Presentations Prof. Dr. Hermann Waibel

Waibel, Hermann, Shi Min and Jikun Huang (2014): Small scale rubber farming and income risk in Xishuangbanna, China. Paper presented at the World Congress on Agroforestry, February 10-14, Delhi, India. Slides

Waibel, H. (2012): Urban migration and income improvement in Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapur, 16.2.2012.

Waibel, H. (2012): Vulnerability to poverty in emerging market economies. Paper presented at Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Peking, China, 6.2.2012.

Waibel, H. (2012): Vulnerability to poverty in the Mekong countries: Data collection and methodology issues. Paper presented during the seminar "Food for thought" at WorldFish Center in Penang, Malaysia, 20.2.2012.

Mithöfer, D. and H. Waibel (2011): Food production standards, farm size and farm worker welfare in Kenya. Paper presented at "Better Works Conference" at the IFC in Washington DC, USA, 25.-28.10.2011.

Waibel H. (2011): "Vulnerability to poverty in Mekong region countries - conceptual approach, data and first results." Seminar at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 19, 2011.

Waibel H. (2011): "Research on Vulnerability to Poverty in Asia". Seminar at the Graduate School of the University of Peradenya in Kandy, Sri Lanka, July 23, 2011.

Völker, M., S. Tongruksawattana, H. Waibel and B. Hardeweg (2011): Climate risk perception and ex-ante mitigation strategies of rural households in Thailand & Vietnam. Paper presented at 7. Jährliche Konferenz des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics. June 24-25, Berlin, Germany.

Liebenehm, S. and H. Waibel (2011): Attitudes towards risk and time among small-scale farmers in West Africa. Paper presented at the PEGNet Conference 2011. September 07-09, Hamburg, Germany.

Cahyadi, E. R. and H. Waibel (2011): Do smallholders gain from contract with an oil palm company? Lessons learned from Jambi, Indonesia. Poster presented at Tropentag 2011: Development on the margin. October 5-7, Bonn, Germany.

Völker, M. and H. Waibel (2010): Natural resource degradation as a response to shocks in mountainous areas of Vietnam. Paper presented at 6. Jährliche Konferenz des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics. June 18-19, Hannover, Germany.

Völker, M., S. Tongruksawattana, H. Waibel and E. Schmidt (2010): Incorporating vulnerability to poverty in farm level models: experiences from Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at 114. Seminar der European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE). April 15-16, Berlin, Germany.

Völker, M., T. Tongruksawattana, H. Waibel and B. Hardeweg (2010): Climate risk perception and ex-ante mitigation strategies of rural households in Thailand & Vietnam. Paper presented at 117. Seminar der European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE). November 25-27, Hohenheim, Germany.

Hardeweg, B., L. Menkhoff and H. Waibel (2010): Experimentally-validated survey evidence on individual risk attitudes in rural Thailand. Paper presented at 25th Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association. August 23-26, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Hardeweg, B., L. Menkhoff and H. Waibel (2010): Experimentally-validated survey evidence on individual risk attitudes in rural Thailand. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society. March 29-31, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

Hardeweg, B., A. Wagener and H. Waibel (2010): Towards Comparative and Aggregate Vulnerability: Analysis of Welfare Distributions in Rural Areas in Thailand and Viet Nam. Paper presented at Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik. September 7-10, Kiel, Germany.

Gödecke, T. and H. Waibel (2010): Is agriculture a good shock absorber for economic crisis? Empirical evidence from a rural village in Thailand. Paper presented at Tropentag 2010: World food system - A contribution from Europe. September 14-16, Zurich, Switzerland.

Gödecke, T. and H. Waibel (2010): Shock mitigation and rural-urban migration during the recent Thai crisis. Paper presented at PEGNet Conference 2010: Policies to Foster and Sustain Equitable Development in Times of Crisis. September 2-3, Midrand, South Africa.

Witt, R., L. S. Chiwaula and H. Waibel (2009): Vulnerability and household livelihoods in small-scale fishing areas in Nigeria and Cameroon - An asset-based approach. Paper presented at Inaugural Conference of the Courant Research Centre 'Poverty, Equity and Growth'. July 1-3, Göttingen, Germany.

