Matin Qaim

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Matin Qaim (born December 20, 1969 in Mainz ) is a German professor of agricultural economics .

Life

Qaim studied agricultural sciences at the Universities of Bonn and Kiel . After graduating in Kiel in 1996, he began his doctoral thesis in agricultural economics , with which he received his doctorate in 2000 at the University of Bonn under Joachim von Braun . As an Emmy Noether scholar , he completed his habilitation there in 2003 in agricultural and development economics . Prior to that, from 2001 to 2003, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, where he worked under David Zilberman . In 2004 the University of Hohenheim appointed him a professorship for international agricultural trade and the world food industry. In 2007 he followed a call to the University of Göttingen .

Qaim is married and has two daughters.

Memberships

In 2018 he was elected a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina . Qaim is u. a. Member of the Life Sciences Commission of the National Academy of Science Leopoldina , the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board.

Publications (selection)

  • T. Gödecke, AJ Stein, M. Qaim: The global burden of chronic and hidden hunger: Trends and determinants . In: Global Food Security . tape 17 , 2018, p. 21–29 , doi : 10.1016 / j.gfs.2018.03.004 .
  • S. Koppmair, M. Kassie, M. Qaim: Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi . In: Public Health Nutrition . tape 20 , 2017, p. 325-335 , doi : 10.1017 / S1368980016002135 .
  • B. Chiputwa, M. Qaim: Sustainability standards, gender, and nutrition among smallholder farmers in Uganda . In: Journal of Development Studies . tape 52 , 2016, p. 1241–1257 , doi : 10.1080 / 00220388.2016.1156090 .
  • KT Sibhatu, VV Krishna, M. Qaim: Production diversity and dietary diversity in smallholder farm households . In: PNAS . tape 112 , 2015, p. 10657-10662 , doi : 10.1073 / pnas.1510982112 .
  • W. Klümper, M. Qaim: A meta-analysis of the impacts of genetically modified crops . In: PLOS ONE . tape 9 , 2014, p. e111629 , doi : 10.1371 / journal.pone.0111629 .
  • M. Qaim: The economics of genetically modified crops . In: Annual Review of Resource Economics . tape 1 , 2009, p. 665-694 , doi : 10.1146 / annurev.resource.050708.144203 .
  • Qaim, M., F. Heidhues (eds.) (2005). Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries . Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture , Vol. 44, No. 3.
  • Qaim, M., AF Krattiger, J. von Braun (eds.) (2000). Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Towards Optimizing the Benefits for the Poor . Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISBN 978-1-4757-3178-1 .
  • Qaim, M. (2000): Potential Impacts of Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries . Peter Lang Verlag , Frankfurt.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, accessed on April 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Life Sciences. Leopoldina, accessed April 2, 2018 .
  3. ^ Members: Matin Qaim. Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, accessed on August 16, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Humanitarian Board: Prof Matin Qaim. Golden Rice Project, accessed April 2, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Qaim, Matin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural economist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th December 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz