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Joachim von Braun

Joachim von Braun

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
69
Citations
18970
World Ranking
490
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joachim von Braun is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields including general agricultural and biological sciences, soil science, economics and econometrics, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as global and planetary change.

Their work addresses several main topics, particularly focusing on agricultural risk and resilience, bioeconomy and sustainability development, market dynamics and volatility, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, land use and ecosystem services, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, and energy and environment impacts.

Recent notable publications include:

  • Food systems: seven priorities to end hunger and protect the planet (2021, Nature)
  • Food system concepts and definitions for science and political action (2021, Nature Food)
  • The global cost of reaching a world without hunger: Investment costs and policy action opportunities (2021, Food Policy)
  • The moment to see the poor (2020, Science)
  • Assessment of land degradation 'on the ground' and from 'above' (2021, SN Applied Sciences)

Joachim von Braun frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Lukas Kornher, Alisher Mirzabaev, Assefa Admassie, Heike Baumüller, and Sheryl L. Hendriks.

The scientist's research is often published in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature, Sustainability Science, RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, and Nature Food.

In addition to journal articles, Joachim von Braun has contributed to books published by Peter Lang, including titles like From Potentials to Reality: Transforming Africa's Food Production (2021) and Von den Potenzialen zur Realität: Wie die Afrikanische Lebensmittelproduktion gesteigert werden kann (2022).

In recognition of their contributions to science, Joachim von Braun was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Climate change impacts on global food security

    Tim Wheeler;Joachim von Braun

  • "Land grabbing" by foreign investors in developing countries: Risks and opportunities

    Joachim von Braun;Ruth Meinzen-Dick

  • Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

    Ephraim Nkonya;Alisher Mirzabaev;Joachim von Braun

  • Agricultural commercialization: impacts on income and nutrition and implications for policy

    Joachim von Braun

  • Drivers and triggers of international food price spikes and volatility

    Getaw Tadesse;Bernardina Algieri;Matthias Kalkuhl;Joachim von Braun

  • The world food situation: New driving forces and required actions

    Joachim von Braun

  • When speculation matters

    Luis Robles;Maximo Torero;Joachim von Braun

  • Food and financial crises: Implications for agriculture and the poor

    Joachim Von Braun

  • Improving food security of the poor :concept, policy, and programs

    Joachim von Braun

  • Policy: Five cornerstones of a global bioeconomy

    Beate El-Chichakli;Joachim von Braun;Christine Lang;Daniel Barben

  • Governance of the bioeconomy: A global comparative study of national bioeconomy strategies

    Thomas Dietz;Jan Börner;Jan Janosch Förster;Joachim von Braun

  • Famine in Ethiopia: Policy Implications of Coping Failure at National and Household Levels

    Patrick Webb;Joachim von Braun;Yisehac Yohannes

  • High food prices: the what, who, and how of proposed policy actions.

    Joachim von Braun;Akhter U. Ahmed;Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere;Shenggen Fan

  • The Impact of New Crop Technology on the Agricultural Division of Labor in a West African Setting

    Joachim von Braun;Patrick J. R. Webb

  • Russian poverty: Muddling through economic transition with garden plots

    Harm Tho Seeth;Sergei Chachnov;Alexander Surinov;Joachim Von Braun

  • Famine in Africa: Causes, responses, and prevention

    Joachim von Braun;Tesfaye Teklu;Patrick Webb

  • Rising Food Prices: What Should Be Done? Steigende Nahrungsmittelpreise: Was sollte getan werden? La hausse des prix alimentaires : Que doit‐on faire?

    Joachim von Braun

  • Nontraditional Export Crops in Guatemala: Effects on Production, Income, and Nutrition

    Joachim Von Braun;David Hotchkiss;Maarten D. C. Immink

  • Commercialization of Agriculture Under Population Pressure: Effects on Production, Consumption, and Nutrition in Rwanda

    Joachim von Braun;Hartwig de Haen;Juergen Blanken

  • Food price volatility and its implications for food security and policy

    Matthias Kalkuhl;Joachim von Braun;Maximo Torero

  • Rural finance for food security for the poor

    Manfred Zeller;Buchenrieder, neé Schrieder, Gertrud;Joachim von Braun;Franz Heidhues

  • High food prices: The what, who, and how of proposed policy actions [In Chinese]

    Joachim von Braun;Akhter Ahmed;Kwadwo Asenso-okyere;Shenggen Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark W. Rosegrant
Mark W. Rosegrant International Food Policy Research Institute
Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb Tufts University
Shenggen Fan
Shenggen Fan China Agricultural University
Maximo Torero
Maximo Torero Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Reinhard F. Hüttl
Reinhard F. Hüttl Brandenburg University of Technology
Harold Alderman
Harold Alderman International Food Policy Research Institute
Rattan Lal
Rattan Lal The Ohio State University
Matthias Kalkuhl
Matthias Kalkuhl University of Potsdam
John Pender
John Pender United States Department of Agriculture
Nicholas Minot
Nicholas Minot International Food Policy Research Institute

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