Robert Finger
@robertfinger.bsky.social
Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy at ETH Zürich. Website https://sites.google.com/view/fingerrobert/home Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=V7yA_rcAAAAJ&hl=en
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
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!
I spoke to @thetimes.com on horrible yields and how there is no "new normal" "As bad as this year’s harvest is proving to be, Behrens warned against seeing it as a “new normal”. “Until we get our carbon emissions down things will continue to get much, much worse.”" www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Heatwave forces farmers to abandon crops as harvests fail
Extreme weather and rising costs see growers diversifying into alternative businesses, raising severe concerns over the future of British food security
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I am very happy to be starting my new postdoctoral position at @ethz.ch today. I will be working on the PhenoMix project, which aims to leverage high-throughput phenotyping for the development of agro-ecologically beneficial cereal-legume mixtures. 🧑🌾 🌱 👨💻 kp.ethz.ch/research/pro...
PhenoMix: Multidimensional field phenotyping of crop mixtures
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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
'Data on the uptake of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices in European agriculture' New Data in Brief paper led by Sharmin Akter and with 34 co-authors, as part of the SUPPORT project Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
When the climate shifts faster than our food systems can respond, everyone will feel the impact. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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A succession of heatwaves and very dry conditions - both driven by human-induced climate change, fueld the severe wildfires in Spain and France - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
The Swiss Federal Parliament building on the eve of Swiss National Day, overlooking the river Aare and thr iconic Marzili river baths in a normal year: This year, the view of the Swiss Federal Parliament building from the Marzili ahead of #1august tells a very different story:
Making the CAP Fit for the Future - Nicolas Lampkin, Uwe Latacz-Lohmann onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Making the CAP Fit for the Future
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☀️🌡️ Reichen Klimaanlagen als Antwort auf die Hitze? Oder müssen wir Städte, Schulen, Spitäler und Arbeitsplätze grundlegend neu denken? @ethz.ch-Professor David N. Bresch ordnet ein was die "Mediterranisierung" der Schweiz für Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft bedeutet. www.srf.ch/audio/echo-d...
Wie können wir uns künftig besser an die Hitze anpassen?
Sommer mit mehreren Hitzewellen dürften wegen des Klimawandels zur Regel werden. Aus diesem Grund wird der Ruf laut nach besseren technologischen Lösungen gegen die Hitze und nach mehr Klimaanlagen. E...
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Herzliche Gratulation! 🙌
Robert Finger@robertfinger.bsky.social · 6d agoDie Preisträgerin und Preisträger des 2026 Nachwuchspreis der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA) sind: Viviane Buser, Jakob Burkhardt und Maxence Rössler Herzliche Gratulation! Details: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/31/s...
Die Preisträgerin und Preisträger des 2026 Nachwuchspreis der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie (SGA) sind: Viviane Buser, Jakob Burkhardt und Maxence Rössler Herzliche Gratulation! Details: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/31/s...
'Data on the uptake of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices in European agriculture' New Data in Brief paper led by Sharmin Akter and with 34 co-authors, as part of the SUPPORT project Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.di...
Professorship Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants. Halle/Saale, Germany. #plantscijob #plantscijobs #plantsciencejob www.academics.de/jobs/w2-prof...
W2-Professur für "Systematik, Evolution und Biodiversität der Pflanzen" - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU)
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) bietet Stelle als W2-Professur für "Systematik, Evolution und Biodiversität der Pflanzen" in Halle (Saale) - jetzt bewerben!
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‘Warum Winzer mit dem Umstieg auf PIWIs zögern’ ‚Weinbau der Zukunft‘ berichtet über unser Paper in Agricultural Economics www.weinbau-der-zukunft.com/warum-winzer... Das paper doi.org/10.1111/agec... Unser blog agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/27/a...
'From scarcity to strategy: Designing hay markets to mitigate feed shortages and income shocks' New Paper in Ecological Economics led by Julia Kunkel and with Jonathan Haag, Sergei Schaub, Juergen Groeneveld, Christian Klassert, Birgit Müller Open Access doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
What is still common in the Common Agricultural Policy?- Franco Sotte oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ba...
View of What is still common in the Common Agricultural Policy? | Bio-based and Applied Economics
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After a month of drought, outside the forest the ground is dry and cracked. But within, there's still no shortage of water, and in many places footsteps quickly fill. By thoroughly removing natural ecosystems, we have removed the land's ability to regulate its own hydrology, and so much more.
'From scarcity to strategy: Designing hay markets to mitigate feed shortages and income shocks' New Paper in Ecological Economics led by Julia Kunkel and with Jonathan Haag, Sergei Schaub, Juergen Groeneveld, Christian Klassert, Birgit Müller Open Access doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
‘Warum Winzer mit dem Umstieg auf PIWIs zögern’ ‚Weinbau der Zukunft‘ berichtet über unser Paper in Agricultural Economics www.weinbau-der-zukunft.com/warum-winzer... Das paper doi.org/10.1111/agec... Unser blog agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/27/a...
ICYMI: Nathan Hendricks will present a paper on 'Collective Action to Allocate the Commons: Insights from Consequential Stated Preference Surveys' in our FRIES Seminar on 29.07., 16.00-17.00 (CEST). At ETH and via Zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/63498152720 More on FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
'Anbau von pilzwiderstandsfähigen Rebsorten: Warum Betriebe mit der Umstellung abwarten' Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog mit Eileen Ziehmann und Niklas Möhring agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/27/a... Paper in Agricultural Economics doi.org/10.1111/agec...
'Anbau von pilzwiderstandsfähigen Rebsorten: Warum Betriebe mit der Umstellung abwarten' Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog mit Eileen Ziehmann und Niklas Möhring agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/07/27/a... Paper in Agricultural Economics doi.org/10.1111/agec...
ICYMI: Nathan Hendricks will present a paper on 'Collective Action to Allocate the Commons: Insights from Consequential Stated Preference Surveys' in our FRIES Seminar on 29.07., 16.00-17.00 (CEST). At ETH and via Zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/63498152720 More on FRIES frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Die #Feuer in Frankreich gehen weiter: jetzt mussten schon über 250.000 Menschen evakuiert werden. Hier eine Karte der Lage am Sonntagmorgen und mein Foto von der Fahrt nach Bordeaux am Freitagabend. Warum die #Erderhitzung die Brandgefahr eskalieren lässt: scilogs.spektrum.de/klimalounge/...
p.dw.com/p/5CvDs More eco-destruction coming your way.....🧪 "In May, the EU announced plans to reduce pesticide use by 50%. Two years later, pesticide sales were clearly decreasing. The EU law proposal was eventually withdrawn and pesticide sales started to grow again.
EU is failing to cut pesticide use
With binding cut targets scrapped, the European Union's pledge to halve pesticide use is stalling — even as controversial chemicals like glyphosate remain on sale across the bloc.
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The heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s grain farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of food. #TheContinentalBreakfast www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Food price fears after Europe’s heatwave destroys estimated €2bn of crops
Record June temperatures expected to cut grain harvest by 9m tonnes to its lowest level since 2018
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