German Cabinet names Prof. Vera Bitsch to the Commission for the Future of Agriculture
Recommendations for the agriculture of tomorrow
Vera Bitsch is Professor of the Economics of Horticulture and Landscaping. The professorship is located at both the TUM School of Management and the TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan.
Prof. Bitsch conducts research in the fields of agricultural economics and agribusiness management. Her research focuses on sustainability in agricultural value chains. In 2000, Prof. Bitsch accepted a position at Michigan State University. Her roles there involved research, teaching, and extension in the area of human resource management in agriculture. Her extension & outreach program received a prestigious national award by the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) in 2008. Prof. Bitsch joined TUM in 2010.
Recommendations for a productive and resource-conserving agriculture
The members of the commission include representatives of agricultural associations, representatives of industry associations and customer groups, representatives of environmental and animal welfare organizations and scientists from the fields of agriculture and the environment. Together they are to develop practical recommendations for productive and resource-conserving agriculture.
The commission is charged with contributing to an ecologically, economic, and socially sustainable agriculture that is accepted by society in a time of increasing expectations and continuing price consciousness.
Prof. Peter Strohschneider, who was the President of the German Research Foundation until 2019, will chair the commission. The Commission is to present an interim report in autumn 2020 and a final report in summer 2021.
Prof. Bitsch is the president of the German Society for Horticultural Science.
She is also a member of the World Agricultural Systems Center – Hans Eisenmann-Forum for Agricultural Science, one of the Corporate Research Centers of the TUM. The work of the Hans Eisenmann-Forum for Agricultural Science in Weihenstephan builds a bridge between basic agricultural research and practical applications of that research. This central institute provides a network for all of TUM’s chairs and institutions with an interest in agricultural science. It is also an important contact for the agricultural industry.
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Vera Bitsch
Technical University of Munich
Chair of Economics of Horticulture and Landscaping
Phone: +49 8161 71-2532
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