Dr. Anette Ruml was a GlobalFood member from 2017-2020. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.

Occupation after leaving GlobalFood


Postdoctoral Researcher at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) in Hamburg


Name

Anette Ruml


Former Field of Research

Smallholder participation in modern supply chains and impacts on income, poverty, and development
[Chair of International Food Economics and Rural Development; Supervisor: Prof. Matin Qaim, Global Food Subproject: D1]


Research Interests

Contract Farming
Rural Development


Education


  • 2017-2020 Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, University of Goettingen, Goettingen
  • 2014-2017 Master of Arts in Development Economics, Georg August University Göttingen
  • 2011-2014 Bachelor of Science in Volkswirtschaftslehre, Albert Ludwig University Freiburg
  • 2009-2011 Studies of the Magister Theologie, Albert Ludwig University Freiburg




Publications

A) Peer-reviewed publications or book chapters


  • Ruml, A., C. Ragasa, M. Qaim (2021). Contract Farming, Contract Design, and Smallholder Livelihoods. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.12462
  • Ruml, A., M Qaim (2021). New evidence regarding the effects of contract farming on agricultural labor use. Agricultural Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12606
  • Ruml, A., M Qaim (2020). Smallholder farmers’ dissatisfaction with contract schemes in spite of economic benefits: Issues of mistrust and lack of transparency. Journal of Development Studies, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1850699
  • Ruml, A., & Qaim, M. (2020). Effects of marketing contracts and resource-providing contracts in the African small farm sector: Insights from oil palm production in Ghana. World Development, 136, 105110. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105110


B) Other publications


  • Ruml, A., Qaim, M. (2020). Smallholder farmers’ dissatisfaction with contract schemes in spite of economic benefits: Issues of mistrust and lack of transparency. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 139, University of Göttingen. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
  • Ruml, A., Ragasa, C., Qaim, M. (2020). Heterogeneous effects of marketing contracts and resource-providing contracts on household income. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 138, University of Göttingen. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
  • Ruml, A., Qaim, M. (2019). New evidence regarding the effects of contract farming on agricultural labor use. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 135, University of Göttingen. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
  • Ruml, A., Qaim, M. (2019). Effects of marketing contracts and resource-providing contracts in the African small farm sector: Insights from oil palm production in Ghana. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 130, University of Göttingen. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.




Languages

German
English
French (basic knowledge)


Complete CV here