Ulrich Schmutz

Dr, Associate Professor for Organic Horticulture and Ecological Economics

Associate Professor, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5426-8219

Emailab6217@coventry.ac.uk

Accepting PhD Students

384 Citations
8 h-Index

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Biography

Ulrich is an agricultural and horticultural economist, specialising in organic horticulture, agroecology and ecological economics. He has 30 years experience in academic research, policy and working within practical farms and food businesses of any size and complexity. In his academic work he specialised in ecological and rural economics, taking a broader view of this social science. His research interests are in organic horticulture, agroecology, urban agroecology, and social and environmental issues of food governance. Ulrich has long expertise in modelling farm, environmental and ecological economics and analysing large data sets efficiently. Ulrich has worked as Professor for Organic Agriculture at the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy, lecturing in the School of Economics and Management. Previous academic research and teaching was in tropical and subtropical horticulture at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany with projects in Israel and the Philippines. Other professional work is a management consultant, organic farm inspector and as a farm business consultant during the transition in East Germany and Eastern Europe. Ulrich has an agricultural engineering degree and BSc in Philosophy from Bonn and Munich Universities, Germany.

Research Interests

Urban agroecology; Ecological economics; Health and wellbeing of gardening; Social and ecological return on investment; Resilience, sustainability and standards of food systems; Organic horticulture, greenhouse temperate and tropical fruit crops

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Projects 2018 2023

1 Not started
1 Active

Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe

Schmutz, U., Burbi, S., Conroy, J., Evans, A. & Rayns, F.

1/05/18 → 30/04/22

Project: Research

UNDERTREES: Creating knowledge for Understanding ecosystem services of agroforestry systems through a holistic methodological framework

Burbi, S., Schmutz, U. & Van De Wiel, M.

1/01/20 → 31/12/23

Project: Research

Research Output 1993 2019

384 Citations
8 h-Index
24 Article
7 Commissioned report
6 Book
6 Other report
21 More

The “one health”-concept and organic production of vegetables and fruits

Alsanius, B. W., Von Essen, E., Hartmann, R., Vagsholm, I., Doyle, O., Schmutz, U., Stützel, H., Fricke, A. & Dorais, M., 10 Jul 2019, In : Acta Horticulturae. 1242, p. 1-14 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

organic production

vegetables

fruits

integrated agricultural systems

livestock

Exploring Growers’ Understanding of Sustainability and Resilience in Organic Greenhouse Horticulture Italy vs United Kingdom Exploring Growers’ Understanding of Sustainability and Resilience in Organic Greenhouse Horticulture Italy vs United Kingdom

Foresi, L., 2018, 164 p.

Research output: Thesis (awarded by Coventry University) › Doctoral Thesis

Open Access

File

horticulture

United Kingdom

growers

Italy

greenhouses

Organic-PLUS: Un proyecto financiado por la UE para investigar alternativas a elementos contenciosos en la agricultura ecológica.

Burbi, S. & Schmutz, U., 24 Sep 2018, (Accepted/In press).

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Organic agriculture

Animals

Agenda

Organic-PLUS project: Pathways to phase-out contentious inputs from organic agriculture in Europe – Research overview and preliminary results

Schmutz, U., Rayns, F., Burbi, S., Evans, A., Zikeli, S., Oudshoorn, F., Katsoulas, N., Andrivon, D., De Marchi, M., Righi, F., Løes, A-K., Malińska, K., Grøn Sørensen, C. & Antón, A., Nov 2018.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

Open Access

organic production

fertilizers

horticulture

peat

plastics