My latest post discusses the consequences of recent U.S. trade policy on global value chains in the agri-food sector. open.substack.com/pub/shonferg...

New policy note: "Insights from the ground key to tackle economic risks: Perceptions of ‘the missing middle’ can shape business policies" (NAI Policy Notes, 2025:6). Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...

New open access article!

New article: "Comparing a multi-item Rasch scale for purchase intentions with preference elicitation using experimental auctions for consumer acceptance of biofortified food: An in-store study in Rwanda" doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

🚨 New paper accepted at Food Policy! 🚨🥳 "The Impact of Animal Welfare Regulations on Pork Trade: Evidence from European Countries" with Anna Wallenbeck, Sigrid Agenäs, and Helena Hansson. 2024 WP link: publications.slu.se?file=publ/sh...

New article: "Sustainability Effects of the Uptake of More Grass-Based Feeding Practices: Evidence From Sweden" doi.org/10.1111/1477...

New article: "Farmers' perceived values in intercropping: An application of the means end chain framework in Swedish agriculture" doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...

Instead of the usual analysis of ag/env/trade policy, this week's post aims to give readers some insights into academic life. I hope economists/non-economists find it amusing/useful. open.substack.com/pub/shonferg...

New editorial: "Rural entrepreneurship: foundations and future directions during a time of transformation" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article: "The impact of drought on farm economic performance: evidence from Sweden" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New article: "What information counts when detecting mastitis in automatic milking systems?—A mixed methods approach from a Swedish perspective" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New article alert: "Upscaling carbon farming practices: perceived advisor leverage in farmer decision-making using Q-methodology" doi.org/10.1080/1389...

New editorial: “GJAE is Preparing for Future Developments in the Scientific System: New Policies Regarding Data and AI” We outline upcoming changes to support open science, responsible AI use, and improved data policies. Read the full piece: doi.org/10.52825/gja... #OpenScience #DataTransparency

'Evidence for promoting pesticide-free, non-organic cereal production' New short policy paper in Food Policy with Niklas Möhring Open Access: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

New article: "The Sources of Slow Declines in Agricultural Nutrient Leakage: Evidence From Sweden" doi.org/10.1111/1467...

New article: "The cooperative principles in present-day Western agrofood industries" brill.com/view/journal...

New article: "Exploring farmers' perceived resilience: A profiling of the Flemish farming system" doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

My latest post discusses the concentration of Sweden's goods trade via one bridge open.substack.com/pub/shonferg...

New article: "Are you ready to eat less meat? Consumer segmentation based on the transtheoretical model of behaviour change" doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

Our paper 'Open science in agricultural economics’ is now finally published in an issue in Q Open Joint with @arne-henningsen.bsky.social J Höhler @robehube.bsky.social @jensrommel.bsky.social & C Grebitus Open Access: doi.org/10.1093/qope... Special issue academic.oup.com/qopen/issue/...

Excellent @slu-econ.bsky.social seminar by Ricardo Guzman,visiting us from Aix-Marseille.

New book chapter on experimental methods in consumer research: "Methodological Advances and Challenges in Methods for Eliciting Consumer Choice-Based Food Preferences" doi.org/10.1016/B978...

New article: "A Scoping Review of Determinants of Business Engagement With Biodiversity" doi.org/10.1002/csr....

New article: "Economic and climate effects of farm-level biogas adoption: A stochastic partial budget analysis and life cycle assessment for Swedish dairy farming" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

So I started a blog! I call it Just ATE Blog (Agriculture, Trade and the Environment). My first post: "Trump 2.0, tariffs and agricultural trade" TL/DR: EU agri-food exports should be resilient, but dangers loom. open.substack.com/pub/shonferg...

New article: "Unravelling theory in choice analysis: do consumers fill in the blanks?" academic.oup.com/erae/advance...

New article: "The relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and farmers’ satisfaction with business performance: Insights from Swedish agriculture" doi.org/10.1177/1465...

Opening for a Postdoc position in Agricultural and Food Economics www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

New article: "Farm diversification strategies and their relations to farm financial performance: evidence from Swedish agriculture" doi.org/10.1108/AFR-...

Led by Alisa Spiegel, we formulated four challenges of climate change mitigation policies in agriculture in a QOpen Editorial: Open access: doi.org/10.1093/qope...

New article: "Impact of different carbon labels on consumer inference" doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

In a new paper, we (Leon Englberger, Liesbeth Colen and myself) investigate Swedish farmers' acceptance of experiments. doi.org/10.1093/qope... We do three things:

New article: "Transition dynamics of hybrid farmers: a survival analysis of exits and entries into full-time farming" doi.org/10.1093/erae...

New article: "The Environmental Kuznets Curve Revisited: A Spatial Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients" doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

We have an opening for a Postdoc in International Economics! More information: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

New article: "Changing the understanding of crop production: Integrating ecosystem services into the production function" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New open access article: "Health Shock Effects on Diet: More Severe Shock—Stronger Response?" doi.org/10.1002/hec....

New article: "Healthy Cows, Happy Farmers? Exploring the Dynamics of Mastitis and Farmer Well-Being" doi.org/10.3168/jds....

New article: "Leading-by-example and the voluntary provision of public goods in rural areas: Experimental evidence from China" doi.org/10.1093/erae...

In a new paper, we discuss some things we have learned from conducting experiments with farmers across multiple countries. Full text available here: doi.org/10.1002/aepp...

New article: "Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes" doi.org/10.1002/agr....

New article: "Farm-level acceptability of contract attributes in agri-environment-climate measures for biodiversity conservation" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🍇 Results-based agri-environmental schemes could be the key to biodiversity conservation in vineyards! Our new study on Italian winegrowers shows that 71% are willing to participate, but perceived risks and bureaucractic burdens remain a barrier: academic.oup.com/qopen/advanc...

New article: "Gender differentials in primary processing and market participation by mopane worm harvesters in Zimbabwe: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic phase" agricultureandfoodsecurity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

New article: "Simulating the impact of a carbon tax on food in four European countries" academic.oup.com/qopen/advanc...

New working paper! "The Causal Effects of Climate Investment Subsidies: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Swedish Firms" (with Johanna Nolgren) res.slu.se/id/publ/131720 We study a major Swedish grant program (Klimatklivet) subsidizing firms' GHG-reducing investments. Feedback welcome!

New article: "Factors associated with smallholders’ uptake of intercropping in Southeast Asia: A cross-country analysis of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New article: "Factors associated with smallholders’ uptake of intercropping in Southeast Asia: A cross-country analysis of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New article: "Perceived business risks and observed impacts of the Russian-Ukraine war among small- and medium-sized agri-food value chain enterprises in Egypt" doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

New article: "Both downsizing and improvements to livestock systems are needed to stay within planetary boundaries" www.nature.com/articles/s43...