Department of Agricultural Economics (BW27)
Mission: to stimulate basic, applied and innovative research on all socio-economic aspects of agriculture, nutrition, natural resources and rural development as a basis for excellence in education and decision support in business and government.
Themes: (1) natural resource management; (2) rural (development) economics and sociology; (3) business management; (4) agri-food marketing and supply chain management; (5) agricultural economics; (6) agricultural, food and environmental policy; (7) consumer behavior.
Social impact: apacity building, market research, decision support for policy and business.

Agenda
The Chancellor of Ghent University has the honour of inviting you to attend the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of:
Dilshad Zahan Ethen
Title of the doctoral dissertation:
Evaluating Genetically Modified Crops in Bangladesh: Consumers’ Purchase Intentions of Golden Rice and Farmers’ Adoption of Bt Brinjal.
Practical:
Date: Tuesday 22 April
Time: 14:00
Location: A0.1 Academieraadzaal (A0.030), Blok A,
Coupure Links 653, 9000 Gent
The Chancellor of Ghent University has the honour of inviting you to attend the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of:
Francesca Magnolo
Title of the doctoral dissertation:
Biorefineries in agricultural settings: financial sustainability at farm level and exploring their role in a transformative bioeconomy.