Name: Sustainable Food Systems Symposium 2024
Start: 2024-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Paulinerkirche

Sustainable Food Systems Symposium 2024

from Monday, September 16, 2024 (10:00 AM) to Wednesday, September 18, 2024 (6:00 PM)

Monday, September 16, 2024

1:00 PM Registration
Registration
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Entrance Hall
2:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshop # 1: Communicating science despite Elon Musk
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

2:00 PM Communicating science despite Elon Musk - Bartosz Bartkowski (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)
Pre-Conference Workshop # 3: Turn your research into a visual summary and make your publications stand out
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

2:00 PM Turn your research into a visual summary and make your publications stand out! - Beatriz Herrera (Visuals in Science LAB) Lina Buitrago (Visuals in Science LAB)
Pre-Conference Workshop # 5: Decolonizing Research: Session 1
Session 1
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

2:00 PM Decolonizing research (Session 1) - Sebastian Garbe
3:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: 1.302
4:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshop # 2: The Science-Policy-Plate Nexus: Sustainable Diets and Food Futures
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

4:00 PM The Science-Policy-Plate Nexus: Sustainable Diets and Food Futures - Rachel Mazac
Pre-Conference Workshop # 4: Turn your research into a visual summary and make your publications stand out! (Repetition)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

4:00 PM Turn your research into a visual summary and make your publications stand out! (Repetition) - Beatriz Herrera (Visuals in Science LAB) Lina Buitrago (Visuals in Science LAB)
Pre-Conference Workshop # 5: Decolonizing Research: Session 2
Session 2
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

4:00 PM Decolonizing research (Session 2) - Sebastian Garbe
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

8:00 AM Registration
Registration
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Room: Entrance Hall

8:50 AM Openning ceremony - Welcome address
Openning ceremony - Welcome address
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: 1.501.1
9:00 AM Plenary Session 1: Rob Vos (keynote 1) and Danielle Resnick (keynote 2)
Rob Vos (keynote 1) and Danielle Resnick (keynote 2)
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

9:00 AM Options for reducing GHG emissions from agriculture and food systems - Rob Vos (IFPRI)

9:30 AM The Politics and Governance of Food Systems Transformation - Danielle Resnick (IFPRI)
10:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Lobby 1.202
10:30 AM Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

10:30 AM Droughts, Agriculture, and the Economy: Time and Place Matter - Leonard Krapf (University of Göttingen)

10:50 AM The effects of digital yield monitoring on greenhouse gas emissions in the US - Thomas Kopp (University of Siegen)

11:10 AM Smallholder Welfare and Weather Extremes: Assessing the Effects of Climate Change Adaptation Measures - Marlene Wätzold (Georg-August University of Göttingen)

11:30 AM Economic performance of cocoa agroforestry systems in southern Bahia, Brazil - Steffi Dekegel (Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain); Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade (PPGE/UESC); Antwerp Zoo Centre for Research and Conservation)
Food Markets and Supply Chains
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 0.110
Contributions

10:30 AM Buyer competition and farm outcomes in the modernizing dairy sector of Punjab, India - Anusha De (LICOS, KU Leuven; DARE, UGOE)

10:50 AM Entrepreneurship, crop diversification, and commercialization: Evidence from small-scale farmers in Zambia - Dagmar Mithöfer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

11:10 AM Consumer attitudes towards social commerce: Insights on female entrepreneurs selling rice and shrimp in Bangladesh - Shanjida Sharmin (Section of Agricultural and Food Marketing, University of Kassel, Germany)

11:30 AM Trade policies and the transmission of international to domestic prices - Lina Kastens (Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Food Security I
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

10:30 AM Food Loss Analysis in Nigeria: A Systematic Literature Review - Ifeoluwa Abulude (International PhD Program for Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy, and Sustainable Food Systems (IPPAE). Institute of Agricultural Policy and Market Research. Justus-Liebig University, Giessen. Germany)

10:50 AM Combining crop diversity and market access to promote dietary diversity and food security: Insights from Smallholder Productivity Promotion Programme in Zambia - Kibrom Tadesse Sibhatu (Independent Consultant, Research and Impact Assessment Division, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Goettingen, Germany)

