Year of birth

1957

Nationality

German

Language skills

German – native speaker

English   – very good

Countries worked in

Canada, Germany, India, USA

Positions and functions

Coordinator of agri benchmark Cash Crop Network

Education

1993
PhD in Agricultural Economics
Institutional design for private supply of environmental goods
1988
Diplom in Agricultural Science
Assessment of technological innovations in agriculture

Contact

Phone: + 49-531-596-5155

E-Mail: yelto.zimmer@vti.bund.de

Publications

List of Publications »

Professional experience
(Descending chronological order)

since 2008–today
Senior researcher (Economics of Arable Farming/Bio-Energy) at the vTI-Institute of Farm Economics,
Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (vTI) Braunschweig, Germany

2005 – 2007
Senior researcher (Economics of Arable Farming/Bio-Energy) at the Institute of Farm Economics, Federal Agricultural Research Center (FAL)

2004 – 2005
Member of working group for the evaluation for support schemes for farm level investment at Institute of Farm Economics (FAL)

1993 – 2004
Manager for evaluation of biotech research projects, licensing-in biotech traits and strategic planning for an international seed breeding company