List of selected publications
El Benni, N., Wang, Y., Ammann, J., Mack, G., Finger, R. (2025). A Scoping Review of Nudges for Enhancing Agricultural Policy, Applied Economic Perspective and Policy, 2025, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.70015
Irek, J., Finger, R., Ammann, J., Arbenz, A., Mack, G., El Benni, N. (2025). Shared responsibility: understanding the role of governments, farmers, retailers, and consumers in food system policies, Q Open 5(2), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoaf025
El Benni, N., Finger, R., Ammann, J., Irek, J., Kaiser, A., Ritzel, C., Wang, Y., Mack, G. (2025). Aligning agricultural policy: discrepancies between public and farmer priorities, Agricultural and Food Economics 13 (55), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-025-00402-5
Tarruella, M., Huber, R., El Benni, N., Mack, G., Schäfer, D., Finger, R. (2025). Understanding Farmer Behaviour for Successful Climate Change Mitigation in Voluntary Initiatives, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2025, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8489.70046
Schaub, S., El Benni, N., Jan, P., Huguenin-Elie, O., Richter, F., Klaus, V.H. (2025). Optimizing land-use strategies to improve grassland multifunctionality, Land Use Policy 153, 107548, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107548
Ammann, J., Mack. G., El Benni, N., Saleh, R. (2025). Understanding public perceptions of smart farming technologies, Food Quality and Preference 133, 105618, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105618
Ehlers, M.-H., El Benni, N., Douziech, M. (2025). Implementing responsible research and innovation and sustainability assessment in research projects: A framework and application, Research Policy 54(2), 105164, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105164
Mack, G., Ritzel, C., Ammann, J., Heitkämper, K., El Benni, N. (2025). Data on the administrative workload and perceived administrative burden of farmers in Switzerland, Data in Brief 58, 111186, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111186
Ammann, J., El Benni, N., Masson, S., Saleh, R. (2025). Data on Swiss public's acceptance and sustainability perceptions of food produced with chemical, digital and mechanical weed control measures and the influence of information source on technology perception in agriculture, Data in Brief 58, 111212, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.111212
Ammann, J., Mack, G., El Benni, N., Saleh, R. (2025). Consumers would rather buy a product with a levy for enhancing animal welfare than for environmental sustainability, Sustainable Production and Consumption, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2024.11.024
El Benni, N., Finger, R., Irek, J., Mack, G, Ammann, J (2025). No evidence of a rural-urban divide in prioritizing agricultural policy goals, Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy 47(2), 666-693. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13485
El Benni, N., Ritzel, C., Mack, G. (2025). Why the Administrative Burden of Cross Compliance Matters, EuroChoices 24(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12454
Jin, S., Cao, Y., Burd, M., Tindale, S., Feng, Z., Green, O., Newell-Price, P., Vicario-Modroño, V., Mack, G., Sánchez-Zamora, P., Gallardo-Cobos, R., Spörri, M., El Benni, N., Alonso, N., Miškolci, S., Outhwaite, S., Hunter, E., Frewer, L.J. (2024). Farmer identities and permanent grassland management: Evidence from five European biogeographic zones, People and Nature, https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10716
Spörri, M., Haller, M., El Benni, N., Mack, G., Finger, R. (2024). How farmers' self-identities affect agri-environmental transition in Grassland Use: a mixed method study in the Swiss Alpine Region, Agriculture and Human Values, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10608-w
Rödiger, M., Zorn, A., Mielewczik, M., Heitkämper, K., Roesch, A., El Benni, N. (2024). How does pesticide reduction affect labour time and profitability? A crop production case study, Agricultural Systems 220, 104101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104101
Tindale, S., Cao, Y., Jin, S., Green, O., Burd, M., Vicario.Modrono, V., Alonso, N., Clingo, S.,Gallardo-Cobos, R., Sanchez-Zamora, R., Hunter, E., Miskolci, S., Mack, G., El Benni, N., Spoerri, M., Outhwaite, S., Elliott, J., Newell-Price, P., Frewer, L.J. (2024) Tipping points and farmer decision-making in European permanent grassland (PG) agricultural systems, Journal of Rural Studies, 103364, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103364