11:10 AM Reducing the 'True Cost' of Food-Based Safety Nets: Evidence from India's National Food Program - Raghav Puri (Cornell University)
Technology Adoption
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

10:30 AM How to achieve greener palm oil? - Jakob Vincent Latzko (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development - Uni Göttingen)

10:50 AM Large scale pilot of low-cost soil tests to promote soil health management practices among smallholder farmers in Indonesia - Udit Sawhney (University of Passau)

11:10 AM How do information channels and sources relate to smallholders’ distinct forestry practices? - Luisa Müting (Uni Göttingen)

11:30 AM Impact and drivers of informal water markets in irrigation regions in India - Juliane Haensch (Georg-August-University Göttingen)
11:50 AM Finance and Insurance
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

11:50 AM Digital innovations to increase impacts of agricultural insurance: Evidence from a randomized trial in Kenya - Berber Kramer (International Food Policy Research Institute)

12:10 PM Picture-based crop insurance: A randomized control trial evaluating the impacts of using smartphone pictures for claims verification in India - Francisco Ceballos (International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI))

12:30 PM Impacts of an innovative credit-insurance bundle for landless farmers: Evidence from a cluster randomized trial in Odisha, India - Subhransu Pattnaik (International Food Policy Research Institute)

12:50 PM Comparing Living Income methods: an application to Cameroon’s cocoa farmers - Katia Covarrubias (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Food Security II
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 0.110
Contributions

11:50 AM Food Security in Times of Conflict: The Vital Role of Humanitarian Aid and Agricultural Development - Kindah Ibrahim (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague)

12:10 PM Seasonality as a construct in sustainability and food security discourse: the case of smallholder agricultural production in Kenya - Ndungu S. Nyokabi (University College London)

12:30 PM Urbanization and intra-household dietary quality: Insights from Malawi - Vivien Hülsen (Georg-August Universität Göttingen)

12:50 PM Estimating spatial patterns of food security within Sub-Saharan African countries - Kenneth Harttgen (ETH Zürich)
Trade-offs and Transformation
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

11:50 AM Unveiling Trade-offs: Organic Farming and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Brazil - Maria Luisa Fernandes de Araujo (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

12:10 PM Land-use transformation and conflict: The effects of oil palm expansion in Indonesia - Tobias Hellmundt (University of Göttingen)

12:30 PM Modern Solutions to Age-Old Problems: Exploring the Impact of Online Food Delivery, Market Access, and Poverty Alleviation in Indonesia - Wisnu Harto Adiwijoyo (University of Goettingen)

12:50 PM Urbanisation and adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in the rural-urban interface of Bangalore, India - Verena Preusse
Traditional and Alternative Sources of Protein
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

11:50 AM Do ingredients matter? Exploring consumer preference for abstract vs. concrete descriptors of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives - Sophie-Dorothe Lieke (University of Göttingen)

12:10 PM Bison as a Food Source: the braiding of Indigenous and Western Food Systems - Brianne Andrea Altmann (University of Kassel)

12:30 PM Consumer Response to Price Increases for Meat Dishes in University Canteens: Exploring the Impact of Animal Welfare Standards and Subsidy Reduction - Aline Simonetti (University of Bonn)

12:50 PM Choice experiment assessments of the target consumer group of insect-based food and their preferences for product labelling - Berlianti Puteri (University of Kassel, Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture and Food Marketing)
1:10 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:10 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Lobby 0.216
2:10 PM Plenary Session 2: Klaus Grunert (keynote 3) and Sanchayan Banerjee (keynote 4)
Klaus Grunert (keynote 3) and Sanchayan Banerjee (keynote 4)
2:10 PM - 3:10 PM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

2:10 PM Hedonic reward and informational gratification: Perspectives for behavioural change towards a healthier and more sustainable diet - Klaus G. Grunert (Aarhus University)

2:40 PM Behavioral and Economic Policies for Sustainable Dietary Transition - Sanchayan Banerjee (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
3:10 PM Climate Change and Nutrition
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 0.110
Contributions