Waibel, H. (2009): Agriculture and Economic Crisis: "A South East Asian Perspective". DAAD Stipendiatentreffen. June 20, Hannover, Germany.

Waibel, H. (2009): Collecting data to measure vulnerabilty to poverty: Some initial findings from Thailand and Vietnam. Seminar at the Faculty of the Economics and Rural Development, Hanoi University of Agriculture. September 30, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Waibel, H. (2009): Collecting data to measure vulnerabilty to poverty: Some initial findings from Thailand and Vietnam. Seminar at Thailand Development and Research Institute. September 25, Hue, Vietnam.

Völker, M., E. Schmidt and H. Waibel (2009): Climatic Risk and Farm Planning: a Mathematical Programming Model for Typical Farms Households in the Mountainous Upland of Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. Paper presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany.

Tongruksawattana, S., E. Schmidt and H. Waibel (2009): Shocks and Coping Strategies of Agricultural Households: First Results from Three Provinces in Thailand. Paper presented at the Workshop of Research Unit 756 of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). February 22-26, Hue City, Vietnam. www.vulnerability-asia.uni-hannover.de/index.php

Tongruksawattana, S., E. Schmidt and H. Waibel (2009): Farm Household Adjustment to Price Shocks in Thailand. Paper presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany.

Praneetvatakul, S., T. P. Duc and H. Waibel (2009): The Role of Shocks on the Diversification of Rural Households: A Comparison between Thailand and Vietnam. Paper presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany.

Pemsl, D., L. Wu and H. Waibel (2009): Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainability: Evidence from Shandong Province, China. Paper presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany.

Macharia, I., H. Waibel and D. Mithöfer (2009): Determinants of Pesticide Handling Practices in Vegetable Production in Kenya. Poster presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8,

Liebenehm, S., Affognon H. and H. Waibel (2009): Economic impact of livestock research on farmers' knowledge and productivity - the case of Trypanosomosis in West Africa. Paper presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany.

Liebenehm, S., Affognon H. and H. Waibel (2009): Impact assessment of agricultural research in West Africa: an application of the propensity score matching methodology. Paper presented at 29. IAAE Conference 2009. August 16-22, Beijing, China.

Hardeweg, B., L. Menkhoff and H. Waibel (2009): Experimentally Validated Survey Evidence on Individual Risk Attitudes in Rural Thailand. Poster presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany. www.tropentag.de/2009/abstracts/posters/887.pdf

Hardeweg, B. and H. Waibel (2009): The spatial distribution and interregional dynamics of vegetable production in Thailand. Poster presented at 49th Annual GEWISOLA Conference 2009. September 30 - October 2, Kiel, Germany.

Hardeweg, B., A. Wagener and H. Waibel (2009): Comparative and Aggregate Vulnerability: Analysis of Welfare Distributions in Rural Areas in Thailand and Viet Nam. Paper presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany. www.tropentag.de

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Hardeweg, B. and H. Waibel (2009): Collecting data to measure vulnerabilty to poverty: An overview. Paper presented at Workshop of the DFG Research Group "Impact of shocks on the vulnerability to poverty; consequences for development of Southeast Asian countries". February 22-26, Hue, Vietnam. www.vulnerability-asia.uni-hannover.de/index.php

Hardeweg, B., L. Menkhoff and H. Waibel (2009): Risk attitudes among the rural population of Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand. Workshop of the DFG Research Group on Vulnerability to Poverty in Southeast-Asia. February 22-26, Hue, Vietnam.

Gödecke, T. and H. Waibel (2009): The role of social support networks on household well-being: A village level case study in Northern Thailand. Paper presented at SUNBELT XXX - INSNA Conference. June 29 – July 4, Riva del Garda, Italy.

Gödecke, T. and H. Waibel (2009): A village case study for vulnerability assessment: The implications of household definitions. Paper presented at Arbeitskreis Südostasien in der deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie. July 3-5, Köln, Germany.

