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Guns, Germs and Climate: Food Security and Food Systems in a Risky World
Place:
University of Milano
The 12th AIEAA Conference on "Guns, Germs and Climate: Food Security and Food Systems in a Risky World" will take place on 22-23 June 2023.


Organization
 
Conference Schedule

AIEAA – Young Researchers Day 2023 will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in the afternoon 

The Pre-conference will be held on Thursday, June 22, 2023 in the morning

The 12th AIEAA Conference will start at 2 PM on Thursday, June 22, 2023 and will end by 5 PM on Friday, June 23, 2023

The detailed program with all contributions is available on Conftool (clicking Browse Conference Agenda)

 

Program Committee

Luca Salvatici (Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy, Chair)

Federica DeMaria (Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Rome, Italy)

Emilia Lamonaca (Università degli Studi di Foggia, Italy)

Luisa Menapace (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

Michele Moretti (Università di Pisa, Italy)

Alessandro Olper (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Francesco Pagliacci (Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy)

Donato Romano (University degli Studi di Firenze, Italy)

 

Local Organizing Committee

Valentina Raimondi (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, Chair)

Alessandro Banterle (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Danilo Bertoni (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Daniele Cavicchioli (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Daniele Curzi (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Oliver Haase (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Stella Marschner (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Paolo Nota (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Alessandro Olper (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Stefanella Stranieri (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

Federico Zilia (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy)

 

Information and contacts

For updated information and contacts, please refer to the conference website at www.aieaa.org or email aieaa2023@conftool.net

 

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The Program is now available!

Recently, the agrifood systems have faced unprecedented challenges due to global warming, the Covid-19 crisis, and the war in Ukraine marking the third global food price crisis in 20 years. Since the start of the war, calls to strengthen food security have dramatically increased across the world. The conflict has exacerbated surges in agricultural prices, jeopardising the access of the poor to food intake and diet as well as the ability of more vulnerable countries to import the required quantity of food. The increased frequency of climate, health and conflict shocks requires more effective and bold responses at both the national and international level. Making the food systems more resilient to such shocks to ensure food security and support livelihoods, and doing so in an environmentally sustainable way require multilateral cooperation, political collaboration, innovation and long-term commitments from both public and private stakeholders.

Many claim that is time for a new approach to food system management. On the one hand, international organizations need for a comprehensive humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach that calls for a more effective and efficient aid. This entails, among other things, more holistic analyses, long-term strategies that support systemic transformation, and investment in adaptive management. On the other hand, the European Commission has asked Member States to adjust their CAP national strategic plans in consideration of the evolving geopolitical context while keeping in mind the EU Green Deal and the Farm to Fork objectives, to build more resilient and sustainable food system.

With an emphasis being put on sustainable agricultural production, food processors and retailers are also expected to contribute to the sustainability and inclusiveness of the food value chains, for example, through responsible food business and marketing practices. International trade should also contribute to advancing the transformation of food systems, although the inclusion of sustainability standards in bilateral trade agreements entails trade-offs and might not deliver the desired outcome in a reasonable timeframe.

The 12th AIEAA Annual Conference aims to discuss how shocks – being them extreme weather events, health-related shocks or anthropogenic events (e.g., conflicts) – are affecting food systems and explore how food systems can be reformed to be better prepared to absorb, adapt and transform in the face of shocks as well as to slow onset disruptions. It will contribute to scholarly and policy debate, by putting together different (economic) disciplines and approaches to discuss innovations, incentive schemes and policies to create more resilient, equitable and inclusive food systems while reducing their environmental footprint.

The overall conference theme is "Guns, Germs and Climate: Food Security and Food Systems in a Risky World", with a focus primarily but not exclusively on the following sub-themes:
• The EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices
• Carbon farming mechanisms
• Modelling food systems in a risky world
• Policy options to respond to shocks and stressors
• Affordability of nutrient-adequate diets in the face of shocks
• Shock-induced poverty traps/resilience to shocks
• Food security and nutrition in migrant and left-behind households
• Food systems’ innovation strategies in the face of shocks and stressors
• Strategies and tools for the adaptation to climate change

AIEAA welcomes the submission of contributions on the topics above. However, the submission of contributions on other agricultural and applied economics topics is also encouraged.

The call for papers for the 12th AIEAA Conference "Guns, Germs and Climate: Food Security and Food Systems in a Risky World " is now available.