3:10 PM How climate shocks impact nutrient adequacy in Tanzania - Hannah Ameye (Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn)

3:30 PM How is climate fuelling the thirst for sweetness? Exploring drivers and adaptation - Maxime Roche (Imperial College London)

3:50 PM Towards a conceptual framework linking climate change-induced natural disasters and nutrition outcomes - Vimbainashe Prisca Dembedza (Ms)
From consumer Psychology to Policy Advocacy
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

3:10 PM Driving Factors of Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Organic Foods in Iran: Insights from a Mixed-Methods Study - Arezou Babajani (Institute of Agricultural Policy and Markets, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany)

3:30 PM Emotional priming for sustainable consumption? The effects of social media content on the valuation of chocolate - Sarah Iweala (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen)

3:50 PM Insights into Front-of-Package Labeling (FOPL) Efficacy and Consumer Behavior: A Multifaceted Examination Using Eye-Tracking Technology - Eyal Ert (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Aron Troen (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

4:10 PM How can advocates leverage power to advance comprehensive regulation on ultra-processed foods? Learning from advocate experience in Argentina - Simone Wahnschafft (University of Goettingen)
Production and Labor
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

3:10 PM Adaptation to Humid Heat in Animal Agriculture: The Case of Israeli Dairy Farms - Ayal Kimhi (Hebrew University)

3:30 PM Talking about the Weather - Farm-Level Inefficiency and Climate Extremes - Moritz Hartig (University of Göttingen)

3:50 PM Availability of Household Labour: a key determinant of sustainable agricultural practices use - Katharina Krumbiegel (Joint Research Centre of the European Commission)

4:10 PM Farm size and the quality and quantity of jobs—Insights from Nigeria - Olayinka Aremu (ETH Zürich)
Urbanization and Income Constraints to Food
3:10 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

3:10 PM Exploring the Impact of Urbanisation on Dietary Patterns in Tanzania - Shinuna Gärtner (Technical University Munich)

3:30 PM Migration and Nutrition of the Left-Behind Individuals: Evidence from Ghana - Adrien Gosselin-Pali (Université Clermont Auvergne, CERDI)

3:50 PM Healthy diet based poverty lines - Jonas Stehl (University of Goettingen)
4:30 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Lobby 0.216 & Lobby 1.202
5:00 PM Consumer Behavior and Market Dynamics in Food Systems
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

5:30 PM Signaling Impacts of Food Safety Label on Fresh Produce Demand - Minhao Yan

5:35 PM Could consumers environmental perceptions transform food systems in Europe? - Ianna Moreira-Dantas (Univers)

5:40 PM Consumer preferences for alternative short supply chain attributes of local cultural products: the case of North Sea brown shrimp in Germany - Brianne Andrea Altmann (University of Kassel & University of Goettingen)

5:45 PM Navigating the rise of A2 and desi milk in urban India: Production, sales and consumer perspectives - Shahin Alam (1. Department of Dairy and Poultry Science, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh, 2. Section of Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Kassel and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Steinstr. 19, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany)
Sustainable Agriculture and Resilience
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Room: Entrance Hall
Contributions

5:00 PM The impacts of subsidies on household development resilience of pastoralists under climate shocks - Jizhe Wang (Lanzhou University)

5:05 PM Food Security and Globalization: Impacts of Climate Change in European Food Security. A Systematic Review - Víctor Martínez (Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU))

5:10 PM Understanding the role of resource bricolage in crop–livestock integration: Evidence from agro-pastoral interfaces in China - Weiye Wang (Renmin University of China)

5:15 PM Scaling Up Soil Carbon Monitoring: The cost-effectiveness of Direct Measurement vs. a Model-Based Approach - Lisa Vanderheyden (Université Catholique de Louvain)

5:20 PM National Food Security at the cost of other nations The case of Germany and its trade partners - Sudeh Dehnavi
7:00 PM Joint dinner at Bullerjahn Restaurant
Joint dinner at Bullerjahn Restaurant
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
9:00 AM Plenary Session 3
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

