SGA Young Scientists Award
The Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Sociology (SGA) has awarded Charles Rees and Simon Hug, two young researchers in agricultural sciences at ETH Zurich, for their outstanding Master's theses. Another prize went to Marta Tarruella from the University of Bern.
Every year, the SGA's Young Researcher Promotion Programme awards a prize for the best Bachelor's and Master's theses by students from a Swiss university or research institute in the field of agricultural economics and agricultural sociology. This year, two of the three prize winners came from the Agricultural Sciences programme at ETH Zurich.
The 1st SGA Young Scientists Award was given to Charles Rees, who analysed the effectiveness of organic farming action plans in Europe. The 2nd Award went to Marta Tarruella, who analysed the costs of avoiding greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. The 3rd SGA Young Scientists Award went to Simon Hug, who investigated the relevance of the AOP label for reducing price risks for dairy producers.
Awarded Master's Theses
- 1st Award: Charles Rees. Assessing the Impact of National Organic Action Plans on Organic Farmland Area Growth in Member States of the European Union. FiBL & ETH Zürich, Master Thesis.
- 2nd Award: Marta Tarruella. The Cost of Climate Change Mitigation on Swiss Farms. Universität Bern & ETH Zürich, Master Thesis.
- 3rd Award: Simon Hug. Price Risks in Milk Markets – does Geographical Indication Matter? ETH Zürich, Master Thesis.
Further information: external pageAgrarpolitik-Blog of 28.04.2023 (in German)