The deadlines for submission are:

  • postponed to the 7th of March, 2023, for contributed papers;
  • the 15th of March, 2023, for posters and organised sessions.
Attachment Call for Papers

Contribution proposals should be submitted in English through the Conference management platform, Conftool.

There are three types of contributions: contributed papers, organized sessions, and posters. The proposed contributions can address any relevant issue within the field of agricultural and applied economics and policies.

Contributed papers

Participants intending to present a contributed paper are requested to submit an extended abstract (minimum 1,500 words; maximum 2,000 words) before the 7th of March, 2023. Abstracts should be formatted according to the template available here, and include the following:

a. Introduction to the topic and objectives of the paper

b. Description of data and research methodology

c. Discussion of the expected theoretical and empirical results

d. Main conclusions and emphasis on the paper’s potential for generating discussion during the conference

e. A list of a few essential references.

All submitted abstracts will be subject to a blind peer review process. Authors will be notified of paper acceptance by the 15th of April, 2023.

The final version of accepted contributions (either in the form of a full paper or revised extended abstract) should be submitted by the 31st of May, 2023 (full paper template is available here). Upon the Authors’ authorization, the final version of the abstract/paper will be made available on the conference website and AgEcon Search.

Authors may indicate their willingness to participate in the Special Issue that Bio-based and Applied Economics dedicates to the Annual Conference of the AIEAA. The papers will be subject to a standard review process.

Organized sessions

Participants are invited to propose organized sessions primarily, but not exclusively, on topics relevant to the conference themes. The organized session can be an organized paper session including several paper presentations around a given topic, or an organized panel session including several panel experts discussing a specific topic. It is suggested that the proposed sessions include up to four papers.

Proposals should be submitted by the 15th of March, 2023 (paper session template is available here; panel session template is available here). Organized session proposals will be subject to a peer review process. Authors will be notified of acceptance by the 25th of April, 2023.

Poster

AIEAA welcomes the submission of posters. Accepted posters will be presented and discussed in dedicated sessions.

Participants should submit an abstract (max 500 words) by the 15th of March, 2023 (abstract template is available here). Poster proposals will be subject to a blind peer review process. Authors will be notified of poster acceptance by the 25th of April, 2023 (poster template is available here).

Ornella Maietta Best paper award

The best paper award 2023, entitled to Ornella Maietta, will be selected among papers accepted for presentation at the AIEAA 2023 conference. The requirements for consideration for the best paper award are: a) the first author and presenter is below 40 years; b) the full paper is uploaded by 31st May 2023.

 

 

The 12th AIEAA Conference will take place at Università degli Studi di Milano,
via Festa del Perdono 7, Milan.

Aula Magna' Location

Università

 

MILANO URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT (ATM)

Distance of the venue of the Conference by the nearest metro stations:

Duomo line1 (red) and line 3 (yellow): 700 meters

Missori line 3 (yellow): 400 meters

San Babila line 1 (red): 900 meters

Milan has an extensive urban transportation system that includes 5 subway lines and numerous streetcar and bus lines. In the city, the urban rate applies (2.20 euro for a 90-minutes ticket, 7.60 euro for a daily ticket, 13 euro for a 3-days ticket and 19.50 for a 10-tickets carnet).

Tickets can be purchased at tobacconists or newsstands, vending machines in the metro stations, or through the ATM app (https://www.atm.it/en/ViaggiaConNoi/Pages/ATMMobile.aspx )

ATM Journey planner: https://giromilano.atm.it/#/home/en

 

TRAVELLING BY TRAIN

The main railway stations in Milan are:

Milano Centrale: connected to the city centre and to the venue of the Conference by metro line 3 (yellow). It is the main terminal for buses to/from Bergamo Orio al Serio airport (http://www.orioshuttle.com/) and to/from Milano Malpensa Airport (https://www.malpensashuttle.it/)

Milano Porta Garibaldi: connected to the city centre and to the venue of the Conference by metro line 2 (green) – change with line 3 (yellow) in Centrale station or with line 1 (red) in Cadorna Station.

Milano Rogoredo: connected to the city centre and to the venue of the Conference by metro line 3 (yellow).

Milano Cadorna: in the city centre, connected to the venue of the Conference by metro line 1 (red). It is the terminal of Malpensa Express train from/to Milano Malpensa airport.