9:00 AM Minding the Gap: Measurement challenges in the gender and food systems framework - Agnes R. Quisumbing (IFPRI)

9:30 AM The Missing Piece? The Role of Urban Food Actions for Food System Transformation - Ferne Edwards (Centre for Food Policy, City St. George's, University of London)
10:00 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Lobby 1.202
10:30 AM Bridging Consumer Intentions and Actions
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 0.110
Contributions

10:30 AM From Intentions to Actions: Unraveling the Cultural and Consumption Value Dynamics of Consumer Behavior Towards Sustainable Products. - Vahideh Baradaran (Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy University Canada West)

10:50 AM Is the treatment effect obtained from within, between, or mixed group experiments the same? A real auction experiment about consumers’ preference on carbon-neutral milk - yu jiang (southwestern university of finance and economics)

11:10 AM Sustainability assessment of food waste reduction measures in a German university canteen - Malin Büttemeier

11:30 AM Forced Active Choice or Default Nudging? A Cafeteria Field Study on Decreasing Meat Portion Sizes - Dominic Lemken (University of Bonn)
Farmer Preferences and Identities
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

10:30 AM Understanding farmers’ willingness to adopt high-value crops in Bhutan – A discrete choice experiment. - Sara Burrone (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)

10:50 AM Willingness to adopt insect farming in Africa is associated with risk attitude and perceived benefit: Evidence from three countries - Mohammed Hussen Alemu (University of Copenhagen)

11:10 AM FARMERS’ IDENTITIES IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYTEMS: EXPLORING THEIR COMPONENTS IN DIVERSE FARMING SYSTEMS - Elsa Varela (1. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen Platz der Göttinger Sieben 5, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany; 2. European Forest Institute, Governance Programme, Platz der Vereinten Nationen 7, Bonn, D-53113, Germany)

11:30 AM Understanding Supports for and Barriers to Collaborating the School Lunch Programme and Local Farms in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand: A SWOT Analysis - Panrawee Praditsorn (Center for Development Research, University of Bonn)
Gender and Empowerment
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

10:30 AM Smallholder Farming Commercialization and Food Security in Malawi: Do Land Rights and Intrahousehold Bargaining Power Matter? - David Zingwe (University of Malawi)

10:50 AM Gender gaps in autonomy over intra-household resources in Peruvian cocoa farming households - Simone Santalucia

11:10 AM Gender Aspects and Sustainable Land Management Practices: A Path Modelling Analysis for Germany - Marlene Kionka

11:30 AM Agency & behavior change in agri-food systems transformation – a review of agroecology initiatives - Rachel Voss (WorldFish)
Sustainability Standards
10:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

10:30 AM Sustainable Food System Transformation in the Netherlands: a multi-level perspective - Hens Runhaar (Utrecht University, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development)

10:50 AM Strengthening Rwandan Coffee Agriculture: The Effect of Information Sources on Development Resilience - Bruno Paz (University of Göttingen)

11:10 AM Price stability or volatility? The role of certification in Peruvian’s food commodity markets - Eva Boonaert (KU Leuven)

11:30 AM Voluntary sustainability standards and their welfare effects: The importance of operationalization in the Indonesian cocoa sector - Janne Bemelmans (Division of Bioeconomics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven (KUL))
11:50 AM Food System
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 0.110
Contributions

11:50 AM Transformation of the global food system The holistic approach of the Food System Economics Commission - Claudia Hunecke

12:10 PM Assessment of trade-offs associated to the achievement of national or regional food self-sufficiency. - Achraf MAMASSI (UMR SADAPT, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France)

12:30 PM Risk Management Strategy of Food Safety: The Case of the US Fresh Produce Supply Chain - Minhao Yan
Gender and Nutrition
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

11:50 AM Agroforestry and household nutrition in southern Madagascar: Does gender matter? - Giulia Malevolti (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)

12:10 PM Cultivating Change: Exploring the Link between Certification, Dietary Quality and Women’s Empowerment among Coffee Farmers in Rwanda - Sophia Bohn (University of Göttingen)

