We are dynamic group of 19 people (half men and half women) consisting of senior researchers, associate researchers and trainee researchers of various nationalities. We carry out our work at the HTSE for Agronomy, Food and Biosystems and at the Agricultural and Environmental Risk Studies and Research Centre (CEIGRAM) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. We are also members of two clusters at the Moncloa IEC: the Global Change and New Energy cluster and Agri-food and Health.
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Agricultural Economy and Natural Resources Management
Structure: Research Groups
We work on the basis of five main lines of research:
- Analysis and assessment of agricultural and rural development policies. Analysis of the effects of agricultural income policies on production and commerce. Prospective trends and scenarios.
- Natural Resources economy and management. Design and assessment of resource conservation policies. Socio-institutional, policy hydro-economics and water management analysis.
- Mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the agricultural sector. Vulnerability analysis. Economic assessment of climate change impact. Research into strategies for adaptation/mitigation.
- Economic analysis of drought plans. Research into agricultural and hydrological drought phenomena. Assessment of the economic impact of droughts.
- Analysis and management of agricultural risks. Development of new lines of agricultural insurance to cover hydrological risks, climate dysfunction and drops in quality.
- Analysis and evaluation of agricultural and rural development policies
- Analysis and management of agricultural risks
- Economics and natural resource management
Our group takes a highly active part in scientific and technical research projects, mainly granted in public competitive tenders. We also collaborate on public/private projects, with university-business association mechanisms, and we provide advice and specialist know-how to international bodies, associations, syndicates and other organisations.
We work in Spain and internationally, particularly on European projects and with Latin American institutions. We have extensive experience working in developing countries in the southern and eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Latin America.
We organise and give specialist, advanced training courses, post-graduate courses, seminars, conferences and other, similar activities. In the field of teaching, we are also involved in educational innovation and research experiences driven by the UPM.
Some of us also collaborate in the R&I activities and knowledge transfer and dissemination of the Cajamar-UPM Chair of Agricultural Economics and Politics.
