Education
1985 High school diploma
1985-87 Practical education “Farmer”
1987-88 Military service
1988-93 Master in agricultural economics, University Göttingen
Thesis: Structure & competition in international trade of breeding cattle.
1999 PhD in agricultural economics, University of Göttingen, Germany
Thesis: A concept for international analysis of the policy and technology impacts in agriculture.
Working experience
1989-1995 Internships in dairy farms in Belgium, UK, USA, NZ, Malaysia
1995-2005 Scientist at the FAL-Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Germany
1999-2005 50% Director of IFCN Company (Private public partnership with FAL) from 2/2005 Chairman IFCN Network / Director IFCN Dairy Research Center.
Activities in the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN)
1999 Finalizing the IFCN methods (PhD Thesis of Hemme)
1999-2001 Development the IFCN network concept
2005 Founding the IFCN Dairy Research Center.
2007 IFCN Dairy Network: 70 countries/research institutions participating 42 agribusiness companies participating
Scientific performance and awards since 1995
Scientific work: more than 200 publications, more than 220 presentation national/international
Research Projects: Lead of various dairy related research projects funded by FAO, WTO, Ministries of Agriculture & Agribusiness companies.
PHD/Master Students: Giving guidance to more than 30 PhD/Master students from Germany, The Netherlands, France, Poland, Hungary, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Bulgaria, China
Awards :
1992: International education award of the German Agricultural Society
2000&2005: GDF Research award of FAL |