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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.

Maquette Oehoe

Agenda

The Chancellor of Ghent University has the honour of inviting you to attend the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of:

Mariam Amadou Diallo
Title of the doctoral dissertation:

Evaluating pathways for food systems transformation in Africa and Europe: trade policy, agricultural investment, and digitalisation.

Practical:
Date: Thursday 26 January 2026
Time: 14:00
Location: A0.1 Academieraadzaal (A0.030)
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:

Willy Désiré Emera

Title of the doctoral dissertation:
Subsistence Farming, Household Vulnerability, and Child Malnutrition: Understanding Food and Nutrition Security Challenges in Rural Burundi.

Practical:
Date: Friday 27 February 2026
Time: 14:00
Location: A0.1 Academieraadzaal (A0.030)
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:

Sergio Garmendia Lemus

Title of the doctoral dissertation:
Bio-Based Fertilisers in the EU: Adoption, Techno-Economic Viability, and Policy Implications of Circular Nutrients Recovery.

Practical:
Date: Friday 30 January 2025
Time: 14:00
Location: E4 Auditorium (block E)
Coupure Links 653,
9000 Gent


PhD defence Sergio

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