LAMASUS researcher Felicity Addo receives ÖGA Award for her thesis!

23 September 2024

LAMASUS researcher Felicity Addo (IIASA) received an award for her thesis from the ÖGA (Austrian Association for Agricultural Economics).

Felicity wrote a thesis on “Assessing Productivity and Efficiency, and its Determinants: The Case of Crop Farms 🌾 in Austria”

Austrian crop farms face unique challenges due to small size and natural disadvantages. Felicity´s thesis delves into the technical efficiency of these farms, revealing that while persistent efficiency is improving, transient inefficiencies remain a significant hurdle. Part-time farms tend to be more scale-efficient than full-time farms, and factors like farm size, specialization, and access to resources are key to success. With technological progress driving the sector forward, it’s crucial for farmers to adapt and grow to remain competitive in the long term.

Felicity´s current scientific interests include agricultural production systems and value chains, food security, sustainable rural development, micro-economic modeling, and agricultural resource management and efficiency.