As households contribute significantly to food waste, it can be assumed that they bear considerable responsibility for the environmental footprint of it. In Germany, household food waste comprises over half of all food loss and waste, with a notable share attributable to young people. To explore...

Previous studies on commodity price bubbles mainly focused on futures markets and ignored the performance of spot markets. Using the price data for corn and soybeans in China, this study identifies the exact bubble dates for the futures and spot markets, and finds asynchronous price bubbles...

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Iron Wall as well as the emergence of Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Romania as major actors on international grain markets since 2000 had increased the hope for a more stable international grain market. However, various short-run trade policy...

Hunger, Kriege, Erderwärmung - eng miteinander verknüpfte Zustände und Risiken - sinddie Geißeln der Menschheit, besonders in den davon stark betroffenen Regionen im GlobalenSüden. Daher verbrieft die Weltgemeinschaft in den Entwicklungszielen der VereintenNationen (Sustainable Development...

BRICS, the 15-year-old alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has emerged as an important actor on the global political and economic stage, not least by expanding its membership to include middle-power states Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in...

The study investigates the challenges to stability in international (agricultural) trade flows, driven by escalating geopolitical and geoeconomic disruption. Against the backdrop of growing protectionist tendencies and the increasing securitisation of international trade, the article addresses...