Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - International Agricultural Trade And Development

Spring School Ghana 2025

Simulation modelling for analysing agricultural and food systems

The spring school is carried out by the International Agricultural Trade and Development Group of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in collaboration with the University of Ghana. The two-week program, from 24/02/2025 to 07/03/2025, introduces methods for analyzing agricultural and food policies, focusing on simulation models.

 

Week Themes covered
24-28/02/2025 Foundations and Theories of Policy Analysis and Simulation Modelling, Introduction to GAMS
03-07/03/2025 Quantitative Analysis of Agricultural and Food Policies in General Equilibrium Models

Besides the workshops, the speakers of the spring school offer the following four public lectures:

 

Lecture Date Theme Speaker
1 26/02/2025 Can scientific policy advice contribute to practical agricultural and food policy design? Experiences from Germany Prof. Dr. Harald Grethe
2

27/02/2025

Analyzing the Potential of Cashew By-product Processing in Creating a More Sustainable Agri-Food System: A CGE Analysis on Benin Dr. A. Thierry Kinkpe
3 04/03/2025 Economy-wide impacts of irrigation expansion - A case study on Kenya and Benin Dr. Jonas Luckmann
4 05/03/2025 Economy-wide impacts of climate change on economies of the Global South Dr. Zuhal Elnour

To apply to the summer school and/or ask any related questions,

please email ssghana.iatd@hu-berlin.de. The application deadline is 31/01/2025.

For more information, please refer to the detailed description.