 (CEST). Lecture Hall 4, Building 4, Philippstraße 12, Berlin & Online via Zoom: lnkd.in/eJ_TyFWe
‚Data on the stated willingness to accept collective agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity conservation of European grassland farmers‘ ICYMI: new paper in Data in Brief 🥳 led by Viviane Fahrni and @robehube.bsky.social 👏 with many further coauthors www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Open data - open science! This valuable work led by Viviane Fahrni and @robehube.bsky.social in the @biodiversa.eu project @greenet-project.bsky.social coordinated @bab.gv.at offers comparable data on a choice experiment, attitudes & preferences of farmers on biodiversity in 6 countries in Europe.
GreeNet Project@greenet-project.bsky.social · last mo.New output from GreeNet 🌱 The data from our choice experiment on farmers’ willingness to participate in collective agri-environmental schemes across six European countries is now published in Data in Brief. @biodiversa.eu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‚Agentenbasierte Modelle zur Unterstützung von Politik in der europäischen Landwirtschaft: Fortschritte und Herausforderungen‘ ICYMI: neuer Agrarpolitik-Blog, lead Robert Huber und mit Jesus Barreiro-Hurle agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/06/12/a... @robehube.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
1/ We have a new paper out showing that accounting for quality more than doubles the estimated heat damages on US dairy production. Story: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... Paper: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... Code: doi.org/10.6077/COSA8S
‘Double the damage’: Warming climate reduces milk quality and quantity | Cornell Chronicle
Heat stress on dairy cows not only decreases the amount of milk produced but also the fat and protein content, doubling the economic losses.
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Join us next week at the AgriBusiness Global Live Webinar on 'Digital innovations for sustainable crop protection' June 29, 2.00 p.m. (CEST) / 8:00 a.m. (ET) Registration www.agribusinessglobal.com/agribusiness... Background paper doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
New output from GreeNet 🌱 The data from our choice experiment on farmers’ willingness to participate in collective agri-environmental schemes across six European countries is now published in Data in Brief. @biodiversa.eu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The meeting allowed us to discuss diverse European agri-environmental policies that tackle collaboration at landscape scale. The excursion to the wonderful flowering alpine meadows of Feldis/GR taught us opportunities and challenges of in-situ conservation in agriculture.
GreeNet Project@greenet-project.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe GreeNet project held its annual assembly this week at Plantahof in the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. A fantastic opportunity for discussions, knowledge exchange, and collaboration across our research team (even during a very rainy excursion). 🌱🌍 #Biodiversity, #Agriculture @biodiversa.eu
The GreeNet project held its annual assembly this week at Plantahof in the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. A fantastic opportunity for discussions, knowledge exchange, and collaboration across our research team (even during a very rainy excursion). 🌱🌍 #Biodiversity, #Agriculture @biodiversa.eu
‚Do killer acquisitions by large pesticide producers hold back innovative pest control technologies?‘ ICYMI: New paper in Q Open led by Maximlian Koppenberg and with Ayoub Barissoul, Stefan Hirsch and @tobidal.bsky.social Open Access: academic.oup.com/qopen/articl...
‚Behavioural and social factors in farm-level agent-based models for European agricultural policy evaluations‘ ICYMI: new paper in the European Review of Agricultural Economics 🥳 led by @robehube.bsky.social and with Jesús Barreiro-Hurlé Open Access academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
I am pleased to share our new paper in the ERAE, co-authored with Jesus Barreiro-Hurle and @robertfinger.bsky.social : Behavioural and social factors in farm-level agent-based models for European agricultural policy evaluations academic.oup.com/erae/advance...
Behavioural and social factors in farm-level agent-based models for European agricultural policy evaluations
Abstract. Agent-based models are valuable tools for agricultural policy evaluation. They can represent the heterogeneity of farmers and farmer interactions
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Wie lassen sich die Risiken durch Pestizide in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft verringern? Eine Bewertung verschiedener politischer Massnahmen Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog von Milena Wiget & Judith Lienert @eawag.bsky.social agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/05/12/w...
Nice paper, Zander! 👏
GreeNet Project@greenet-project.bsky.social · 3mo agoA new study comparing mowing detection algorithms across European grasslands is out in Remote Sensing of Environment 🛰️🌱 We’re especially excited to see our project member @zanderventer.bsky.social contributing to this work. Congratulations! @biodiversa.eu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A new study comparing mowing detection algorithms across European grasslands is out in Remote Sensing of Environment 🛰️🌱 We’re especially excited to see our project member @zanderventer.bsky.social contributing to this work. Congratulations! @biodiversa.eu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mowing detection intercomparison exercise (MODCiX) – Evaluation of grassland mowing detection algorithms across Europe
Grasslands deliver a variety of ecosystem services, such as the provision of biomass, carbon sequestration or water retention and with that play a key…
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Tolle Exkursion zum Thema Agrarpolitik mit Studierenden der ETH Zürich heute am Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft Vielen Dank an Jean-Marc Chappuis und Thomas Meier (BLW) und Nationalrätin Katja Riem (SVP) für die sehr guten Inputs und die anregende Diskussion! usys.ethz.ch/studium/agra...
‘Erlauben uns digitale Technologien in Zukunft auf Pflanzenschutzmittel zu verzichten?’ (Nein, aber…) Ich freue mich über die Einladung der Technischen Gesellschaft Zürich zu einem Vortrag am 23. März 2026 (18:15-19:30 ETH HG D1.1) www.tgz-net.ch Hintergrundpaper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Save the Date and join us on April 01! David Wuepper will come to ETH Zürich and speak on 'Bending the Curve of Agricultural Land Degradation', as part of the new Einstein Colloquium on Science and Policy. 1 April, 12.15-13.15 On site & via zoom. Details einstein-school.ethz.ch/en/news/coll...
On my way to the University of Bonn. I am looking forward to the opportunity to give a keynote speech on 'Digital Innovations for Better Agricultural Policies', as well as to the discussions at the Model2Adapt workshop organised by Anna Cord and Frank Wätzold. gepris.dfg.de/gepris/proje...
On my way to Müncheberg and the ZALF (the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research) where I serve on the Scientific Advisory Board. Looking forward learning from fascinating ongoing work and exciting plans for the future. @zalf.bsky.social www.zalf.de/en/Pages/ZAL...
Today, Chiara Boeri from Wageningen University joined our AECP group at ETH Zurich as a visiting scientist for the coming 3 months. Chiara is working with us, among others, on economics and adoption stages of strip cropping systems. We are very happy to have you on board!🥳
What an amazing and inspiring day yesterday celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich with current and former group members and friends of the group 🤩 Thanks to everyone who contributed! agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/05/1...
Today, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich. Over 70 current and former group members and friends of the group are joining us We look forward to an exciting program featuring great speakers and panellists from academia and industry🥳
Les parcs naturels régionaux, moteurs des mesures en faveur de la biodiversité Nouvel article de blog, Lead: Yanbing Wang agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/02/26/l... Etude dans le Journal of Agricultural Economics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Les parcs naturels régionaux, moteurs des mesures en faveur de la biodiversité
Yanbing Wang , Christian, Ritzel, Nadja El Benni, Robert Finger, Gabi Mack* (deutsche Version: En Suisse, la biodiversité bénéficie de l’élan créé par les parcs naturels régionaux. La désignation d…
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