PD Dr. Markus Gandorfer
Digital Farming Group, Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture
Vöttinger Str. 36, 85354 Freising, Phone: +49 8161 71-3798, markus.gandorfer@lfl.bayern.de
Since June 2017 Markus Gandorfer is leading the Digital Farming Group at the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture.
He was a group leader at the Chair Group Economics of Horticulture and Landscaping at Technische Universität München (TUM) 2012-17. Prior he conducted his research for 10 years at the Institute of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management (also at TUM). During this time, he gathered international experience through research visits at the University of Guelph (Canada), at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, and at the University of Western Australia.
Markus Gandorfer holds a degree in horticultural sciences at (TUM). His doctoral research addressed the economic and environmental evaluation of precision farming technologies. He received his habilitation, also at TUM, in agricultural economics. Beside his research and teaching Markus Gandorfer serves as international student adviser in the field of agricultural sciences.
Current Research Topics
- Economics of digital agriculture technologies, precision farming and precision livestock farming
- Risk management in horticulture and agriculture
- Climate change and agriculture: impact, mitigation, and adaptation
Selected Scientific Publications
- Teklegiorgis Habtemariam, L., Abate Kassa, G., & Gandorfer, M. (2017). Impact of climate change on farms in smallholder farming systems: Yield impacts, economic implications and distributional effects. Agricultural Systems 152, 58-66. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2016.12.006
- Porsch, A., Gandorfer, M., & Bitsch V. (2018). Strategies to manage hail risk in apple production. Agricultural Finance Review. doi.org/10.1108/AFR-07-2017-0062
- Gandorfer, M., Porsch, A., & Bitsch, V. (2017). Producer price volatility in the German fruit and vegetable industry. European Journal of Horticultural Science 82 (3), 149-154. doi:10.17660/eJHS.2017/82.3.5
- Hauk, S., Gandorfer, M., Wittkopf, S., Müller, U. K., & Knoke, T. (2017). Ecological diversification is risk reducing and economically profitable - The case of biomass production with short rotation woody crops in south German land-use portfolios. Biomass and Bioenergy 98, 142-152. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.01.018
- Teklegiorgis Habtemariam, L., Abate Kassa, G., & Gandorfer, M. (2017). Impact of climate change on farms in smallholder farming systems: Yield impacts, economic implications and distributional effects. Agricultural Systems 152, 58-66. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2016.12.006
- Meyer-Aurich, A., Gandorfer, M., Trost, B., Ellmer, F., & Baumecker, M. (2016). Risk efficiency of irrigation to cereals in northeast Germany with respect to nitrogen fertilizer. Agricultural Systems 149, 132-138. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2016.09.006
- Teklegiorgis Habtemariam, L., Gandorfer, M., Abate Kassa, G., & Heissenhuber, A. (2016). Factors Influencing Smallholder Farmers’ Climate Change Perceptions: A Study from Farmers in Ethiopia. Environmental Management 58 (2) 343-358. doi:10.1007/s00267-016-0708-0
- Zehetmeier M., Gandorfer, M., Hoffmann, H., Müller, U. K, de Boer, I. J. M., & Heißenhuber, A. (2014). The impact of uncertainties on predicted GHG emissions of dairy cow production systems. Journal of Cleaner Production, 73, 116–124.
- Gandorfer, M., Pannell, D. J., & Meyer-Aurich, A. (2011). Analyzing the effects of risk and uncertainty on optimal tillage and nitrogen fertilizer intensity for field crops in Germany. Agricultural Systems, Vol. 104 (8), S. 615-622.
- Meyer-Aurich, A., Weersink, A., Gandorfer, M., & Wagner, P. (2010). Optimal site-specific fertilization and harvesting strategies with respect to crop yield and quality response to nitrogen. Agricultural Systems 103 (7), S. 478-485.
- Rajsic, P., Weersink, A., & Gandorfer, M. (2009). Risk and Nitrogen Application Levels. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 52 (2), S. 223-239.
- Gandorfer, M., & Rajsic, P. (2008). Modeling Economic Optimum Nitrogen Rates for Winter Wheat when Inputs Affect Yield and Output-Price. Agricultural Economics Review, Vol. 9, S. 54-64.