since 2021 Scientific collaborator at FiBL Germany
since 2009 Scientific collaborator at the Department of Socioeconomics FiBL
2004 - 2010 PhD student in Agricultural Economics, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Germany. Research fields: Bio-economic modelling, household economics in developing countries, ecological-economics, decision making. PhD thesis: "Decision making of rural farm households in Namibia –Lessons learned from multi-annual programming optimisation models" supervised by Prof. Ernst-August Nuppenau.
2007- 2008 Scientific collaborator at the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI), Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Institute of Farm Economics, Braunschweig, Germany.
2000 - 2003 Master program in International Agricultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany. Research fields: Agricultural Economics. Master thesis: "International Comparison of the Support for Organic Farming – Transferability of the PSE Concept of the OECD" supervised by Dr. Frank Offermann at the Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (vTI) and Prof. Dr. Dieter Kirschke at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
1996 - 2000 Bachelor Program in Agricultural Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Bachelor thesis: "Potentials for Development of Ostrich Farms in South Africa" [Entwicklungspotentiale für Straußenfarmen in Südafrika] supervised by Dr. Irina Gillwald at the Humboldt University of Berlin.
Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive
Hecht, J., (2010): Decision Making of Rural Farm Households in Namibia: Lessons Learned From Multi-Annual Programming Optimisation Models. Cuvillier Göttingen. Deutschland. Zugl. Giessen Dissertation
Pröpper, M., Gröngröft, A., Falk, T., Eschenbach, A., Fox, T., Gessner, U., Hecht, J., Hinz, M. O., Huettich, C., Hurek, T., Kangombe, F. N., Keil, M., Kirk, M., Mapaure, C., Mills, A., Mukuya, R., Namwoonde, N. E., Overmann, J., Petersen, A., Reinhold-Hurek, B., Schneiderat, U., Strohbach, B. J., Lück-Vogel, M., Wisch, U. (2010): Causes and perspectives of land-cover change through expanding cultivation in Kavango. – In: Hoffman, M. T., Schmiedel, U., Jürgens, N. [Eds.]: Biodiversity in southern Africa. Volume 3: Implications for landuse and management: pp. 1–31, Klaus Hess Publishers, Göttingen & Windhoek
Hecht, J., Nieberg, H., Offermann, F. (2009): Maßgerechte Kalkulation statt Einheitsprämie. – In: LandInForm. Deutsche Vernetzungsstelle Ländliche Räume
Offermann, F., Nieberg, H., Hecht, J. (2008): Potential of differentiated payment levels based on standard cost approaches: A case study of selected rural development measures in Germany. Paper presented at The 82nd Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economics Society Royal Agricultural College
