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Tobias Dalhaus
@tobidal.bsky.social
Agricultural economist | Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Perspective: European agrifood systems face sustainability and resilience challenges. This Perspective identifies five systemic lock-ins hindering transformation and proposes guiding principles to address these issues for healthier food systems. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Principles for guiding and unlocking transformation of the European Union agrifood system - Nature Food
European agrifood systems face sustainability and resilience challenges. This Perspective identifies five systemic lock-ins hindering transformation and proposes guiding principles to address these is...
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Join us next week for a FRIES seminar by Jonas Schmitt on’Drought and heat risk in a changing climate under consideration of flexible phenological phases’ July 8, 16:00-17:00 At ETH Zurich and via zoom ethz.zoom.us/j/68526027141 More information frieseth.wixsite.com/friesethz
Artikel vom @correctiv.org zum Thema Dürre in Europa, inklusive Implikationen für die Landwirtschaft. Im Artikel wurden unter anderem @tobidal.bsky.social und ich zum Thema Dürrerisiko und Risikomanagement in der Landwirtschaft interviewt correctiv.org/aktuelles/kl...
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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Open Access paper in Q Open academic.oup.com/qopen/articl...
Do killer acquisitions by large pesticide producers hold back innovative pest control technologies?
Abstract. Innovations in biological pest control and digital technologies hold great promise to reduce risks from pesticide use without compromising on agr
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Hindern ‚Killer Acquisitions‘ durch große Pflanzenschutzmittelhersteller die Verbreitung innovativer Pflanzenschutztechnologien? Neuer Agrarpolitik-Blog, lead Maximilian Koppenberg und mit Ayoub Barissoul, Stefan Hirsch und @tobidal.bsky.social agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/06/01/h...
‚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...
'Do killer acquisitions by large pesticide producers hold back innovative pest control technologies?' New paper in QOpen led by Max Koppenberg with Ayoub Barissoul, Stefan Hirsch & @robertfinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/qope...
Do killer acquisitions by large pesticide producers hold back innovative pest control technologies?
Abstract. Innovations in biological pest control and digital technologies hold great promise to reduce risks from pesticide use without compromising on agr
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‚Policy mixes and major emission reductions in European agriculture‘ New paper in Food Policy, co-led by Christian Stetter and Viviane Buser 🥳 Open Access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Check out our new special issue in the Agricultural Finance Review on 'Financing Resilient Food Systems' including papers from many great authors editorial with @jisangyu.bsky.social Aleks Schaefer and @yanndemey.bsky.social doi.org/10.1108/AFR-...
Guest editorial: Financing resilient food systems
Recently, external shocks have greatly affected our food systems. Geopolitical crises, extreme weather and pandemics have caused substantial volatility in food production and prices, thereby threateni...
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In the March Environmental and Resource Economics: The Ricardian model is a widely-used approach to measuring economic impacts of climate change when farmers adapt their behaviour. Charlotte Fabri, Sergei Schaub, Steven Van Passel & Tobias Dalhaus examine its robustness. #EAERE
Assessing Omitted Variable Bias in Ricardian models’ Estimates of Climate Change Impacts - Environmental and Resource Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics - Assessing the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity is crucial for targeted adaptation and policy planning. In this context, the Ricardian...
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Happy to share that our paper on "Assessing Omitted Variable Bias in Ricardian models’ Estimates of Climate Change Impacts" is finally published in Environmental and Resource Economics led by Charlotte Fabri with Sergei Schaub & Steven van Passel doi.org/10.1007/s106...
Assessing Omitted Variable Bias in Ricardian models’ Estimates of Climate Change Impacts - Environmental and Resource Economics
Environmental and Resource Economics - Assessing the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity is crucial for targeted adaptation and policy planning. In this context, the Ricardian...
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In its new report, the @esabcc.bsky.social calls on the EU to strengthen adaptation and accelerate emission reductions and removals in the agri-food system to safeguard food security and farmers’ livelihoods and align agriculture with climate neutrality objectives. Full report: tinyurl.com/5n97uysu
New paper on "Risk preferences and other (ignored) behavioral factors in fertilizer management decisions" with Laura Moritz, Riccardo Spada, @jensrommel.bsky.social, and Simone Cerroni paper (english) 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.so... blog (italian) 👉 agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/02/12/i...
