The Austrian Society for Agricultural Economics (ÖGA) and the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at BOKU University, under the leadership of the Institute of Agricultural and Forest Economicsare pleased with the successful outcome of this year's ÖGA Annual Conference, which took place online for the second time. The ÖGA welcomed 125 participants from six different countries to a total of fourteen research forums, three workshops, and two plenary lectures.
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The 31st ÖGA Annual Conference took place on September 16 and 17, 2021, on the general topic of “Strategies for the Agricultural and Food Sector and Rural Areas in Times of Multiple Crises”. The global coronavirus pandemic, which has been ongoing since the beginning of 2020, affects all areas of life and, through its health risks, triggers economic, social, and psychological crises whose extent is as yet unfathomable. While existing crises such as advancing climate change and the destruction of habitats and ecosystems, which are driven by our economic system and lifestyle, are currently receding into the background, existing social inequalities are becoming even more visible. In order to address multiple crises, current forms of economic activity and consumption, as well as our approach to the environment, must also be questioned. The experiences and insights of the past year can be seen as an impetus for transforming the agricultural and food sector and for shaping rural areas towards more resilient systems. Coping strategies in (agricultural) policy and at all levels of social and economic action should address the following questions: How are the recent crises changing existing agricultural and food systems (e.g., the dependence of agricultural production and processing sectors on foreign workers)? What opportunities and risks arise with regard to transformation processes already initiated (e.g., CO2 reduction, energy sector)? What role do the individual actors along the value chain play, as well as the state with its regained and recognized role of economic management? What significance does science have for the analysis and management of crises?
The conference highlights were the two high-profile plenary lectures: Dr. Ika Darnhofer (BOKU University, Vienna) addressed the topic “Crises from a Resilience Perspective.” Prof. Peter Feindt (Humboldt University of Berlin) delivered his lecture on “The Crises of Agricultural Policy – Resilience and Reflexivity as Perspectives for Analysis and Design”.
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Programme | 31st ÖGA Annual Conference (state: 2021-09-13)
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