Fertiliser prices in Africa have risen 300%. The continent is facing a shortage of 2mn metric tons. African Dev Bank has approved a $1.5bn programme to help farmers fill the gap but warns that total production could fall by 20 per cent this year. ft.com/content/7dd4c4…

"The Netherlands has almost as many pigs and cows — 15.2mn — as people." ft.com/content/90e38f…

AddThis | Home doi.org/10.1016/j.jcle… I am excited to share that the first paper of my doctoral studies is now online. This study analysis environmental impacts due to the #phosphorus (P) recovery process. This work was conducted within the REFLOW Training Network project. Have a look!

Coming disruptions in fertilizer production

Looking forward to present my work with REFLOW Training Network at the Seminar this week

Science & innovation really matter to make progress, not just economically, but to ensure resource use efficiency & sustainability. Knowledge is NL’s most significant export, independent of its ranking as the 2d largest exporter of agricultural products washingtonpost.com/business/inter…

I enjoyed reading this article on the phosphorus problem newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

Increase in fertilizer efficiency has been strong in the Netherlands. Blog by Hannah Ritchie on peak fertilizer hannahritchie.substack.com/p/peak-fertili…

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☑️Interested in the Economics of sustainable and resilient food-supply chains? ☑️ Finished/are about to finish your Master and have expertise in Economics and quantitative analysis? ➡️Consider applying for the PhD position that just opened in the Business Economics Group Wageningen U&R!

Guy Low kicking off the session with a cool staggered Diff-in-Diff analysis looking at the switch to Mixed farming systems #EAAE2023Rennes

"Do investments in phosphorus recovery from dairy processing wastewater pay off?" I am happy that my first phd paper with Alfons Oude Lansink, J.J. Leahy and @tobi_dal is published in the Journal of Environmental Management. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Attila Jambor opening the 10th EAAE PhD workshop taking place in the beautiful Budapest! Looking forward to interact with the future of our profession European Association of Agricultural Economists #EAAEPhD2024

Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? No they don't link.springer.com/article/10.100…

How to Assess Digitisation Impacts on the Food Industry: The Dutch Case of Microdata Collection for Firms’ Sustainability onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

The Southern Economic Journal is delighted to announce two new initiatives designed to expand opportunities for authors. See the thread below.

So shocking & unexpected 🙃

Einfluss von Extremwetter auf Lebensmittellieferketten am Beispiel von Schweizer Mostobst ❄️🍎 Neuer Blogbeitrag zu unserem paper in Agricultural Systems mit Guy Low, Tobias Dalhaus und Miranda Meuwissen 👉 Blog: agrarpolitik-blog.com/2025/06/05/ein… 👉 Artikel: doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy…