Folkhard Isermeyer

Date of birth	05 January 1958
Nationality	German
Marital status	Married, three daughters, one son
Language skills	German – native speaker English – very good
Countries worked in	Germany, New Zealand, USA
Positions and functions	President of the vTI Honorary Professor at the University of Goettingen Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council “Ag. Policy” of the German Ministry of Agriculture President of the Umbrella Association of German Agricultural Research Organisations Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the German Dairy Industry Association Member of the German Oilseed and Protein Plant Association Chief Editor of “FAL Agricultural research” and “Wissenschaft erleben” Chairman of European Dairy Research Network EDF STAR (European Dairy Farmers) Coordinator of the *agri benchmark* Project
Education	1988 PhD in Agricultural Economics Thesis: International Competitiveness of Milk Production in New Zealand, North America, and the European Union 1982 Diploma in Agriculture Thesis: Evolution of Agrarian Structure in Lower Saxony and Bavaria
Publications List of Publications » Professional experience (Descending chronological order) since 2008–today Leader of the vTI-Institute of Farm Economics, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute (vTI) Braunschweig, Germany 1990–2007 Leader of the FAL-Institute of Farm Economics, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL) Braunschweig, Germany 1999-2003 Leader of the FAL-Institute of Farm Economics and Rural Studies 1998-1999 President of FAL 1996 Founder of the International Farm Comparison Network IFCN, the predecessor of *agri benchmark* (together with Torsten Hemme and Claus Deblitz) 1990 Founder of the European Dairy Farmers (together with the German Agricultural Society, DLG) 1982-1990 Research Assistant at the Institute of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany