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Economics and Finance
Germany
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
94
Citations
28893
World Ranking
145
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Germany Leader Award
  • 2018 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences

Overview

Matin Qaim is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and specializes in research within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences field, with a particular focus on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Pollution, Sociology and Political Science, and Plant Science.

Their research topics cover various aspects of agriculture and sustainability, including:

  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Genetically Modified Organisms Research
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Agricultural risk and resilience

Among recent published papers, the following are notable:

  • "Role of New Plant Breeding Technologies for Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Development," 2020, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • "Environmental, Economic, and Social Consequences of the Oil Palm Boom," 2020, Annual Review of Resource Economics
  • "Meat Consumption and Sustainability," 2022, Annual Review of Resource Economics
  • "Europe's Farm to Fork Strategy and Its Commitment to Biotechnology and Organic Farming: Conflicting or Complementary Goals?," 2021, Trends in Plant Science
  • "Use of mobile financial services among farmers in Africa: Insights from Kenya," 2021, Global Food Security

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Matin Qaim include:

  • Martin C. Parlasca
  • Hermanto Siregar
  • Amy Faye
  • Kibrom T. Sibhatu
  • Kai Purnhagen

Their work is frequently published in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • World Development
  • Food Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

Matin Qaim was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2018 for contributions to Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Yield Effects of Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries

    Matin Qaim;Matin Qaim;David Zilberman

  • A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops

    Wilhelm Klümper;Matin Qaim

  • Linking Smallholders to Markets: Determinants and Impacts of Farmer Collective Action in Kenya

    Elisabeth Fischer;Matin Qaim

  • Production diversity and dietary diversity in smallholder farm households

    Kibrom T. Sibhatu;Vijesh V. Krishna;Matin Qaim

  • Trade-offs between multifunctionality and profit in tropical smallholder landscapes

    Ingo Grass;Ingo Grass;Christoph Kubitza;Christoph Kubitza;Vijesh V. Krishna;Marife D. Corre

  • The Economics of Genetically Modified Crops

    Matin Qaim

  • IMPACT OF OFF-FARM INCOME ON FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN NIGERIA

    Raphael O. Babatunde;Matin Qaim

  • Organic Agriculture, Food Security, and the Environment

    Eva-Marie Meemken;Matin Qaim

  • Roundup Ready soybeans in Argentina: farm level and aggregate welfare effects

    Matin Qaim;Greg Traxler

  • Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi.

    Stefan Koppmair;Menale Kassie;Matin Qaim

  • Role of New Plant Breeding Technologies for Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Development

    Matin Qaim

  • Supermarkets, farm household income and poverty: Insights from Kenya

    Elizaphan J.O. Rao;Matin Qaim

  • Economic impacts and impact dynamics of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton in India

    Jonas Kathage;Matin Qaim

  • Ecological and socio-economic functions across tropical land use systems after rainforest conversion

    Jochen Drescher;Katja Rembold;Kara Allen;Philip Beckschäfer

  • Analyzing Nutritional Impacts of Policies: An Empirical Study for Malawi

    Olivier Ecker;Matin Qaim

  • Rural food security, subsistence agriculture, and seasonality

    Kibrom T. Sibhatu;Matin Qaim

  • Review: Meta-analysis of the association between production diversity, diets, and nutrition in smallholder farm households

    Kibrom T. Sibhatu;Matin Qaim

  • Food Standards, Certification, and Poverty among Coffee Farmers in Uganda

    Brian Chiputwa;David J. Spielman;Matin Qaim

  • Adoption of Bt Cotton and Impact Variability: Insights from India

    Matin Qaim;Arjunan Subramanian;Gopal Naik;David Zilberman

  • Genetically Modified Crops, Corporate Pricing Strategies, and Farmers' Adoption: The Case of Bt Cotton in Argentina

    Matin Qaim;Alain de Janvry

  • Bt Cotton in India: Field Trial Results and Economic Projections

    Matin Qaim

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias Gauly
Matthias Gauly University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
David Zilberman
David Zilberman University of California, Berkeley
Stephan Klasen
Stephan Klasen University of Göttingen
Jürgen Bauhus
Jürgen Bauhus University of Freiburg
Friedhelm Taube
Friedhelm Taube Kiel University
Menale Kassie
Menale Kassie International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Sven Ove Hansson
Sven Ove Hansson Royal Institute of Technology
Alain de Janvry
Alain de Janvry University of California, Berkeley
Maximo Torero
Maximo Torero Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ingo Grass
Ingo Grass University of Hohenheim

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