Ammann, J., Mack, G., El Benni, N., Jin, S., Newell-Price, P., Tindale, S., Hunter, E., Vicario-Modrono, V., Gallardo-Cobos, R., Sánchez-Zamora, P., Miškolci, S., Frewer, L.J. (2024). Consumers across five European countries prioritise animal welfare above environmental sustainability when buying meat and dairy products, Food Quality and Preference 117, 105179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105179
Richter, F.J., Suter, M., Lüscher, A., Buchmann, N., El Benni, N., Feola Conz, R., Hartmann, M., Jan, P., Klaus, V.H. (2024). Effects of management practices on the ecosystem-service multifunctionality of temperate grasslands, Nature Communications 15, 3829, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48049-y
El Benni, N., Irek, J., Finger, R., Mack, G., Ammann, J. (2024). Citizens’ perceptions of agricultural policy goals-evidence from Switzerland, Food Policy 125, 102643, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102643
Ammann, J., Mack, G., Irek, J., Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2024). Data on Swiss citizens’ preferences and perceptions of agricultural policy, Data in Brief 52, 110042, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110042
Schaub, S., El Benni, N. (2024). How do price (risk) changes influence farmers’ preferences to reduce fertilizer applications?, Agricultural Economics 55, 365-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12824
Huber, R., Bartkowski, B., Brown, C., El Benni, N., Feil, J.-H., Grohmann, P., Joormann, I., Leonhardt, H., Mitter, H., Müller, B. (2024). Farm typologies for understanding farm systems and improving agricultural policy, Agricultural Systems, 213, 103800, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103800.
Meyer, M., Gazzarin, C., Jan, P., El Benni, N. (2024). Understanding the Heterogeneity of Swiss Alpine Summer Farms for Tailored Agricultural Policies: A Typology, Mountain Research and Development 44(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1659/mrd.2023.00041
Richter, F., Suter, M., Lüscher, A., Buchmann, B., El Benni, N., Conz, R.F., Hartmann, M., Jan, P., Klaus, V.H. (2024). Effects of management practices on the ecosystem-service multifuncationality of temperate grasslands, Nature Communications 15, 3829, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48049-y
Mack, G., Ritzel, C., Ammann, J., El Benni, N. (2024). Improving the understanding of farmers’ non-compliance with agricultural policy regulations, Journal of Rural Studies, 106, 103190, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103190
Saleh, R., El Benni, N., Masson, S., Ammann, J. (2024). Public acceptance and sustainability perceptions of food produced with chemical, digital and mechanical weed control measures, Food Quality and Preference, 113, 105079, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.105079
Ammann, J., El Benni, N., Masson, S., Saleh, R. (2024). Data on Swiss Public's Acceptance and Sustainability Perceptions of Food Produced with Chemical, Digital and Mechanical Weed Control Measures and the Influence of Information Source on Technology Perception in Agriculture, Data in Brief (preprint) 10.2139/ssrn.4795953
Ammann, J., Mack, G., El Benni, N., Jin, S., Newell-Price, P., Tindale, S., Hunter, E., Vicario-Modroño, V., Gallardo-Cobos, R., Sánchez-Zamora, P., Miškolci, S., Frewer, L.J. (2024). Consumers across five European countries prioritise animal welfare above environmental sustainability when buying meat and dairy products, Food Quality and Preference 117, 105179, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105179
Mack, G., El Benni, N., Spörri, M., Huguenin-Elie, O., Tindale, S., Hunter, E., Price, P.N., Frewer, L.J. (2024). Perceived feasibility of sward management options in permanent grassland of Alpine regions and expected effects on delivery of ecosystem services, Environment, Development and Sustainability 26, 4579-4601, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02899-y
Jin, S., Cao, Y., Burd, M., Tindale, S., Feng, Z., Green , O., Newell-Price, P., Modrono, V. V., Mack, G., Zamora, P. S., Gallardo-Cobos , R., Spörri , M., El Benni, N., Alonso , N., Miškolci, S., Outhwaite, S., Hunter, E., & Frewer, L. J. (2024). Farmer identities and permanent grassland management: evidence from five European biogeographic zones. People and Nature. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10716
