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Publications

PhD Theses

PAHMEYER, CHRISTOPH (2022): Advances in technology evaluation and decision support studies using bio-economic farm models Dissertation, University of Bonn

SCHÄFER, DAVID MATTHIAS (2021): Biogas production in the light of the German Fertilization Ordinance : An economic and environmental assessment at farm and regional scale.

KUHN, TILL (2019): The revision of the German Fertilization Ordinance in 2017: Analyzing economic and environmental impacts at farm-level. Dissertation, University of Bonn.

GABERT, JOHANNA (2013): Ökonomische Auswirkungen von Politiken zur Umsetzung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie auf die Schweinehaltung im Münsterland. Dissertation, University of Bonn.

LENGERS, BERND (2013): The relation between indicators for the crediting of emission rights and abatement costs : a systematic modeling approach for dairy farms. Dissertation, University of Bonn.

Journal publications

HUBER, R., TARRUELLA, M., SCHÄFER, D., FINGER, R., (2023): Marginal climate change abatement costs in Swiss dairy production considering farm heterogeneity and interaction effects, Agricultural Systems (207): 103639

KOKEMOHR, L., ESCOBAR, N., MERTENS, A., MOSNIER, C., PIRLO, G., VEYSSET, P., KUHN, T. (2022): Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of European beef production systems based on a farm-level optimization model, Journal of Cleaner Production 379(1): 134552

KUHN, T., MÖHRING, N., TÖPEL, A., JAKOB, F., BRITZ, W., BRÖRING, S., PICH, A., SCHWANEBERG, U., RENNINGS, M. (2022): Using a bio-economic farm model to evaluate the economic potential and pesticide load reduction of the greenRelease technology, Agricultural Systems 201:103454

BRITZ, W., CIAIAN, P., GOCHT, A., KANELLOPOULOS, A., KREMMYDAS, D., MÜLLER, M., PETSAKOS, A., REIDSMA, P. (2021): A design for a generic and modular bio-economic farm model, Agricultural Systems 191(June 2021): 103133.

HEINRICHS, J., JOUAN, J., PAHMEYER, C., BRITZ, W. (2021): Integrated assessment of legume production challenged by European policy interaction: A case-study approach from French and German dairy farms, QOpen 1(1): 1-19.

HEINRICHS, J., KUHN, T., PAHMEYER, C., BRITZ, W. (2021): Economic effects of plot sizes and farm-plot distances in organic and conventional farming systems: A farm-level analysis for Germany, Agricultural Systems 187: 1029922020.

KUHN, T., ENDERS, A., GAISER, T., SCHÄFER, D., SRIVASTAVA, A., BRITZ, W. (2020): Coupling crop and bio-economic farm modelling to evaluate the revised fertilization regulations in Germany, Agricultural Systems 127(May 2020): 104656.

PAHMEYER, C., BRITZ, W. (2020): Economic opportunities of using crossbreeding and sexing in Holstein dairy herds, Journal of Dairy Science 103(9): 8218-8230.

SEIDEL, C., BRITZ, W. (2020): Estimating a Dual Value Function as a Meta-Model of a Detailed Dynamic Mathematical Programming Model, Bio-Based and Applied Economics, 8(1), 75-99.

KUHN, T., SCHÄFER, D., HOLM-MÜLLER, K., BRITZ, W. (2019): On-farm compliance costs with the EU-Nitrates Directive: A modelling approach for specialized livestock production in northwest Germany, Agricultural Systems 173: 233-243.

SCHÄFER, D., BRITZ, W., KUHN, T. (2017): Flexible Load of Existing Biogas Plants: A Viable Option to Reduce Environmental Externalities and to Provide Demand-driven Electricity?, German Journal of Agricultural Economics 66(2): 109-123.

LENGERS, B., BRITZ, W., HOLM-MÜLLER, K. (2014): What drives marginal abatement costs of greenhouse gases on dairy farms? A meta-modeling approach, Journal of Agricultural Economics 65(3): 579–599.

LENGERS, B., SCHIEFLER, I. & BÜSCHER, W. (2013): A comparison of emission calculations using different modeled indicators with 1-year online measurements, Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185:9751-9762.

LENGERS, B., BRITZ, W., HOLM-MÜLLER, K. (2013): Comparison of GHG-emission indicators for dairy farms with respect to induced abatement costs, accuracy and feasibility, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 35(3):451-475.

