Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transition Economies
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 41.9 ″ N , 11 ° 56 ′ 17 ″ E
| Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transition Economies |
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| Category: | research Institute |
| Membership: | Leibniz Association |
| Facility location: | Halle (Saale) |
| Areas of expertise: | Agricultural science , economics , social science |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (50%), states (50%) |
| Management: | Alfons Balmann , Thomas Glaub, Katja Guhr, Thomas Herzfeld |
| Employee: | around 170 |
| Homepage: | www.iamo.de |
The Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), formerly the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, is a non-university research institution based in Halle (Saale) . The institute is dedicated to the analysis of economic, social and political change processes in the agricultural and food industry as well as in rural areas. His research area extends from the expanding EU through the transition regions of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe to Central and East Asia.
The institute, founded in 1994, is a foundation under public law of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and is a member of the Leibniz Association . In addition, the institute is a founding member of the Halle ScienceCampus - Plant-Based Bioeconomy (WCH) and the Leibniz ScienceCampus "Eastern Europe - Global Area" (EEGA).
Research priorities
As an internationally oriented agricultural research institute, IAMO conducts basic and application-oriented research. Agricultural policy framework conditions and design options, the markets in the agricultural and food sector and the development of farms and structures in rural areas are analyzed. Business and agricultural policy decisions as well as market processes also influence the human-environment relationships in rural areas. The institute's scientific work is organized into five main research areas:
- Politics and institutions
- Use of natural resources
- Living conditions in rural areas
- Organization of agricultural production
- Coordination of value chains
The institute's research area is divided into three departments:
- Framework conditions of the agricultural sector and policy analysis,
- Agricultural markets, agricultural marketing and world agricultural trade,
- Business and structural development in rural areas.
financing
As part of the institutional funding, the federal government in the form of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the federal states (represented here by the home state Saxony-Anhalt) equally share the financing of IAMO.