El Benni, N., Grovermann, C., Finger, R. (2023). Towards more evidence-based agricultural and food policies, Q Open 3(3), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoad003
El Benni, N., Grovermann, C., Finger, R. (2023). Agrarökonomische Evaluierungsmethoden für eien evidenzbasierte Agrarpolitik, Agrarforschung Schweiz 14, 172-182. https://www.agrarforschungschweiz.ch/2023/08/die-rolle-agraroekonomischer-forschung-in-der-politikgestaltung/#links
Mack, G., Finger, R., Ammann, J., El Benni, N. (2023). Modelling policies towards pesticide-free agricultural production systems, Agricultural Systems 207, April 2023, 103642, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103642
Ammann, J., Arbenz, A., Mack, G., Nemecek, T., El Benni, N. (2023). A review on policy instruments for sustainable food consumption, Sustainable Production and Consumption 36, 338-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2023.01.012
Ammann, J., Mack, G., Irek, J., Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2023). Consumers’ meat commitment and the importance of animal welfare as agricultural policy goal, Food Quality and Preference 112(2023), 105010, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.105010
Tarruella, M., Huber, R., Mack, G., El Benni, N., Finger, R. (2023). Cost-effectiveness off arm- vs. Regional-level climate change mitigation policies, Q Open, 2023, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoad022
Spörri, M., El Benni, N., Mack, G., Finger, R. (2023). Spatio-temporal dynamics of grassland use intensity in Switzerland, Regional Environmental Change 23(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-02023-w
Ammann, J., Walter, A., El Benni, N. (2023). Dataset on digital technologies as learning content in farm manager training in Switzerland and willingness to use farm information systems, Data in Brief 48 (2023), 109113, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109113
Argento, F., Liebisch, F., Anken, T., Walter, A., El Benni, N. (2022). Investigating two solutions to balance revenues and N surplus in Swiss winter wheat, Agricultural Systems 201, 103451, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103451
Ritzel, C. Ammann, J., Mack, G., El Benni N. (2022). Determinants of the decision to build up excessive food stocks in the COVID-19 crisis. Appetite 176, 106089, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106089
Ammann, J. Ritzel, C., El Benni N. (2022). How did the COVID-19 pandemic influence health-related behaviour? An online survey on food choice, physical activity and changes in body weight among Swiss adults. Food policy and preferences 100, 104625, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104625
El Benni, N., Schmid, D. (2022). Off-farm income and direct payments - an indispensable diversification strategy of Swiss farmers, Q Open 2(1), 1-24, https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoab019
Ammann, J., Umstätter, C., El Benni, N. (2022). The Adoption of Precision Agriculture Enabling Technologies in Swiss Outdoor Vegetable Production – A Delphi Study; Precision Agriculture 23, 1354-1374 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-022-09889-0
Ammann, J., Walter, A., El Benni, N. (2022). Adoption and perception of farm management information systems by future Swiss farm managers–An online study. Journal of Rural Studies 89, 298-305. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0743016721003697
Ehlers, M. H., Finger, R., El Benni, N., Gocht, A., Gron Sorenson, C. A., Gusset, M., Pfeifer, C., Poppe, K., Regan, A., Rose, D.C. Wolfert, S., Huber, R. (2022). Scenarios for European agricultural policymaking in the era of digitalisation. Agricultural Systems 192 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103318
El Benni, N., Ritzel, C., Heitkämper, K., Mack, G. (2022). Der administrative Aufwand Schweizer Landwirtschaftsbetriebe durch das Direktzahlungssystem, Agrarforschung Schweiz 13, 67-76. https://ira.agroscope.ch/en-US/publication/49308
Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2022). Einkommen in der Landwirtschaft: neue Perspektiven und Implikationen für die Politikbewertung, Agrarforschung Schweiz 13, 17-25. https://link.ira.agroscope.ch/de-CH/publication/48877
Renner, S., Sauer, J., El Benni, N. (2021). Why considering technological heterogeneity is important for evaluating farm performance?. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 48(2), 415-445. https://academic.oup.com/erae/article/48/2/415/6126056?login=true
