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Mathias Stolze

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • GLA Management
  • Agricultural policy
  • Policy evaluation
  • Economic analysis of production

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
ongoing CH Monetary valuation of soil ecosystem services and creation of initiatives to invest in soil health (InBestSoil) 01.01.2023 31.12.2026
ongoing CHEU Transformation scenarios for boosting organic farming and organic aquaculture towards the Farm-to-Fork targets (OrganicTargets4EU) 01.09.2022 28.02.2026
ongoing CH Deliberative diets: Connecting producers and consumers to value the sustainability of Swiss food system scenarios (DeliDiets) 01.01.2022 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Sustainable Plant Protection Transition: A Global Approach (SPRINT) 01.09.2020 31.12.2025
ongoing CH Increasing longevity of Swiss dairy cows: factors, future scenarios and strategy development 01.04.2020 31.03.2025
completed CH Local ecosystem dynamics and agri-food systems: a spatially explicit modelling approach to inform policy (LEAF) 01.01.2020 31.12.2023
ongoing CH Organic barometer Switzerland 01.01.2018
completed CH Nachhaltig produzierte Wasserlinsen als mögliche neue Proteinquelle für die Schweizer Tierernährung am Beispiel der Aquakultur 01.12.2017 31.01.2021
completed CH Agriculture - quo vadis? Sustainability assessment of selected development paths 01.04.2017 31.07.2018
completed EUCH Maximise public goods delivery through post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 01.01.2017 31.12.2019
completed CH New ways to sustainable agriculture: Potential contribution of sustainability assessments to an effective, sustainable and widely accepted agricultural policy 01.01.2017 31.12.2018
completed CH Sustainable and healthy nutrition - trade-offs and synergies (NFP69) 01.09.2016 31.12.2019
completed CH Summer School – Designing Food Value Chains to foster the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Summer School) 01.07.2016 31.12.2019
completed CHAT Organic Food Systems Africa (OFSA) 01.03.2016 28.02.2019
completed CH Enhancing SME competitiveness and sustainability in the organic sector (SME-ORGANICS) 01.01.2016 31.12.2019
completed CH Distribution of the added value of the organic food chain (Tender Value Chain) 01.01.2016 31.10.2016
completed CH Tackling the parasitological challenges in organic ruminant farming practices (PrOPara) 02.03.2015 31.05.2018
completed CH Genetic Enhancement & Bioavailability - Finger Millet (ISCB GEB-FM) 01.03.2015 28.02.2018
completed CH The share of local food in the total consumption of the city of Freiburg 01.01.2015 30.11.2015
completed CH BetterGardens: Soil quality, biodiversity, and social value of urban gardens (Sinergia BetterGardens) 01.01.2015 31.12.2018
completed CH RISE: a new method to improve the sustainability of Swiss farms (RISE-CH) 01.01.2014 31.12.2015
completed CH Ensuring the integrity of the European food chain (FOODINTEGRITY) 01.01.2014 31.12.2018
completed CH Impact of Research on EU Agriculture (IMPRESA) 01.11.2013 31.12.2016
completed CHAT Die Alpenregion: Ein Modell für eine nachhaltige Landnutzung und Ernährungsweise (CH Landnutzung Alpen) 01.09.2013 31.12.2015
completed CH Merit based income from sustainable land management in mountain farming (MERIT) 01.08.2013 31.07.2015
completed CH Addressing socio-economic regional disparities: the potential of organic farming for strengthening rural areas in Bulgaria 01.01.2013 31.12.2015
completed CH Factsheet on synergies and conflicts of biodiversity support measures in agriculture 01.12.2012 31.01.2013
completed CH Evaluation of the EU legislation on organic farming 04.09.2012 04.07.2013
completed CH Improving Life Cycle Assessment methodology to comprehensively model organic farming 01.07.2012 31.12.2015
ongoing CHAT Sustainability Monitoring and Assessment Routine (SMART) (SMART) 01.05.2012
completed CH Data network for better European organic market information (OrganicDataNetwork) 01.01.2012 31.12.2014
completed CH Use and efficiency of public support measures addressing organic farming (ECT-OFP) 28.12.2010 28.10.2011
completed CH Multi species swards and multi scale strategies for multifunctional grassland based ruminant production systems (MULTISWARD) 01.03.2010 28.02.2014
completed CH Organic Agriculture and Climate Change Mitigation – The Round Table of Organic Agriculture and Climate Change (RTOACC) 01.01.2010 30.06.2012
completed CH Carbon Credits for Sustainable Landuse Systems (CaLas) 01.11.2009 31.10.2011
ongoing CH Bio Suisse Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung des Biolandbaus (Bio Suisse Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung) 01.01.2009
completed CH Economic analysis of certification systems for organic food and farming (CERTCOST) 01.09.2008 30.11.2011
completed CH Bio mit Gesicht - Erfolgschancen einer kundennahen und innovativen Marketingstrategie (BmG) 01.06.2008 31.10.2011
completed CH Comparative sustainability assessment of the impact of GM plants in Swiss conventional, integrated and organic farming systems (GM-Impact) 01.01.2008 31.12.2010
completed CH Farmer Consumer Partnerships (FCP) 01.01.2007 31.12.2010
completed CH GM and non-GM supply chains : their CO-EXistence and TRAceability (CO-EXTRA) 01.04.2005 30.09.2009
completed CH Sustainable introduction of GMO's into European Agriculture (SIGMEA) 03.05.2004 02.11.2007
completed CH Micro-economic instruments for impact assessment of multifunctional agriculture to implement the Model of European Agriculture (MEA-Scope) 01.05.2004 31.10.2007
completed CH QualityLowInputFood: Improving quality and safety and reduction of cost in the European organic and 'low input' supply chains (QLIF) 01.03.2004 31.05.2009
completed CH QualityLowInputFood WP 6.1: Economic analyses of structures, conduct and performance of supply chains for organic foods in Europe (QLIF, WP 6.1) 01.03.2004 31.05.2009
completed CH QualityLowInputFood SP 1: Determining consumer expectations and attitudes towards organic/low input food quality and safety (QLIF, SP 1) 01.03.2004 31.07.2010
completed CH Development of a sector-consistent farm group model for policy impact analyses for organic farming (CH FARMIS) 01.01.2003 31.12.2005
completed CH Further development of organic farming policy in europe, with particular emphasis on eu enlargerment (EU-CEEOFP) 01.01.2003 30.06.2006
completed CH Betriebswirtschaftliche Analyse ökologisch wirtschaftender Grossbetriebe in Ostdeutschland 01.01.2002 31.12.2004
completed CH Effects of the CAP-reform and possible further developments on organic farming in the EU 01.03.1997 30.06.2000

