• Herzlich Willkommen

    Unsere Schwerpunkte in Forschung und Lehre sind Betriebswirtschaft und Unternehmensführung

  • Nachhaltigkeit

    Wir entwickeln und evaluieren Konzepte zur nachhaltigen Produktion biogener Rohstoffe.

  • Ackerbau und Tierhaltung

    Die betriebswirtschaftlichen Untersuchungen umfassen sowohl den Ackerbau als auch die Tierproduktion, sowohl im konventionellen als auch im biologischen Landbau

  • Multifunktionalität

    Wir analysieren und bewerten die vielfältigen Ökosystemleistungen der Land- und Forstwirtschaft.

  • Erneuerbare Energien

    Wir untersuchen ökonomische Aspekte in Verbindung mit der Produktion von erneuerbaren Energien (z.B. Biogas, Silphium)

  • Umweltschutz

    Die Balance zwischen Ökonomie und Ökologie ist uns ein besonderes Anliegen

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Administrative burden in agriculture

Sarina Altermatt is a doctoral student at IAFO and at Agroscope, Switzerland. She will present her doctoral project, "Analysis of the administrative burden in Swiss agriculture," on June 30 2025, at 10:00 hrs. The online meeting is accessible through the following zoom link: https://bokuvienna.zoom.us/j/5026222651.
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Financial and non-financial costs of biodiversity measures

V. Scherfranz, H. Schaak, J. Kantelhardt, K. Reimand, L. Schaller et al. published a paper in which they used Q-Methodology to assess financial, management-related, emotional, and social costs of biodiversity measures, as perceived by farmers.
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Integration of peatland in the CAP

R. Nordbeck, K. Hogl and L. Schaller published a paper in which they assess to what extend the protection and management of peatland was integrated in the current CAP strategic plans of all 27 EU Member States. They analyse the types of measures that have been designed by Member States and to what extend they may contribute to achieving the binding targets set for 2030.

VALOR

VALues and dependence of society on pollinatORs | Horizon Europe (Jan. 2025 - Dec. 2028)

How profitable are soil conservation practices in light of climate change?

J. Zeilinger, J. Kantelhardt and A. Niedermayr published a paper in which they investigate the factors affecting (i) the adoption of soil conservation practices offered in the Austrian agri-environmental program ÖPUL and (ii) how the adoption of these measures affects profitability of farms in light of climate change.

A critical view on publicly available datasets

How does openly available data on agricultural land systems differ between the EU and USA? Together with colleagues from Austria, Germany and the USA, A. Niedermayr published a paper, where they compare openly available data on agricultural land systems in the EU & USA and how this data in turn shapes what researchers in each of the two regions can(not) see.

Why do farmers participate in result-based schemes?

T. Eichhorn, J. Kantelhardt and L. Schaller have published a paper in which they use a Structural Equation Model to assess the influence of socio-psychological factors such as self-efficacy and perceived risk, on farmers' participation in agri-environmental schemes aimed at improving biodiversity and soil quality.

Modeled impact of farm-level adaptations

F. Wittman, M. Eder and colleagues published a paper modelling how adaptations to several scenaros impact farm management and farm structural indicators. These scenarios focus on dietary shifts, i.e. changes in the share of regional food, organic food, and meat consumption.

Urban dietary patterns are shifting, how could farmers adapt?

F. Wittmann and M. Eder published a paper in which they explore dietary scenarios for Vienna (consumption of more regional food, more organic food, and less meat) and assess their likely impact on the production patterns of various farm types.

Contract type affects farmers' acceptance

L. Schaller, T. Eichhorn and colleagues have published a paper highlighting that innovative types of contracts (e.g. result-based, collective, value chain, land tenure) can influence the acceptability of agri-environment-climate measures.

Multi-stakeholder biodiversity initiatives as a way forward

V. Scherfranz, J. Kantelhardt, L. Schaller and colleagues explored farmers’ multi-faceted perceptions of stakeholders in the context of biodiversity-friendly farming. Results suggest that involving multiple stakeholders has the potential to fuel effective biodiversity conservation.
Showcasing synergies between agriculture, biodiversity and Ecosystem services to help farmers capitalising on native biodiversity | EU H2020 (Dec. 2020 - Dec. 2025)
Providing knowledge for the transition to agroecological farming by identifying appropriate digital tools and technologies | Horizon Europe (Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2025)
Innovationen für bestehende Aufzucht- und Mastställe für Schweine, zum Wohl von Tier und Mensch | BML (Dez. 2021 - Dez. 2025)
Low-Input Farming and Territories: Integrating knowledge for improving ecosystem-based farming | H2020 (May 2018 - Apr. 2022)
Contract solutions for effective and lasting delivery of agri-environmental-climate public goods by EU agriculture and forestry | H2020 (May 2019 - April 2022)
Building resourceful and resilient communities through adaptive and transformative environmental practice | MSCA - ITN (Mar. 2018 - Aug. 2022).

Leitung und Sekretariat

Leiter

Univ.Prof. Dr.
 Jochen Kantelhardt
Stellvertreter

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

Michaela Grötzer
Sekretariat

Christina Heichinger

Adressen & Kontakt

Institut für Agrar- und Forstökonomie

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