 

TRAVELLING BY PLANE

From Milano Malpensa airport you can take the Malpensa Express train to Milan Cadorna (37 minutes), or to Milano Centrale (51 minutes) railway stations. Malpensa Express train stops at both Malpensa airport Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.

For tickets and timetables, please visit www.milanairports-shop.com

Also available Malpensa Shuttle buses from/to Milano Centrale railway station (https://www.malpensashuttle.it/).

From Milano Linate city airport you can take the bus ATM urban line 73 to Milano Duomo (San Babila) in the city center. The airport is reached by the new metro line 4 (blue) – in June 2023, a new section of the subway is scheduled to be inaugurated, reaching the centre of Milano (San Babila), but currently it is not yet possible.

Since the airport is close to the city centre, you can also consider taking a cab.

From Bergamo Orio al Serio airport you can take the Orio Shuttle buses to Milano Centrale railway station (http://www.orioshuttle.com/). From here take metro line 3 (yellow) to the city centre and the venue of the Conference.

 

TRAVELLING BY CAR

Milan is linked to all European states and Italian cities by several highways. However, we do not recommend using a car in the city because of the many restrictions on vehicular traffic. In the city center it is possible to drive a vehicle only upon payment (https://areac.atm-mi.it/Areac/iweb/English.aspx).

All parking spaces in the city center are subject to a fee  (https://www.atm.it/en/ViaggiaConNoi/Auto/Pages/Modalitadipagamento.aspx). 

 

VISIT MILAN

Click here to find ten original (and alternative) suggestion to discover the town.

 

HOTELS

The hotels listed here are located near the venue of the Conference and offer discounted rates for accommodation that have agreements with the University of Milan.

To take advantage of the discounted rate it is necessary to follow the instructions below.

Duomo

 
VISIT MILAN

Click here to find ten original (and alternative) suggestion to discover the town.

Attachment Accomodation
Hotels.pdf (135.29 KB)
How to register to the Conference

You can register through the Conference management platform, Conftool.

If you do not have a user account, please click on "Create account and register for conference" and follow the instructions.

If you already have a user account, please log in with your username and password, select “Register as Participant” and follow the instructions.

Authors presenting papers, posters, or organized sessions must register for the conference before the 31st of May, 2023 (failing that, the paper/session/poster will be withdrawn from the conference program).

 

Registration Fees

Registration fees include the conference lunches, the coffee breaks and the social dinner.

 

Early Registration fees (before May 15th)

Regular fee: 280€ (200€ if already an AIEAA member in 2023)

Reduced fee (Ph.D. students, Postdoc): 150€ (110€ if already AIEAA member in 2023)

 

Late Registration fees (after May 15th)

Regular fee: 320€ (240€ if already a member in 2023)

Reduced fee (Ph.D. students, Postdoc): 210€ (170€ if already a member in 2023)

 

Information and contacts

For updated information and contacts, please refer to the conference website at www.aieaa.org or email aieaa2023@conftool.net

 

Important deadlines
 
The deadline for abstract submission to the XII AIEAA Conference is postponed from the 28th of February to the 7th of March 2023.
 

Abstract submission by authors: (February 28th, 2023) Postponed to 7th of March 2023!

Organized session/poster submission: March 15th, 2023

Notification of acceptance to abstract authors: April 15th, 2023

Notification of acceptance to session/poster authors: April 25th, 2023

Final contributions submission: May 31st, 2023

Authors’ registration deadline: May 31st, 2023

Martina Bozzola (Queen's University Belfast)

David Laborde (International Food Policy Research Institute)

Luc Christiaensen (the World Bank)

Luca Tiberti (Università degli Studi di Firenze)

 

The detailed program with all contributions is available on Conftool (clicking Browse Conference Agenda).

 

 

Attachment Programme

The AIEAA 2023 Pre-Conference will be held on June 22, 2023 and will take place in Milan, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Festa del Perdono n° 7.

The Program can be downloaded here!

 

 

Attachment programme
The Agenda is now available!

 

This year the AIEAA Annual Conference will be preceded by the 1st Young Researchers’ Day organized by AIEAA.

This will be the occasion for PhD student and earlier carrier researchers in agriculture and food economics to present their work in progress in an informal conference setting, to get feedback from peers and invited senior economists, to meet and interact in the social event.

 
Invited speakers

Giovanni Cerulli

Steven Van Passel

 

The deadlines are
  • the 31st of January, 2023, for manifestation of interest;
  • the 28th of February, 2023, for abstract submission.

 

Attachment Programme