Gödecke, T. and H. Waibel (2009): A village case study for vulnerability assessment: The implications of household definitions. Paper presented at Workshop of the DFG Research Group on Vulnerability to Poverty in Southeast-Asia. February 23-26, Hue, Vietnam.

Duc, T. P. and H. Waibel (2009): Diversification in land and labor allocation in response to shocks among small-scale farmers in central Vietnam. Paper presented at 49th Annual GEWISOLA Conference 2009. September 30 - October 2, Kiel, Germany.

Chiwaula, L., R. Witt, H. Waibel , C. Béné and D. Pemsl (2009): Livelihood choices, diversification and poverty in fisheries dependent communities in Cameroon and Nigeria. Poster presented at Tropentag 2009. October 6-8, Hamburg, Germany. www.tropentag.de

Chiwaula, L. and H. Waibel (2009): The role of shocks and risks for the livelihoods of small scale fishing communities of Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Nigeria. Paper presented at Annual conference of Verein für Socialpolitik Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer. 26-27 June 2009, Frankfurt.

Asfaw, S., D. Mithöfer and H. Waibel (2009): Food-safety Standards and Farmers Health: Evidence from Kenyan’s Export Vegetable Growers. Paper presented at 29th IAAE Conference 2009. August 16-22, Beijing, China.

Witt, R., D. E. Pemsl and H. Waibel (2008): Small-scale inland fisheries in Africa: How to collect data for poverty assessment? Paper presented at Annual Conference of "Verein für Socialpolitik: Research Committee Development Economics". May 30-31, Zürich.

Völker, M., E. Schmidt and H. Waibel (2008): Approaches to modelling vulnerability to poverty in rural households in Thua Thien Hue province, Vietnam. Poster presented at Tropentag 2008. October 7-9, Hohenheim, Germany. www.vulnerability-asia.uni-hannover.de/index.php

Tongruksawattana, S., E. Schmidt and H. Waibel (2008): Understanding Vulnerability to Poverty of Rural Agricultural Households in Northeastern Thailand. Poster presented at Tropentag 2008. October 7-9, Hohenheim, Germany. www.vulnerability-asia.uni-hannover.de/index.php

Hohfeld, L., H. Waibel and F. Weirowski (2008): Motivation of CSR Orientated Public Private Partnerships in Fisheries and Agriculture Development. Poster presented at Tropentag 2008. October 7-9, Hohenheim, Germany.

Hardeweg, B. and H. Waibel (2008): Income composition and perception of income fluctuation: Evidence from a representative household sample in three provinces of Thailand and Viet Nam. Poster presented at Tropentag 2008. October 7-9, Hohenheim, Germany. www.tropentag.de

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Chiwaula, L. S. and H. Waibel (2008): Risks, shocks and their impact in small scale fishing communities of Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Nigeria. Paper presented at 6th European Development Research Network (EUDN) PhD Seminar. October 17-18, Göttingen, Germany.

Wu, L., D. Pemsl and H. Waibel (2007): The role of Farmer Training in the Diffusion of Biotechnology in Cotton in China: A Multi-period analysis. Paper presented at Tropentag 2007. October 9-11, University of Kassel-Witzenhausen and University of Göttingen.

Tongruksawattana, T., D. E. Pemsl and H. Waibel (2007): Adoption in Aquaculture in Developing Countries: Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia in the Philippines. Paper presented at Tropentag 2007. 09.-11. October 2007, Kassel, Germany.

Macharia, I., D. Mithöfer and H. Waibel (2007): Potential negative externalities of pesticide use in vegetable production in Kenya. Workshop on Sustainable Horticultural Production in the Tropics. November,28th -1st December . Kenya.

Jankowski, A., D. Mithöfer, B. Löhr and H. Waibel (2007): Economics of Biological Control in Cabbage Production in Two East African Countries. Paper presented at Conference on Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural and Natural Resource Management; Tropentag 2008. 09.-11. October, Kassel.

Hardeweg, B., S. Praneetvatakul, P. D. Tung and H. Waibel (2007): Sampling for Vulnerability to Poverty: cost effectiveness versus precision. Paper presented at Tropentag 2007. October 9-11, University of Kassel-Witzenhausen and University of Göttingen.

