Publications
Citizen science boosts fundamental and applied research for sustainable soybean cultivation in North-Western Europe KU Leuven Ghent University
Exposure and physical vulnerability to geo-hydrological hazards in rural environments: A field-based assessment in East Africa KU Leuven Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Food-related consumer behaviours in times of crisis: Changes in the wake of the Ukraine war, rising prices and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic KU Leuven
When the COVID-19 pandemic subsided, the war in Ukraine led to further disruptions in consumers' daily behaviours, with rising prices for food and energy. We conducted a survey study on self-reported changes in food-related consumer behaviour in ten European countries and compared the results to a similar study conducted two years ago. A latent class cluster analysis distinguished five clusters and showed that different types of consumers can be ...
Sustainable maize intensification through site-specific nutrient management advice: Experimental evidence from Nigeria KU Leuven
There is growing evidence on the impacts of site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) from Asia. The evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where SSNM developments are more recent and where conditions concerning soil fertility and fertilizer use differ importantly from those in Asia, is extremely scarce. We evaluate a SSNM advisory tool that allows extension agents to generate fertilizer recommendations tailored to the specific situation of an ...
Voluntary sustainability standards and farmer welfare: The pathways to success? KU Leuven
Whether Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) - such as Fairtrade, GlobalGAP or Organic - may contribute to economic sustainability has been subject to vigorous debate over the past decades. To analyze the welfare effects of VSS for family farms, previous studies rely on single equation models which enable analyzing if (some) VSS affect welfare, but not how (some) VSS affect welfare – or not. Hence, little is known about the mechanisms and ...
Small Family, Happy Family? Fertility Preferences and the Quantity–Quality Trade-Off in Sub-Saharan Africa KU Leuven
To design family planning policies in Sub-Saharan Africa that are based on reproductive empowerment instead of reproductive control, knowledge on fertility preferences and trade-offs between the number of children and child-raising quality is key. This study is the first to empirically investigate fertility decisions and the quantity–quality trade-off theory from a preferences perspective. For this purpose, we use a novel discrete choice ...
Rice availability and stability in Africa under future socio-economic development and climatic change KU Leuven
As Africa is facing multiple challenges related to food security, frameworks integrating production and availability are urgent for policymaking. Attention should be given not only to gradual socio-economic and climatic changes but also to their temporal variability. Here we present an integrated framework that allows one to assess the impacts of socio-economic development, gradual climate change and climate anomalies. We apply this framework to ...