LENGERS, B., BRITZ, W. (2012): The choice of emission indicators in environmental policy design: an analysis of GHG abatement in different dairy farms based on a bio-economic model approach, Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies, 93(2), 117-144.

Contributions to conferences and lecture series

HEINRICHS, J., KUHN, T., PAHMEYER, C., BRITZ, W. (2021): The effects of plot sizes and farm-plot distances in organic and conventional farming systems: An economic analysis at farm level. Poster presentation, European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), 16th congress: „ Raising the impact of agricultural economics: multidisciplinarity, stakeholder engagement and noval approaches “ , Prague, Czech Republic, 20-23th July 2021.

HEINRICHS, J., KUHN, T., PAHMEYER, C., BRITZ, W. (2020): The differentiated effects of plot sizes and farm-field distances in organic and conventional farming systems: An economic analysis at farm level. Poster presentation, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), 60th annual conference: „ Herausforderungen für die ländliche Entwicklung - Wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven“ , Halle (Saale), Germany, 23-25th September 2020.

KOKEMOHR, L., KUHN, T., ESCOBAR, N., BRITZ, W. (2020): Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of beef production in Germany based on a farm level optimization model, selected paper presented at the 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2020 (LCA Food 2020) “Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems” (Virtual Conference).

JOUAN, J., HEINRICHS, J., BRITZ, W., PAHMEYER, C. (2019): Legume production challenged by European policy coherence: a case-study approach from French and German dairy farms, selected paper presented at the 172nd EAAE seminar: „Agricultural policy for the environment or envrionmental policy for agriculture“, Brussels (Belgium), 28-29th May 2019.

ZENG, W., GAISER, T., ENDERS, A., KUHN, T., SCHÄFER, D., BRITZ, W. (2018): Developing a Crop Model for N Management of Crop Rotations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Presentation, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society Conference, July 2018, Fort Collins.

KUHN, T., SCHÄFER, D., BRITZ, W. (2017): Estimating impacts of the revised German fertilizer ordinance on manure transport flows within North Rhine-Westphalia, poster presented at the EAAE XVth Congress, Parma (Italy).

SCHÄFER, D., BRITZ, W. (2017): Estimating impacts of the revised German fertilizer ordinance on manure transport flows within North Rhine-Westphalia, poster presented at the EAAE XVth Congress, Parma (Italy).

SEIDEL, C., BRITZ, W. (2017): Can we derive plausible land rents based on Mathematical Programming? A critical assessment of a dual profit function estimation from simulated farm programs, selected paper presented at the EAAE XVth Congress, Parma (Italy).

SCHÄFER, D., SEIDEL, C., BRITZ, W. (2016): Estimating Dual Profit Functions to Depict Farmer Behavior in Agent-Based Models – a Meta-Modeling Approach, poster presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), Bonn, 28-30 September 2016.

REMBLE, A., BRITZ, W., KEENEY, R. (2013): Farm Level Tradeoffs in the Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, selected paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C (USA).

LENGERS, B., BRITZ, W., HOLM-MÜLLER, K. (2013): What drives marginal abatement costs of greenhouse gases on dairy farms - a meta-modeling approach. Paper presented at the 2012 AURÖ-Workshop, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, February 18-19.

BRITZ, W., LENGERS, B. (2012): Abatement options for GHG emissions in a dynamic bio-economic model for dairy farms - DAIRYDYN. Presentation contributed to the CIDRe lecture series “modeling across scales and disciplines”. University of Bonn, 09.10.2012.

BRITZ, W., LENGERS, B. (2011): Farm specific marginal abatement costs for dairy GHG emissions which base upon different emission indicators - a bio-economic model approach, selected paper presented at the 2011 EAAE PhD Workshop, April 27-29, 2011, Nitra (Slovak Republic)

Discussion and technical papers

LENGERS, B., BRITZ, W., HOLM-MÜLLER, K. (2013): Trade-off of feasibility against accuracy and cost efficiency in choosing indicators for the abatement of GHG-emissions in dairy farming, Discussion Paper 2013.

LENGERS, B.(2012): Construction of different GHG accounting schemes for approximation of dairy farm emissions, Technical Paper referring to DFG-project HO 3780/2-1.

LENGERS, B. (2012): Up to date relevant GHG abatement options in German agricultural dairy production systems, Technical Paper referring to DFG-project HO 3780/2-1. Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn.

LENGERS, B. (2011): GHG survey of German agriculture-specific view on dairy production systems, Technical Paper referring to DFG-project HO 3780/2-1.