Scientific projects

Activity Analysis Framework for Structural Change-Productivity-Climate Nexus in Agriculture The gains in productivity allow for a sustainable economic growth. At the European Union (EU) level, a flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 Strategy called A resource-efficient Europe and A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 have confirmed the aspirations for gains in productivity and climate change mitigation. The concept of sustainability, therefore, needs to be incorporated within the productivity analysis framework to provide appropriate support for evidence-based policies. Indeed, the goals of productivity and climate change mitigation have also been reflected in the other strategic documents and policies, e.g. the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU and UN post-2015 development agenda.

Holistic Risk Assessment in Agriculture: Concepts, Models, and Application (AGRIRISK)No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-02-0020 The purpose of this post-doctoral fellowship research is to analyse the concept and models of risk management in agriculture, and based on the holistic paradigm, to formulate a comprehensive risk management model for agriculture.

International research group, funded by Research Council of Lithuania, is launching a scientific project “Social responsibility of farmers in the provision of public goods and services: multi-criteria evaluation". The project aims at supplementing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) paradigm with agrarian discourse and developing a multi-criteria methodology for farmers’ CSR disclosure in the provision of public goods and services.

The project is funded by the European Commission under the EU's 7th Framework Programme (FP7). Project duration: Years 2014-2016 (36 months).

Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics takes part in the implementation of the international project “Healthy growth: From niche to volume with integrity and trust” („HealthyGrowth“) together with the partners from Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey. The coordinator of the project is Aarhus University, Denmark.

Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics (LIAE) implements a Global Grant project Lithuanian Family Farm Efficiency after Accession to the European Union: Empirical Analysis by the Means of the Frontier Methods and Proposals for the Effective Agricultural Policy. The project is funded by the European Social Fund under the Operational Programme for Human Resources Development for 2001-2013, Priority 3 „Strengthening Capacities of Researchers“, Measure VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K „Support to Research Activities of Scientists and Other Researcher (Global Grant)“.

Is it really organic? - European scientists will spend the next 3 years searching for a unique chemical fingerprint in organic food products.

Baltic Compass is a project where the 22 partners from all the 9 riparian countries share their practical and scientific knowledge about agriculture and the environment. Baltic Compass operates as a regional platform where participants and stakeholders can develop more efficient agro-environmental policies, share innovations and best practices, create scientific scenarios and facilitate investments. Baltic Compass fosters win-win solutions for agriculture and environment and this led to more sustainable rural economies.