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Supermarkets can save money by giving surplus food away

FOOD WASTE
Red deer in forest

Most Danes prefer forests with wild animals

REWILDING
Soy field in Brazil

New report on Danish soy imports and EU deforestation regulation

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Kirstine Lund Christiansen

Kirstine Lund Christiansen wins the SCIENCE PhD Award

Wusheng, Mette, Francesco, Zhan

International Consortium to transform CO₂ into food

Cow

Dangerous variant of salmonella still not eradicated

Per Svejstrup

New Head of Department at IFRO: “Professionalism and community go hand in hand”

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  • Practice- or results-based subsidies: balancing the direct costs for soil carbon sequestration and transaction costs for farmers and monitoring agencies
  • Continue or quit: Analyzing Bangladeshi fish farmers' stated dissatisfaction and how it affects continuation after Covid-19
  • Full steam astern? Sustainable retro-innovation in the maritime shipping sector
  • Behavioral responses to regulatory push and market pull instruments: Experimental evidence from Danish agriculture
  • Dealing with annoying cats: A randomised controlled trial of feeding-time enrichment to reduce attention-seeking feline behaviours
  • Influence of access to climate information on the resilience of cocoa farmers in Ghana’s Suhum District
  • Investigating dog and cat owners’ uptake of pet health insurance and spending on veterinary treatment
  • “An integral part of our lives”: WhatsApp groups as socio-technical gathering spaces in Somali drought relief
  • Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges
  • Engendering the policy debate on valuing water
  • Big and small steps: A mixed-methods investigation of meat reduction among different groups of consumers in Denmark
  • Incentivized interventions improve willingness to adopt edible insects farming for household consumption: Experimental evidence from Kenya

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food
2026.04.21

Less food waste: Supermarkets can save money by giving surplus food away

When supermarkets choose the right strategy for surplus food, they can both reduce food waste and…
Rewilding
2025.11.12

Wild animals divide Danes – but most say “yes” to red deer and fences

A new nationwide survey from the University of Copenhagen shows that most Danes would like to see…
GEOPOLITICS
2025.11.11

UCPH combines forces to enhance the understanding of world crises

The initiative aims to contribute to a more informed public conversation about a rapidly changing…
CLIMATE
2025.09.29

New report on Danish soy imports and EU deforestation regulation

Researchers from the Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) highlights key challenges in…

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Events

Under Watchful Eyes: Observation by In-Group Leaders Promotes Intergroup Cooperation in Natural Groups

Open online seminar with Juliane Koch, Lund University.

Modeling Rice-Fish Co-Culture System Interventions for Disease and Poverty Reduction

Open online seminar with Kira Lancker, Department of Food and Resource Economics.

SEAL: Mapping and Understanding Targets and Policies for a Sustainable European Agri-Food and Land Use System

Open online seminar with Nina Zoe Valin, Department of Food and Resource Economics.

Environmental Reliance and Vulnerability in Greenland

Open online seminar with Martin Reinhardt Nielsen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.

Forordninger og Forrådnelse – Døde Dyr i Dansk Naturforvaltning og EU’s Reguleringsjungle

Åbent online seminar med Lasse Baaner, Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi.

Temperature Shocks and Dietary Quality

Open online seminar with Bezawit Bahru, University of Hohenheim.

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Department of Food and Resource Economics
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Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C
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