El Benni, N., Ritzel, C., Heitkämper, K., Umstätter, C., Zorn, A., Mack, G. (2021). The cost of farmers’ administrative burdens due to cross-compliance obligations. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-23. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09640568.2021.1920376
Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2021). Farm income in European agriculture: new perspectives on measurement and implications for policy evaluation. European Review of Agricultural Economics 48(2), 253–265 https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbab011
Richter, F., Jan, P., El Benni, N., Lüscher, A., Buchmann, N., & Klaus, V. H. (2021). A guide to assess and value ecosystem services of grasslands. Ecosystem Services, 52, 101376. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041621001340
Mack, G., Ritzel, C., Heitkämper, K., El Benni, N. (2021). The effect of administrative burden on farmers’ perceptions of cross‐compliance based direct payment policy. Public Administration Review. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/puar.13335
Ritzel, C., Mack, G., Portmann, M., Heitkämper, K., El Benni, N. (2020). Empirical evidence on factors influencing farmers` admnistrative burden: A structural equation modeling approach, PlosOne, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241075
Meier, C., El Benni, N., Sakamma, S., Moakes, S., Grovermann, C., Quiédeville, S., Stolz, H., Stolze, M., Umesh, B. (2020). Are non-farming consumers willing to pay “a good market price” for iron-biofortified finger millet? Evidence from experimental auctions in Karnataka, India, Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, DOI 10.1108/JADEE-11-2019-0190
Gazzarin, C., El Benni, N. (2020). Economic assessment of potential efficiency gains in typcal lamb production systems in the alpine region by using local resources, Small Ruminant Research 185, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2020.106066
El Benni, N., Ryser, U., Rösch, M., Mattmann, M., Abt, F., Paupe, L., Gusset, M. (2020). Charta zur Digitalisierung: gemeinsam zu tragfähigen Lösungen, Agrarforschung Schweiz 11, 91-101, https://doi.org/10.34776/afs11-91
El Benni, N. (2020). Der Umgang der Schweiz mit der Digitalisierung der Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft, In: M. Gandorfer et al.: Digitalisierung für Mensch, Umwelt und Tier; Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Gesellschaft für Informatik, Bonn 2020, 61-66.
Finger, R., Swinton, S., El Benni, N., Walter, A. (2019). Precision Farming at the Nexus of Agricultural Production and the Environment. Annual Review of Resource Economics 11: 313-335 >>
Mack, G., Kohler, A., Heitkämper, K., El Benni, N. (2019). Determinants of the perceived administrative transaction costs caused by the uptake of an agri-environmental program, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Doi: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1515311
Mack, G., Heitkämper, K., El Benni, N. (2019). Welche Faktoren beeinflussen die Wahrnehmung des administrativen Aufwands?, Agrarforschung 10(3), 104-109.
Schmidt, A., Möhring, A., Mann, S., El Benni, N. (2019). Stricter cross-compliance standards in Switzerland: Economic and environmental impacts at farm- and sector-level, Agricultural Systems 176, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102664
Schmidt, A., Möhring, A., Mann, S., El Benni, N. (2019). Folgenabschätzung Trinkwasserinitiative – ökonomische und agrarstrukturelle Wirkungen, Agroscope Science 83
El Benni, N., Stolz, H., Home, R., Kendall, H., Kuznesof, S., Clark, B., Dean, M., Brereton, P., Frewer, L., Chan. M.-Y., Zhong, Q., Stolze, M. (2018). Product attributes and consumer attitudes affecting the preferences for infant milk formula in China – A latent class approach. Food Quality and Preferences 71: 25-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.05.006
Frick, R., El Benni, N., Obrist, R., Schmid, O. (2017). Analyse des Bio-Sektors im Kanton Aargau, Grundlagen für einen kantonalen Bio-Aktionsplan Aargau, Bericht zum Interreg Europe Projekt «SME Organics» http://orgprints.org/32076/1/SME-Organics_Regional_Analyse_BioBranche_Aargau_FiBL.pdf
El Benni, N., Finger, R., Meuwissen, M. (2016). Potential effects of the Income Stabilization Tool, (IST) in Swiss Agriculture. European Review of Agricultural Economics 43(3): 475‐502.