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Vacancy at Wageningen University: Assistant Professor Economic Modelling of Farms and Firms in Food Supply Chains www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
'Ein praktischer Leitfaden zur kausalen Inferenz in der Agrarökonomie' Blogbeitrag im #AECP Agrarpolitik Blog Blog (Deutsch) 👉 agrarpolitik-blog.com/2026/01/19/e... Paper (Englisch) 👉 doi.org/10.1111/1477... @arne-henningsen.bsky.social @davidwuepper.bsky.social
Ein praktischer Leitfaden zur kausalen Inferenz in der Agrarökonomie
Arne Henningsen, Dagim Belay, Guy Low, David Wuepper, Hugo Storm, Tobias Dalhaus und Stefan Hirsch* Agrarökonomische Forschung befasst sich häufig mit politisch relevanten Fragestellungen, von dene…
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ICYMI: New paper on "Estimating Causal Effects With Observational Data: Guidelines for Agricultural and Applied Economists" with @arne-henningsen.bsky.social, Guy Low, @davidwuepper.bsky.social, Hugo Storm, Dagim Belay, and Stefan Hirsch doi.org/10.1111/1477...
<em>Journal of Agricultural Economics</em> | Wiley Online Library
Most research questions in agricultural and applied economics are causal in nature: they study how changes in one or more variables (such as policies, prices or weather) affect one or more other vari...
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Nachhaltiger Pflanzenschutz und die Rolle der digitalen Landwirtschaft Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/10/07/n... Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Sustainable crop protection and the role of digital agriculture New paper in Agricultural Systems Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
'Ackerbau ohne Pflanzenschutzmittel? – Ein Vergleich von Erkenntnissen aus verschiedenen Kulturen' Neuer Agrarpolitik Blog, lead: Niklas Möhring und mit Jennifer Mark agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/06/17/a... Paper in Q Open: doi.org/10.1093/qope...
'Location matters: A geospatial analysis of fungus-resistant grapes in Switzerland' New AECP Paper led by Lucca Zachmann and with Lionel Christen in Agricultural Systems Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Neuer Blogbeitrag 👇
Einfluss von Extremwetter auf Lebensmittellieferketten am Beispiel von Schweizer Mostobst ❄️🍎 Neuer Blogbeitrag zu unserem paper in Agricultural Systems mit Guy Low, @tobidal.bsky.social und Miranda Meuwissen 👉 Blog: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/06/05/e... 👉 Artikel: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
Einfluss von Extremwetter auf Lebensmittellieferketten am Beispiel von Schweizer Mostobst ❄️🍎 Neuer Blogbeitrag zu unserem paper in Agricultural Systems mit Guy Low, @tobidal.bsky.social und Miranda Meuwissen 👉 Blog: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/06/05/e... 👉 Artikel: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
‘Farmer behavior toward herbicide‐free agriculture and conservation tillage’ New paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, led by Viviana Garcia, with Yanbing Wang and Niklas Möhring Open Acces doi.org/10.1111/ajae...
Farmer behavior toward herbicide‐free agriculture and conservation tillage
Balancing conflicting policy goals is a key challenge in the transition to sustainable agricultural systems. An important example is herbicide use reduction potentially conflicting with conservation ...
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So exciting to see our commentary out! With a super team of Yean-Uk Kim of @zalf.bsky.social, @alexruane.bsky.social of @agmip.bsky.social and @robertfinger.bsky.social, we outline needed advances for more robust risk assessments of cropping systems. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
‚Frost shocks negatively impact the supply of high-stem juicing apples in Switzerland’ New paper in Agricultural Systems led by Guy Low and Tobias Dalhaus Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The 2025 edition of our Summer SChool "Risk Analysis, Risk Management, and Resilience in Agriculture" takes place June 23-27 in Wageningen. We have a great team that teaches the ins and outs of measuring and managing risk, and fostering resilience in agriculture.
‘Productivity dispersion and persistence in European agriculture’ New paper in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics led by Stefan Wimmer Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...