• Management...

    .. in agriculture and in forestry

  • Sustainability...

    ... we develop and evaluate concepts for the sustainable production of biological resources

  • Crops and animals

    Our research covers both crop production and animal husbandry, both in conventional and organic systems

  • Multifunctionality

    We analyse and assess the diverse functions of agriculture and forestry

  • Renewable energy

    We analyse the economic aspects of the production of renewable energy (e.g. biogas, Silphium production)

  • Environmenal protection

    The balance between ecology and economy is at the core of our research

Field size and farmland biodiversity

J. Kantelhardt and colleagues have published a paper arguing that policies that support landscapes with smaller-sized fields would shift economic-ecological trade-offs. Despite additional costs for machinery and labour, farmers could enhance farmland biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.

Farming from a process-relational perspective

I. Darnhofer published a paper where she proposes to conceptualize farming as an open process. This perspective highlights that farmers have more agency than is often implied in studies focusing on market structures or policies.

Willingness to pay for aquaponic products

T. Eichhorn has published a paper in which she used Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to analyse data from 315 Austrian consumers. She found out that environmental awareness influences the willingness to pay for aquaponic products such as fish and vegetables.

Forest roads from the perspective of managerial accounting

P. Toscani and W. Sekot published a paper where they analyse data from the forest accountancy network, focusing on enterprises managing forests over 500 ha. They analyse various costs associated with forest roads and whether they are linked to a range of attributes of the enterprises.

Farmer innovativeness and farmer values

P. Walder, A. Niedermayr, J. Kantelhardt and colleagues published a paper in which they use a binomial model to analyse the data from 174 Austrian farmers. The results shows that self-direction and hedonistic vlaues are associated with more innovative capabilities.

Pollination services and farm economics

S. Kirchweger, M. Kapfer, J. Kantelhardt and colleagues published a paper analysing the effect of larger field-sizes (and thus less semi-natural habitats on field edges) on pollination from wild bees. The model shows the trade-offs between ecology and farm economics.

CONSOLE

Contract solutions for effective and lasting delivery of agri-environmental-climate public good by EU agriculture and forestry / H2020 (May 2019 - April 2022)

Low-Input Farming and Territories

LIFT - A H2020 project on integrating knowledge for improving ecosystem-based farming (May 2018 - April 2022)

RECOMS

A Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Innovative Training Network with 15 Fellows in 5 countries (Mar. 2018 - Feb. 2022)

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In agricultural economics, our work focuses on...

In agricultural economics, our work focuses on...

  • Analysis and empirical studies at the farm level for conventional farms
  • Economics of organic farming
  • Economics of on-farm production of renewable energy
  • Processing of agricultural products
  • On-farm decision making processes
  • Cooperation between farms
  • Farm household income analysis
  • Development of management tools
  • On-farm production planning
  • Land valuation

In forestry economics, we focus on:

In forestry economics, we focus on:

  • Efficiency analysis of forest enterprises and forest related processes
  • Development of management tools for forest enterprises
  • Forestry in the context of national accounting
  • Monitoring of profitability of forestry in Austria by means of forest accountancy networks
  • Valuation of forest services in terms of welfare economics
  • Marketing of non-wood goods and forest services

Management and Administration

Head

Univ.Prof. Dr.
 Jochen Kantelhardt
Deputy

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn.
 Walter Sekot
Secretary

Michaela Grötzer
Secretary

B.A. B.A.
 Sabine Muhr

Addresses & Contact

H73300 Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Economics (AFO)

Guttenberghaus, 1. Stock rechts
Feistmantelstraße 4
1180 Wien

Contact:
http://www.wiso.boku.ac.at/afo/
Tel.: +43 1 47654-73300
Fax: +43 1 47654-73309
afo(at)boku.ac.at

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