Martin Parlasca
© ZEF PR (Ricarda Mundt)
Dr. Martin Parlasca
ORCID iD 0000-0002-0562-3018
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Research topics
  • Rural Development
  • Sustainable Food Systems
Martin studied Business Administration and Agricultural and Food Economics in Cologne, Seoul, and Bonn. He earned his PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Göttingen in 2020, focusing on food security and ICT adoption among pastoralists in northern Kenya. After a two-year postdoctoral position at Göttingen, he is now a senior researcher and project manager in the Division of Economic and Technological Change at the Center for Development Research (ZEF). His research primarily uses micro-level data to examine sustainable food systems and rural development. Key focus areas in his work are the sustainability of livestock and animal source-foods in production and consumption, as well as technology adoption and livelihoods among rural farmers.
Selected publications

Parlasca, M. C., & Qaim, M. (2022). Meat consumption and sustainability. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 14, 17-41. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-111820-032340 

Parlasca, M. C., Johnen, C., & Qaim, M. (2022). Use of mobile financial services among farmers in Africa: Insights from Kenya. Global Food Security, 32, 100590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100590

Parlasca, M., Knößlsdorfer, I., Alemayehu, G., & Doyle, R. (2023). How and why animal welfare concerns evolve in developing countries. Animal Frontiers, 13(1), 26-33. https://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfac082

Parlasca, M. C., Martini, C. A., Köster, M., & Ibañez, M. (2024). Aspirations and weather shocks: Evidence from rural Zambia. Agricultural Economics, 55(6), 985-999. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12858

Qaim, M., & Parlasca, M. C. (2025). Agricultural Economics and the Transformation Toward Sustainable Agri‐Food Systems. Agricultural Economics, 56(3), 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.70023

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Martin Parlasca
© ZEF PR (Ricarda Mundt)
Dr. Martin Parlasca

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Researcher Project Management

Economic and Technological Change (ZEF ECON)

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