12:30 PM Linking armed conflicts and children undernutrition in Nigeria: the mitigating effects of maternal bargaining power - Habibou IBRAHIM KASSOUM (University Clermont Auvergne, CERDI, CNRS, IRD, France)
Informative Transforming Access and Social Justice
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

11:50 AM Re-conceptualising food fraud vulnerability within a social justice frame: Preserving the authenticity of Spanish honey - Claudia Coral (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Fachgebiet Management agrarischer Wertschöpfungsketten)

12:10 PM Information Crowding and the Value of Food Labels: An Experiment on Preferences for Environmental and Health Trait - Jinghan Chen (University of Manchester)

12:30 PM Assessing food consumption patterns in Spain towards LCA of diets: pathways for a just transition - Chiara De Tomassi (BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change)

12:50 PM Eating Informed: The Impact of Animal-based Food Information on Carbon Offsetting Choices - Thibaut Arpinon (University of Göttingen)
The complexity of Sustainability-Labelling
11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

11:50 AM Mapping the sustainability labels jungle in the food context: consumers’ preference of label (type) - Benedikt Brand (University of Bayreuth)

12:10 PM More is not always better, but when is it? Investigating the Influence of Label Complexity on the Effectiveness of Sustainability Labels - Sandra Ullrich (Universität Göttingen, Wiesbaden Business School)

12:30 PM Climate vs. eco labeling on food – do information matter? An online survey experiment. - Dorothea Meyer (University of Göttingen)

12:50 PM The limited role of carbon food labels in shifting food demand toward planetary health diets - Maiken Maier (Universität Bern)
1:10 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:10 PM - 2:10 PM
Room: Lobby 1.202
2:10 PM Power and Governance in Food Systems
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Lobby 1.302
Contributions

2:35 PM Strengthening social perspectives in sustainability transformation of food systems - Felix Bröcker (Max Rubner-Institut)

2:40 PM Assessing the potential effectiveness and equity of companies’ forest-focused supply chain policies in the cocoa sector of West Africa. - Thomas Addoah (University of Cambridge)

2:45 PM The symptoms of food self-sufficiency ideology in the food system and its effects on food security- water insecurity nexus in Iran - Tinoush Jamali Jaghdani (Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO))

2:50 PM Transforming Lebanon's Food System: A Collaborative Approach for SDGs and Agenda 2030 - Abed Al Kareem Yehya (University of Kassel)
Social Impact and Equity in Food Systems
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Entrance Hall
Contributions

2:10 PM The China Shock and Structural Transformation: The Case of Soy in Brazil - Samuel Siewers (Uni Göttingen)

2:15 PM Gender differences and the welfare effects of food crop commercialization in Malawi - David Zingwe (University of Malawi)

2:20 PM Urban agriculture and its contribution to household food and nutrition security - Lesley Macheka (Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology) George Kembo (Food and Nutrition Council)

2:25 PM The community food store – a case study of the local social impact initiative. - Anna Guseinova (Master of Social Anthropology, Social Entrepreneur) Olga Samoylova (Independent Sustainability Practitioner, Social Entrepreneur)
3:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Lobby 0.126 & Lobby 1.202
3:30 PM World Café - Food Loss and Waste
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: 0.101
Contributions

3:30 PM Food Loss and Waste - Adriana Bernal Liesbeth Colen (University of Göttingen)
World Café - Meat and Animal-source Products
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: 1.201
Contributions

3:30 PM Meat and Animal-source Products - Ainslee Erhard (University of Goettingen) Jasmin Wehner (Universität Göttingen)
World Café - Resilience of Food Systems
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: 1.207
Contributions

3:30 PM Resilience of Food Systems - Bruno Paz (University of Göttingen) Margherita Squarcina (University of Göttingen)
World Café - Standards and Labels
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: 1.501.1
Contributions

3:30 PM Standards and Labels - Marlene Wätzold (Georg-August University of Göttingen) Petros Mkandawire
World Café - Technology and Innovation
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM
Room: 0.110
Contributions

3:30 PM Technology and Innovation - Luisa Müting Sukanya Basu (University of Goettingen)
4:50 PM Closure
Closure
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: 1.501.1

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