El Benni, N., Hediger, W. (2014). Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Landwirtschaft – nachgelagerte Industrien, Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamtes für Landwirtschaft, Bern.
El Benni, N., Finger, R. (2014). Where is the risk? Price, yield and cost risk in Swiss crop production. Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies 95(3): 299‐326.
Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2014). A note on the effects of the Income Stabilisation Tool on income inequality in agriculture. Journal of Agricultural Economics 65(3): 739‐745.
Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2014). Alternative Specifications of Reference Income Levels in the Income Stabilization Tool. In: Zopounidis, C., Kalogeras, N., Mattas, K., Dijk, G., Baourakis, G. (Eds.), Agricultural Cooperative Management and Policy. Springer, pp. 65-85.
Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2013). Farmers' Adoption of Extensive Wheat Production ‐ Determinants and Implications. Land Use Policy 30(1): 206‐213.
El Benni, N., Finger, R. (2013). Gross Revenue Risk in Swiss Dairy Farming. Journal of Dairy Science 96(2): 936‐948.
El Benni, N., Finger, R. (2013). The effect of agricultural policy reforms on income inequality in Swiss agriculture ‐ An analysis for valley, hill and mountain regions. Journal of Policy Modeling 35(4): 638‐651.
El Benni, N. (2013). Der Einfluss von Direktzahlungen auf betriebswirtschaftliche Entscheidungen, Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamtes für Landwirtschaft, Bern.
El Benni, N., Finger, R., Mann, S. (2012). Effects of agricultural policy reforms and farm characteristics on income risks in Swiss agriculture. Agricultural Finance Review 72(3): 301‐324.
El Benni, N., Finger, R., Mann, S., Lehmann, B. (2012). The distributional effects of agricultural policy reforms in Switzerland. Agricultural Economics – Czech 58: 510‐519.
El Benni, N. (2012). Einkommensrisiko in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft und Einfluss möglicher Risikomanagementinstrumente, Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamtes für Landwirtschaft, Bern.
Réviron, S., El Benni, N. (2012). Case Study – Morrocco: Argan Oil. In: Blakeney, M., Coulet, T., Mengistie, G., Mahop, M.T. (eds), Extending the Protection of Geographical Indications – Case Studies of Agricultural Products in Africa, earthscan from Routledge, Oxon.
Réviron, S., El Benni, N. (2012). Case Study – South Africa: Rooibos Tea. In: Blakeney, M., Coulet, T., Mengistie, G., Mahop, M.T. (eds), Extending the Protection of Geographical Indications – Case Studies of Agricultural Products in Africa, earthscan from Routledge, Oxon.
El Benni, N., Lehmann, B. (2011). Der Einfluss von Direktzahlungen auf die Einkommensverteilung in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft zwischen 1990 und 2009, Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamtes für Landwirtschaft, Bern.
Finger, R., El Benni, N. (2011). Spatial Analysis of Income Inequality in Agriculture. Economics Bulletin 31(3): 2138-2150.
Finger, R., El Benni, N., Kaphengst, T., Evans, C., Herbert, S., Lehmann, B., Morse, S., Stupak, N. (2011). A Meta-Analysis on Farm-Level Costs and Benefits of GM Crops. Sustainability 3: 743-762.
El Benni, N., Tikir, A. (2010). The Perception and Knowledge of Climate Change and Values of ETH-Members, Project report of the ETH-wide online survey about Climate Change within the framework of the CCES project ClimPol, Schriftenreihe 2010/2 of the Agri-Food & Agri-Environmental Economics Group, ETH Zurich.
El Benni, N., Lehmann, B. (2010). Swiss agricultural policy reforms: landscape changes in consequence of national agricultural policy and international competition pressure. In: Primdahl, J., Swaffield, S. (eds), Globalisation and Agricultural Landscapes, Change Patterns and Policy trends in Developed Countries, Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology.
Lehmann, B., Weber, M., El Benni, N., Mamardashvili, P., Tröger, K. and Bolliger, C. (2009). Wirkung veränderter Zollpräferenzen mit Entwicklungsländern auf den Schweizer Lebensmittelmarkt. Schlussbericht zuhanden des Schweizerischen Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft (SECO), Bern.