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We are looking for three PhD researchers. The positions are part of agri:change, an interdisciplinary research initiative on the sustainability transformation of the agri-food sector in Lower Saxony. Within agri:change, four practice-oriented real-world laboratories (agri:labs) develop innovative solutions together with stakeholders. These positions contribute to agri:lab X1 (Sustainable Value Chains and Transparency). You can find out more here.
New article on media coverage of farmers’ protests
The recent farmers’ protests in Germany generated large media attention, prompting questions about how the protests and their motives were portrayed. We analysed 147 newspaper articles from six major German media outlets to explore reporting frequency, key topics, and tone. Protest events and policy criticism were the most prominent themes, with differences in tone observed across media with different political orientations. These patterns highlight how media framing can vary and why understanding such differences is important for public communication and policy dialogue.You can find the full article [here].New Article on Communication Framing in Agricultural Climate Action
This paper investigates effective communication strategies to enhance farmers' engagement with climate change mitigation. Through an online survey experiment of over 500 Irish livestock farmers, it examines the impact of message framing—focused on reputation concern or expenses—on information engagement, knowledge, and intentions to adopt greenhouse gas mitigation measures. The findings reveal the complexity of motivating climate action, suggesting that advisory programs should employ positively framed messages to generate interest, despite challenges inherent in discussing climate change mitigation.
New Article on Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector
Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021. We calculate transient, persistent, and overall eco-efficiency with respect to GHG emissions by way of stochastic frontier analysis. Despite high overall eco-efficiency, our results uncover significant variability across farms, with some showing improvement and others decline in eco-efficiency over time. You can find the full article here