Garming, H. and H. Waibel (2007): Do farmers adopt IPM for health reasons? - The case of Nicaraguan vegetable growers. Paper presented at Tropentag 2007. 09.-11. October 2007, Kassel, Germany.

Garming, H. and H. Waibel (2007): Pesticides and Farmer Health in Nicaragua - A Willingness to Pay Approach. Paper presented at Annual Conference of Verein für Socialpolitik Research Committee Development Economics. 29.-30.06.2007, Göttingen, Germany.

Witt, R., H. Waibel and D. Pemsl (2006): Training intensity and diffusion of information from Farmer Field Schools in Senegal. Proceedings Annual Conference, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer im Verein für Socialpolitik. Berlin, Germany.

Witt, R., L. Chiwaula, C. Béné, H. Waibel and D. E. Pemsl (2006): Methodology for Economic Valuation of Food Security and Vulnerability to Poverty for Inland Fisheries in Africa. Paper presented at Tropentag 2006. October 11-13, Bonn, Germany.

Witt, R., H. Waibel and D. E. Pemsl (2006): Diffusion of Information among Small-Scale Farmers in Senegal: The concept of Farmer Field Schools. Annual Conference of "Verein für Socialpolitik: Research Committee Development Economics". 2-3 June, Berlin.

Pemsl, D., H. Waibel and A. P. Gutierrez (2006): The Economics of Biotechnology under Ecosystem Disruption. Contributed paper presented at the International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference. August 12-18, Gold Coast, Australia.

Pananurak, P. and H. Waibel (2006): Impact Assessment of Farmer Field School on Cotton Production in Asia: A Cross Country Comparison. Poster presented at Tropentag 2006. October 11-13, Bonn, Germany.

Mithöfer, D., H. Waibel and F. K. Akinnifesi (2006): The role of food from natural resources in reducing vulnerability to poverty: a case study from Zimbabwe. Poster and background paper presented at International Conference of the Agricultural Economics Association. August, Brisbane, Australia.

Mausch, K., H. Waibel , S. Asfaw and D. Mithöfer (2006): Impact of EurepGAP Standards in Kenya: Comparing Smallholders to Large Scale Producers. Paper presented at Tropentag 2006. October 11-13, Bonn, Germany.

Krasuaythong, T. and H. Waibel (2006): Which alternative production technologies are adopted by Thai vegetable producers? Poster presented at Tropentag 2006. October 11-13, Bonn, Germany.

Goy, I. A. and H. Waibel (2006): Weitere Ergebnisse zur Situationsanalyse des ökologischen Gartenbaues in Deutschland. Paper presented at Deutsche Gartenbautagung. February 22-25, Potsdam, Germany.

Chiwaula, L. S., R. Witt, C. Béné, H. Waibel and D. E. Pemsl (2006): Methodology for economic valuation of food security and vulnerability to poverty in inland fisheries in the Lake Chad basin. Tropentag. October 11-13, Bonn. www.tropentag.de

Asfaw, S., D. Mithöfer and H. Waibel (2006): Adoption and Impact of EurepGAP Standard: The Case of Kenyan Smallholder Export Farmers. Poster presented at Tropentag 2006. October 11-13, Bonn, Germany.

Waibel, H., D. Mithöfer and J. Wesseler (2005): R&D and private investment: how to conserve indigenous fruit biodiversity of Southern Africa. Paper presented at Annual Conference, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer im Verein für Socialpolitik 2005 in Kiel.

Pemsl, D., H. Waibel and A.P. Gutierrez (2005): Institutional Constraints for the Success of Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: The Case of Bt-Cotton in Shandong Province, China. Paper presented at Annual Conference, Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer im Verein für Socialpolitik 2005 in Kiel.

Goy, I. und H. Waibel (2005): Situationsanalyse des ökologischen Gartenbaues in Deutschland. In: Heß, J. und G. Rahmann (Hrsg.): Ende der Nische. Beiträge zur 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau. Kassel.