Training and Technology for Sustainable Farming

Building on a completed project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) entitled "IndORGANIC" (Grant # 031B0233) the Chair of Development Economics has started in 2021/2022 two new projects on sustainable farming:

Learning about sustainable adoption of green agricultural technologies: Experimental evidence from training with organic farming practices and soil tests in Indonesia (DFG – German Research Foundation, Grant # 467441310)
A large-scale pilot experiment on low-cost soil-test kits to enhance sustainable farming among small holders in Indonesia (DBU – German Federal Environmental Foundation, Grant # 36088/01)

Research Team in Passau	Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm (Project leader) Dr. Nathalie Luck (Post-Doc, project coordinator) Manuela Fritz, M.A. Development Studies Udit Sawhney, M.Sc. Economics
Project Partners in Indonesia	Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) Alia Bihrajihant Raya, Ph.D. IPB University: Dr. Suprehatin Dr. Siti Amanah Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta: Kristian Tamtomo, PhD

Research Team in Passau

Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm (Project leader)
Dr. Nathalie Luck (Post-Doc, project coordinator)
Manuela Fritz, M.A. Development Studies
Udit Sawhney, M.Sc. Economics

Project Partners in Indonesia

Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)

Alia Bihrajihant Raya, Ph.D.

IPB University:

Dr. Suprehatin
Dr. Siti Amanah

Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta:

Kristian Tamtomo, PhD

The projects in short

Related publications (IndORGANIC)

Academic papers

Fritz, M., Grimm, M., Keilbart, P., Laksmana, D.D., Luck, N., Padmanabhan, M., Subandi, N. & Tamtomo, K. (2021). Turning Indonesia Organic: Insights from Transdisciplinary Research on the Challenges of a Societal Transformation. Sustainability, 13, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313011.
M. Grimm, N. Luck and F. Steinhübel (2023), Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for organic rice. Insights from a non-hypothetical experiment in Indonesia. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12501
M. Grimm and N. Luck (2022), Experimenting with a green ‘Green Revolution’. Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Indonesia, Ecological Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107727.
An earlier version of the paper has been circulated with the title “Can training enhance adoption, knowledge and perception of organic farming practices? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Indonesia” as an IZA Discussion Paper.

Policy Briefs

Fritz, M., Grimm, M. & Luck, N. (2020). Information Sharing Within Social Networks: Lessons from an organic farming training. IndORGANIC Policy Brief, University of Passau.

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Irene Furlani and Michael Grimm (PI in DPE) organized jointly with colleagues from the University of Gadjah Mada a workshop to kick-off a new project.

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