Training / professional career

  • 2001 - 2020 Head of the Department of Socioeconomics FiBL
  • 1999 - 2001 Manager of the bavarian state association for organic farming (LVÖ), Freising
  • 1997 - 1999 Coordinator of the EU project „Organic Farming and the CAP“, University of Hohenheim
  • 1998 PhD at the Department for Production Theory and Resource Economics, University of Hohenheim

Committee work / further activities

  • Lecturer at ETH Zurich and University of Hohenheim

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

Ausgewählte Publikationen in peer reviewed Journals

  • Stolz, H., M. Stolze, M. Janssen and U. Hamm (2011). Preferences and determinants for organic, conventional and conventional-plus products - The case of occasional organic consumers. Food Quality and Preference 22(8): 772-779.
  • Naspetti, S., N. Lampkin, P. Nicolas, M. Stolze and R. Zanoli (2011). Organic Supply Chain Collaboration: A Case Study in Eight EU Countries. Journal of Food Products Marketing 17 (2-3): 141-162.
  • Stolz, H., M. Stolze, U. Hamm, M. Janssen and E. Ruto (2011). Consumer attitudes towards organic versus conventional food with specific quality attributes. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. 58(3-4): 67-72.
  • Uthes, S., A. Piorr, P. Zander, A. Kedziora, F. Ungaro, T. Dalgaard, M. Stolze, H. Moschitz, C. Schader, K. Happe, A. Sahrbacher, M. Damgaard, V. Toussaint, C. Sattler, F. Reinhardt, C. Kjeldsen, L. Casini and K. Müller (2011). Regional impacts of abolishing direct payments: An integrated analysis in four European regions. Agricultural Systems 104(2): 110-121.
  • Moschitz, H. and M. Stolze (2010). The influence of policy networks on policy output. A comparison of organic farming policy in the Czech Republic and Poland. Food Policy 35(3): 247-255.
  • Moschitz, H. and M. Stolze (2009). Organic farming policy networks in Europe: Context, actors and variation. Food Policy 34(3): 258-264.
  • Stolze, M. and N. Lampkin (2009). Policy for organic farming: Rationale and concepts. Food Policy 34(3): 237-244.
  • Stolz, H., A. Bodini, M. Stolze, U. Hamm und T. Richter (2009). Lebensmittelqualität aus der Verbraucherperspektive – eine Synthese qualitativer Studien zur Wahrnehmung und Beurteilung verschiedener Qualitätskriterien bei Öko-Produkten. Berichte über Landwirtschaft 87(1): 153-182.
  • Schader, C., J. Sanders, T. Nemecek, N. Lampkin and M. Stolze (2008). A Modelling Approach for Evaluating Agri-Environmental Policies at Sector Level. Yearbook of Socioeconomics in Agriculture: 93-132.
  • Sanders, J., M. Stolze und F. Offermann (2008). Das Schweizer Agrarsektormodell CH-FARMIS. Agrarforschung (3): 138-143.
  • Lampkin, N. and M. Stolze (2006). European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming. Law, Science and Policy, Vol. 3: 59–73.

Monographien

  • Schader, C., H. Moschitz, C. Kjeldsen, J. Wasilewski and M. Stolze, 2009. Societal Demand for Commodity and Non-Commodity Outputs – a Regional Perspective. In A. Piorr and K. Müller (eds) Rural Landscapes and Agricultural Policies in Europe. Springer, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, London, New York: 53-72.
  • Moschitz, H. and M. Stolze (2007): Policy networks of organic farming in Europe. Organic Farming in Europe: Economics and Policy, Volume 12, Stuttgart.
  • Stolze, M., A. Piorr, A. Häring und S. Dabbert 2000: Environmental and resource use impacts of organic farming in Europe. Organic farming in Europe: Economics and Policy, Volume 6, Stuttgart. 
  • Stolze, M. 1998: Organisationsformen ostdeutscher landwirtschaftlicher Großbetriebe nach der Umstellung auf ökologischen Landbau. Agribusiness & Food Wissenschaftsbibliothek Band 2. Agrimedia, Bergen.