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Jarkko Niemi

Research Professor
  • Phone number +358295326392
  • Email address jarkko.niemi@luke.fi
  • Address Kampusranta 9 60320 Seinäjoki

Expertise

Projects/Duties: Economics research on animal health, welfare and production. Socio-economic aspects related to production diseases in pig and poultry production. Economics of classical swine fever, african swine fever, bluetongue and foot and mouth disease in Finland, and the impact of structural change of farming on disease risks. Economic analysis and optimization of pig production (genetics, feeding, slaughter and replacement, technology choices, price and production risks etc. ). Tail biting in the pig. Economic aspects related to the cultivation and use of protein-rich crops and protein self-sufficiency. Research for development, developing countries, Africa, , Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, climate change, use of mobile phones to disseminate information to farmers. Special competence: animal health economics, animan diseases, animal welfare, swine, poultry, dynamic programming, land use