Name |
Prof. Dr. Hermann WAIBEL |
Date of birth |
October 6, 1951 |
Place of birth |
Stixenhof, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Nationality |
German |
Civil Status |
married, two children |
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Educational Background |
1979 MSc Agricultural Economics (Diplom-Agrarökonom) University of Hohenheim, Germany |
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1984 Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of Hohenheim, Germany |
Current Academic Position |
Director of the Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany |
Research Priorities |
Impact Assessment of International Research on Food Security and Agriculture; Poverty and Vulnerability in emerging Asian Economies; Pesticide Policies in Developing Countries, Resource and Environmental Economics of Horticultural Systems in Developing Countries with emphasis on Asia; Economics of Integrated Pest Management; Economics of Organic Horticulture |
Developing Country Experience |
Burkina Faso, China, Columbia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Lao-PDR, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mali, Malaysia, Malawi, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Morocco, Paraguay, Philippines (3 yrs), Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Tanzania, Thailand (7 yrs), Vietnam, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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Professional, Management and International Experience |
Positions |
Professor of Development and Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Leibniz Universität Hannover (since 2001) |
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Professor of Economics in Horticulture, Leibniz Universität Hannover, tenured position (1994-2000) |
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Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen (1991–1994), non-tenured, temporary position |
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Associate Professor of Farming Systems, Agriculture and Food Engineering Division, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok, Thailand, (1988–1990) |
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Deputy Project Manager and Project Economist, Agricultural Development Project in Thailand, Department of Agricultural Extension, Bangkok, Thailand (1984–1988) |
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Research Associate, Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Hohenheim, Prof. Dr. Dr. J. Zeddies (1982–1984) |
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Associate Project Economist, Agricultural Development Project in the Philippines, Bureau of Plant Industry with duty stations in Manila, Camarines Sur, Iloilo, Nueva Ecija and Sultan Kudarat (1980–1982) |
Management Experience |
Director of the Institute of Economics in Horticulture, Faculty of Economics and Management, Leibniz Universität Hannover (since 1998). |
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Project Director of the Special Research Program on “Vulnerability to Poverty in emerging economies in South East Asia”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (since 2006) |
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Director of International Programs and Member of the Executive Board of the University of Hannover (2000–2003). |
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Chairman of the Senate Committee on International Relations of the University of Hannover (2000–2003). |
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Chairman of the Executive Board of the Center of Business Management and Applied Research in Horticulture in Germany, (1995-2006). The Executive Board consists of high level representatives of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Consumer Protection and 16 State (Länder) Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Economics. |
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Member of the Senate Committee on International Relations of the University of Hannover (1995-2006). |
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Dean of Student Affairs, Faculty of Horticulture, University of Hannover (1998-2000). |
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Member of the Faculty Council in Economics and Management, University of Hannover (2003-2006). |
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Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Horticulture, University of Hannover (1997–2000). |
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Executive Director of the Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany (1993-1994). |
Membership in International Boards and Panels |
Member Steering Committee International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research (ICABR) on the Future of Biotechnology , Ravello, Italy, June 2008. |
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Advisory Board "International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability" Essex, UK (J. Pretty: Chief editor) |
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Chairman of the Advisory Panel on Agricultural Research in Developing Countries, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation (Vorsitzender des Fachbeirats der Beratergruppe zur Internationalen Agrarforschung) (2002-2005). |
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Member of the Advisory Panel on Agricultural Research in Developing Countries, German Ministry of Economic Cooperation (Mitglied des Fachbeirats der Beratergruppe zur Internationalen Agrarforschung (1998-2005). |
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Member of the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) and concurrently panel member to the Science Council of the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Washington and Rome (2001–2005). |
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Member of the Governing Council of the FAO-UNEP-World Bank Global IPM Facility at FAO Rome (until 2002). |
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Advisory Board “GMO Guidelines Project of IOBC”, Geobotanisches Institut der ETH Zürich, Switzerland (until 2003). |
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Project Director of GTZ sponsored project on pesticide policy reform in developing countries (until 2001). |
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German liaison scientist for a CGIAR research institute: The West African Rice Development Association (WARDA) (until 1998). |
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Teaching and Research |
Teaching |
Faculty of Economics and Management: (all courses are taught in English): courses and seminars in Development Economics |
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Faculty of Horticulture: courses and seminars on Business Management and Investment in Horticulture |
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Faculty of Landscape Planning and Environmental Development (in German): course on Principles of Economics for Landscape Planners |
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Reviewer for Scientific Journals |
• Agrarwirtschaft (German Journal of Agricultural Economics) |
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• Agricultural Economics |
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• Agricultural Systems |
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• Agroforestry Systems |
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• American Journal of Agricultural Economics |
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• European Review of Agricultural Economics |
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• Ecological Economics |
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• Environment and Development Economics |
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• Forestry Policy and Economics |
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• International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability |
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• Journal of Agricultural Extension Education |
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• Journal of Environmental Management |
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• Journal of Insect Science and its Applications |
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• Journal of Plant Pathology and Protection |
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• Public Administration and Development |
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• Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture |
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• World Development |
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Memberships/Credentials |
Verein für Socialpolitik (German Association of Economics - Section Development Economics) |
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International Association of Agricultural Economists |
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Association of Agricultural Economics and Social Science in Germany |
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Association of Horticultural Research in Germany |
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German Association for Agricultural Research in the Tropics and Subtropics |
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Plant Protection Society of Germany |
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Scholarship Award of the DAAD for the Philippines (1979) |
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