Research projects

A big part of the research at Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) happens through research projects. The list shows some of the research projects, IFRO is or has been a part of – both as project leaders and as participants.

Active projects

Adaptation to climate change to improve food safety and livelihoods among pastoral communities in Kenya (ADAPTiVE)

We aim to build research capacity and generate knowledge to support smallholder pastoral dairy farmers in adopting climate change adaptation strategies to improve food safety.
Climate-Smart Futures in Rural Tanzania (CliFT)

We investigate the role of farmer organisations (FOs) in adopting climate-smart practices by smallholder horticultural farmers, particularly women and youth, in Tanzania.
Climate-smart Agropreneurship Education for Jobs and Sustainability in Western Africa (AgrBIZZ)

The primary goal of the AgrBIZZ project is to enhance the employability and entrepreneurial mindset of graduates in Cameroon and Ghana by modernizing agropreneurship education.
Eating up the crisis: Cultural change seen through the lens of food (CrisisCultureFood)

With a prospective qualitative research design, this project will explore transitions in food culture and create deep knowledge about the connection between individual stories and societal crises.
Governing Nature-based Climate Solutions: Prospects for a just green transition in Kenya (JUCAN)

This project intents to increase understanding of governance arrangements and institutional dynamics in Nature based Climate Solutions in Kenya in the perspective of environmental justice.
Green Transition Policy Centre (GreenTraC)

We aim to develop a consolidated theory of green transition policy, addressing the complexity and speed required for rapid decarbonisation in key sectors like agriculture, energy-intensive industries,...
Mageuzi ya Maarifa – Transformative Knowledge for People, Forests and Climate in Tanzania

This interdisciplinary project investigates how and to what extent digital citizen science can empower citizens and local knowledge systems, and what the implications are for policy and practice in...
Rural households, Agriculture, and Climate change – why and how farmers (do not) adapt in Ethiopia (RACE)

This project investigates why and how rural households in Ethiopia (do not) adapt through a combination of qualitative, quantitative, and experimental methods, using an integrated watershed management...
Scaling conservation of Himalayan plants and fungi through sustainable trade (Himalaya)

This project will improve local livelihoods, elevate traditional knowledge, and strengthen national and regional approaches to sustainable biodiversity-based trade.
Science-based policies for a sustainable European agri-food and land use system (SEAL)

The mission of SEAL is to create capacity for better informed decisions through analyses of relations between policies, and technology development and adoption in different European contexts.
Towards Sustainable Carbon Markets in Tanzania (SUSTCARB)

We aim to promote more sustainable carbon markets by examining how international carbon markets interact with existing land governance in Tanzania to produce socio-ecological, developmental and...
Universities Promoting Linkages For Impactful Training, Innovation & Technology Transfer in Agriculture (UPLIFT-Ag)

We seek to equip graduates with employability and entrepreneurial skills, thereby addressing food security, unemployment, and economic development challenges.
Vulnerability and Climate Change Adaptation in Conflict-Affected Regions - The Case of Northern Uganda (VUCCA)

The project examines how farmers’ vulnerability shapes their climate adaptation in conflict‑affected northern Uganda, focusing on the Acholi subregion, where intertwined social and environmental...
∆Rufiji: Climate change, rural livelihoods, and nature protection in the Rufiji Delta

We aim to promote socially just, climate-resilient livelihoods and nature conservation in the Rufiji Delta, Tanzania. We focus on interaction between mangrove ecosystems, local communities’...

Past projects

Access and Exclusion along the charcoal commodity chain in Ghana (AX)

The project was implemented between 2015 and 2021 as a collaboration between the University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and...

AfricanBioServices

AfricanBioServices was a four year 10 million euro research project involving thirteen institutions in Europa and East Africa focusing on natural...

Agricultural Transformation by Innovation (AgTraIn)

The AgTraIn programme defined a common foundation which all doctoral candidates must build on regardless of research topic and institutions.

Ammonia regulation of livestock in relation to Natura 2000 sites

The project is led by The Department of Food and Resource Economics at University of Copenhagen together with Danish Centre for Environment and Energy...

Animal food sector's future

Animal food sectors’ future: the triple challenges from income and demographic development, climate change and trade policy uncertainties.

Benthic ecosystem fisheries impact study (BENTHIS)

BENTHIS provided the knowledge to further develop the ecosystem approach to fisheries management as required in the Common Fisheries Policy and the...

Bias and fairness in medicine

How can society trust AI algorithms to make fair healthcare decisions? AI algorithms will, by their very nature, reproduce biases and discrimination...

CASU: Calorie Accounting in Supermarkets

Calorie Accounting in Supermarkets was a research project that aims to develop, implement, and document the effect of calorie accounting as a...

CRISPR Salmon: Genome editing

CRISPR Salmon: Genome editing – a game-changer in salmon farming: Conditions for social and moral acceptance.

Capacity-building in Arctic Standardisation Development (CAPARDUS)

Making Bayesian Belief Network models for natural resource management in Greenland.

Climate-Smart Agropreneurship Education for Livelihood and Sustainability in Eastern and Southern Africa (AgrGROW)

We aim to modernize curricula, enhance teacher competencies, and foster collaboration between higher education institutions (HEIs) and industry.

Consumers’ Valuation of LOCal Organic Products (LOCO) (In Danish)

The project examined the challenges of depopulation and declining economic growth in rural areas, as well as how to address the need for increased...

DNMARK (Danish project)

DNMARK was a multidisciplinary research alliance set up with the aim of generating new ideas on how to optimise the use of nitrogen.

Data collection in the fishing industry (In Danish)

The aim of the project was to collect and report data for the Danish fishing industry. The data is used for research and scientific advice relating to...

DiscardLess: Strategies for the gradual elimination of discards in European fisheries

The European Union has committed to the gradual elimination of discarding. The objective of DiscardLess was to help provide the knowledge, tools and...

EFFECT: Environmental public goods From Farming through Effective Contract Targeting

The overarching objective of EFFECT was to develop a theoretically well-founded and empirically well-adapted package of new contractual frameworks,...

ELDORADO

The objective of ELDORADO was to deliver new knowledge on food acceptance in the elderly, tools for stimulating food intake and well-being as well as...

Easy Organic Plant-Based Foods (In Danish)

Easy Organic Plant-Based Foods: Companies’ Perspectives on Opportunities and Challenges in Launching Organic, Plant-Based Convenience Products for the...

Food as distinction and practice. Food, eating and sustainability among different social classes

This project aims to create knowledge about the current cultural expressions of class in food and eating, and to analyze the important societal...

Food in Turbulent Times (FiTT)

FiTT intended to investigate coping strategies in relation to food budget constraints in different socioeconomic household types and develop a...

GREEiNSECT: Insects for green economy

GREEiNSECT was a consortium of public and private institutions aiming to investigate how insects can be utilized as novel and supplementary sources of...

Generating Insights to Reduce Demand for Rhino Horn in Vietnam

Applying Choice Experiments and the Theory of Planned Behavior to Assess Determinants of Demand

INTERACT: INvesTigating thE micRofoundAtions of socioeconomic impaCt of universiTy-industry relation

This research project explored the microfoundations that underlie the transmission of knowledge from university to industry and ultimately lead to...

Improved Nutrient and Energy Management through Anaerobic Digestion (INEMAD)

INEMAD was an international consortium composed of 13 partners from academia, government research labs, a local authority linked organisation, a...