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News from Department of Food and Resource Economics 2019

Research news from Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO), University of Copenhagen, from 2019.

Board game about sustainability designed by a research project wins award

2019.11.26

Savanna Life was designed by an interdisciplinary team working with a game designer to facilitate … »
Star communicator: "A Facebook thread spawned one of my best research articles"

2019.11.22

Somewhat unconventionally, the SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2019 goes to a researcher with a sizeable … »
8 out of 10 Danes not ready to do completely without meat on the plate

2019.11.19

A new University of Copenhagen study reports that the vast majority of Danes prefer a combination of … »
New Centre for Research into Welfare Problems in Companion Animals

2019.11.08

Today, the future Head of the new Centre, Professor Peter Sandøe, will receive a grant of DKK 1 … »
Overweight Danes are more likely to have overweight dogs according to new research

2019.09.18

A new study from the University of Copenhagen reports that the prevalence of overweight dogs is … »
Video: How to make the African food sector more profitable

2019.09.12

Ghanaian shea butter, Kenyan honey and Tanzanian Aloe Vera are among the products, which local … »
Another prestigious award for the UCPH project ‘It’s Our Forest Too’

2019.08.02

The Prey Lang Community Network in Cambodia has with help from UCPH researchers started protecting … »
Beyond Anarchy: Property, Precarity and Land Governance in Urban Congo

2019.07.01

Land is a key resource and its attribution is of vital economic and political concern across … »
Defaunation – overlooked in international forest governance - jeopardises forest carbon storage and climate change mitigation efforts

2019.05.06

New study finds that the role of fauna in forest ecology and unsustainable hunting have important … »
Paying consumers to increase their consumption can reduce the cost of integrating wind and solar electricity production into the grid

2019.04.29

Increased reliance on solar and wind power has changed the approach to managing peak demand. The … »
An economist’s perspective on Valuing Marine Ecosystems

2019.04.25

Peder Andersen presented at the launch of the EMB Future Science Brief 'Valuing marine ecosystem … »
Key role for Denmark in major European project on responsible conduct of studies and research

2019.04.03

A lack of awareness among youth and increasing pressure on the individual researcher in the world of … »
A new economic report: Danish fisheries after BREXIT

2019.03.29

A new report from IFRO on the economic importance of the Danish fishery in the exclusive economic … »
Aquaculture Economics & Management's 2018 Best Paper Award

2019.03.22

Tenaw Gedefaw Abate, Rasmus Nielsen and Max Nielsen received the 2018 Best paper Award. … »
Report: Despite being skilled producers, Danish farmers face poorer conditions than their European counterparts

2019.03.13

Danish farmers are good at exploiting their productive potential, but higher production costs make … »
When development and conservation clash in the Serengeti

2019.03.12

New or upgraded roads in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem around Serengeti National Park will not … »
VIDEO: New UCPH led Danida project to investigate resilience and land rights in Kenya

2019.03.04

Danida has published a video about the new SCIENCE led research project “RARE”. The project "Rights … »
A critical evaluation of REDD+ in Vietnam and Indonesia

2019.02.11

Three studies indicate several challenges for REDD+ to fulfil the donor expectations, and the … »
Center for Blockchains and Electronic Markets (BCM) will explore Web 3.0

2019.02.01

Carlsbergfondet have granted DKK 17m to the center, which will explore the new Web 3.0 … »
MSc Thesis written at IFRO receives Prize for Excellent Master Theses

2019.01.18

The Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS) awarded Christian Stetter the 'Prize for Excellent Master … »
Arne Henningsen received the 2017 Referee Award, ERAE

2019.01.03

Arne Henningsen, associate professor, University of Copenhagen, received the award as a recognition … »

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