Sustainable Agriculture Policies for Human Well-Being

Bazyli Czyżewski, PhD, is Full Professor; Lecturer and senior researcher in the Department of Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics at the Poznan University of Economics and Business. He obtained a Ph.D. in economics in 2006, a habilitation degree in 2013 and a full professor title in economics in 2019. He authored or co-authored over 170 scientific publications and conducts research in the field of sustainable development economics, agricultural economics, ecological economics, institutional economics, and macroeconomics concerning environmental policy, political rents, public goods, input-output and efficiency analysis. He has published in reputable scientific journals including Environmental Science & Policy, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Land Use Policy, Sustainability Science, Technological and Economic Development of Economy, and Outlook on Agriculture.  Łukasz Kryszak, PhD, works as a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics at the Poznan University of Economics and Business. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has authored or co-authored around 30 papers in renowned scientific journals and monographs, including Science of the Total Environment, Outlook on Agriculture, Agricultural Economics (Czech). His main research areas are: agricultural policy, income and finance of the farms in the EU, productivity and efficiency analysis in agriculture, relations between economic and environmental aspects of farm functioning, behavioural aspects of Farmers decision making process. He uses mostly quantitative methods, including panel regression models, and DEA-based methods.

• PART I. APPROACHING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE – CONCEPT AND MEASUREMENT.- Environmental dimension of sustainability in agriculture.- Socio-economic resilience in rural areas.- How sustainable is agriculture worldwide?- PART II. EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT AGRICULTURAL POLICIES.- Cost-effectiveness analysis of environmental policy in different regions of the world.- Trade-offs between environmental  and socio-economic performance.- PART III. EVOLUTION OF POLICY SCHEMES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.- Evolution of agri-environmental  schemes worldwide.- Comparing EU, USA and China’s policy for sustainable agriculture.- Conclusions and recommendations.