Will we be able to feed the world in 2050?
Master study program „Agricultural and Food Economics“ (AFECO)
From farm to fork
Research at ILR covers the whole agricultural value chain
ILR staff
About us
XVIII EAAE Congress
Food system transformation in challenging times
Will we be able to feed the world in 2050?
From farm to fork
ILR staff
XVIII EAAE Congress

Institute for Food and Resource Economics

The Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) is part of the University of Excellence Bonn. It is composed of eleven research groups dedicated to applied economic research on sustainable food and biomass systems. ILR was established on April 1, 2006, when the Institute of Agricultural Economics merged with the Institute of Agricultural Policy, Market Research, and Economic Sociology.

News
XVIII EAAE Congress 2025

The XVIII Congress of the EAAE will take place in Bonn from the 26th to the 29th of August 2025

Science Festival 2024

On Sunday 7th of July, the sun shone brightly on the Hofgarten meadow in Bonn as part of the Science Festival.

Inside Bonn's Waste Management Plant

Last Friday, April 19th, students of the AFECO program had the opportunity to explore the inner workings of Bonn's waste management plant as part of their course on "Extended Methods of Empirical Research - Qualitative Methods".

Contact

How to find us
© Michael Kneuper

Institute for Food and Resource Economics

Managing director: Prof. Dr. Thomas Heckelei

Secretariat

+49 228 73 - 2332

gd@ilr.uni-bonn.de

Address

Nußallee 21
53115 Bonn

Faculty of Agriculture

The faculty of agriculture is working on the science of key challenges such as sustainable energy provision and food security, using its unique linkages between agricultural, nutritional, economic and food sciences and geodesy. 

Theodor-Brinkmann-Graduate School

The foundation was established in memory of the great Bonn agricultural economist Prof. Dr. Theodor Brinkmann.

It aims to promote the exchange of ideas between the Faculty of Agriculture and the Foundation and to support the transfer of knowledge between theory-based research and practice.

Portal for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

Connect with other researchers and research groups of the University of Bonn.

ILR intranet

Here staff of the institute find usueful information for their daily operations.

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