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The research of the group focuses on developing and applying novel data science tools in the area of agricultural and environmental economics.
Check out our project and stuff pages to learn what we are working on, and do not hesitate to contact us if you want to work with us.
If you are looking for a master thesis topic, check out our current topics here.
Dr. Hugo Storm
Room 1.007
Meckenheimer Allee 174
53115 Bonn
We are part of the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob. PhenoRob aims to enhance the sustainability of crop production by optimizing breeding and farm management using new technologies. Our focus in in PhenoRob is on studying the economic and environmental aspects of farm level agricultural technology. Here, we aim to understand under which conditions farmers adopt novel technologies, how they are used in practice and what economic and environmental consequences result from this. With this we aim to contribute to answering the simple, but challenging, question of “how to produce more with less”.
Research Projects
We are involved in multiple DFG and EU Horizon funded research projects.
Teaching
Interested in econometric or machine learning? Check out our lecture videos and materials.
Talks
Learn more about our research activities by listening to our research talks.
Currently we have no open Bachelor-Topics. Feel free to contact us with your own ideas.
Currently no open position.
Currently no open position.
Senior Researchers
Dr. Till Kuhn
PhD Students
Damilola Tominsin Aladesuru
MSc.
Josef Baumert
Former Staff
Dr. Bisrat Haile Gebrekidan
+49 228 73 4693
Baumert, J., Heckelei, T., Storm, H., 2024. Probabilistic crop type mapping for ex-ante modelling and spatial disaggregation. Ecological Informatics. 83 (n/a) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102836
Khanna, M., Atallah, S. S., Heckelei, T., Wu, L., Storm H. (2024): Economics of Adoption of Artificial Intelligence-Based Digital Technologies in Agriculture. Annual Review of Resource Economics, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-101623-092515.
Massfeller, A., Storm, H., 2024. Field observation and verbal exchange as different peer effects in farmers’ technology adoption decisions. Agric. Econ. n/a. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12847
Storm, H., Heckelei, T., Baylis, K. (2024). Probabilistic programming for embedding theory and quantifying uncertainty in econometric analysis. European Review of Agricultural Economics, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbae016.
Storm, H., Seidel, S.J., Klingbeil, L., Ewert, F., Vereecken, H., Amelung, W., Behnke, S., Bennewitz, M., Börner, J., Döring, T., Gall, J., Mahlein, A., McCool, C., Rascher, U., Wrobel, W., Schnepf, A., Stachniss, C., Kuhlmann. H. (2024): Research Priorities to Leverage Smart Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production. European Journal of Agronomy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127178
Mittenzwei, K., Berglann, H., Hoveid, Ø., Matthews, A., Storm, H. (2024): Decomposing household income differences between farmers and non-farmers: Empirical evidence from Norway. Journal of Agricultural Economics. First published: 29 March 2024, https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12579
Do, H., Whitney, C., La, N., Storm, H., Luedeling, E. (2024): Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44(17). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00954-8
Martinsson, E., Hansson, H., Mittenzwei, K., Storm, H. (2024): Evaluating Environmental Effects of Adopting Automatic Milking Systems on Norwegian Dairy Farms. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 51(1):128–156. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbad041
Shang, L., Wang, J., Schäfer, D., Heckelei, T., Gall, J., Appel, F., Storm, H. (2024): Surrogate modelling of a detailed farm-level model using deep learning. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 75:235–260. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12543
Storm, H., Heckelei, T., Baylis, K., Mittenzwei, K. (2023): Identifying Farmers’ Response to Changes in Marginal and Average Subsidies Using Deep Learning. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12442
Shang, L., Pahmeyer, C., Heckelei, T. , Rasch, S., Storm, H. (2023): How much can farmers pay for weeding robots? A Monte Carlo simulation study. Precision Agric. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-023-10015-x
Massfeller, Anna, Manuela Meraner, Silke Hüttel, and Reinhard Uehleke 2022. Data on Farmers’ Acceptance of Results-Based Agri-Environmental Schemes. Data in Brief 45 (December): 108642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108642
Massfeller, Anna, Manuela Meraner, Silke Hüttel, and Reinhard Uehleke. 2022. Farmers’ Acceptance of Results-Based Agri-Environmental Schemes: A German Perspective. Land Use Policy 120 (September): 106281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106281
Baylis, Kathy, Thomas Heckelei, and Hugo Storm 2021. “Chapter 83 - Machine Learning in Agricultural Economics.” In Handbook of Agricultural Economics, edited by Christopher B. Barrett and David R. Just, 5:4551–4612. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.hesagr.2021.10.007
Marton, Tibor A., and Hugo Storm. 2021. “The Case of Organic Dairy Conversion in Norway: Assessment of Multivariate Neighbourhood Effects.” Q Open 1 (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoab009
Martinsson, Elin, and Helena Hansson. 2021. “Adjusting Eco-Efficiency to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets at Farm Level - The Case of Swedish Dairy Farms.” Journal of Environmental Management 287 (112313): 112313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112313
Cardona Santos, Elsa, Hugo Storm, and Sebastian Rasch. 2021. “The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Auctions in the Presence of Asset Specificity: An Agent-Based Model.” Land Use Policy 102: 104907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104907
Rasch, Sebastian, Tobias Wünscher, Francisco Casasola, Muhammad Ibrahim, and Hugo Storm. 2021. “Permanence of PES and the Role of Social Context in the Regional Integrated Silvo-Pastoral Ecosystem Management Project in Costa Rica.” Ecological Economics: The Journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics 185: 107027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107027
Storm, Hugo, Kathy Baylis, and Thomas Heckelei. 2019. “Machine Learning in Agricultural and Applied Economics.” European Review of Agricultural Economics 47 (3): 849–92. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbz033
Vroege, Willemijn, Manuela Meraner, Nico Polman, Hugo Storm, Wim Heijman, and Robert Finger. 2020. “Beyond the Single Farm – A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Spill-Overs in Farm Diversification in the Netherlands.” Land Use Policy 99: 105019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105019