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Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade is one among several institutes of the Faculty of Economics and Management. The research agenda of this institute mainly includes topics related to the environment, development and trade. Questions about the use of labeling for export goods and its impact on developing countries, about food safety in trade, the competitiveness of countries, or the governance of value chains in agricultural and industrial sectors are examples. Moreover, an emphasis is put on analyzing and assessing environmental, agricultural and trade policies at national, regional and international scales.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Collaborative project: Food Security in Rural Zambia: Integrating Traditional Fruit and Vegetable Crops in Smallholder Agroforestry Systems. Subproject 1
- FOR 756 Special project (Agriculture): Response of rural households to agricultural income shocks
- GlobE: HORTINLEA - Diversifying food systems: Learning and innovation in horticultural value chains to improve the livelihood situation in rural and urban regions in East Africa (Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania). Partner G
- GlobE: Trans-Sec - Innovation strategies for health safety by technology and knowledge transfer - subproject D
- The capacity of agriculture to adjust to economic crisis and environmental shocks in Thailand and Vietnam
Involved in research projects
Contact
Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade
Königsworther Platz 1
30167 Hannover
Lower Saxony
Germany
Phone: +49 511 762 4186
Fax: +49 511 762 2667
Email: lanka(@)iuw.uni-hannover.de