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Dr Luiza Toma: Profile

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Dr Luiza Toma
SAC (Scottish Agricultural College) Work SAC, King's Buildings, West Mains Road,
Edinburgh
EH9 3JG
TelWork 0131 535 4394

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Research Interests

I am an applied economist specialised in agri-environmental economics (MSc and PhD) and statistics, informatics and economic modelling (BSc).

My research interests are agri-environmental economics (environmental valuation, linkages between environment and agricultural trade, agricultural non-point source pollution, nitrate vulnerable zones), animal welfare and health, farm management, sustainable rural development and transition economies.

Besides my research experience with SAC (and, previously with the Agricultural Economics Institute of the Romanian Academy), I have been involved as a consultant in several policy-oriented projects on the economics of environment and agricultural development for the World Bank, European Commission, FAO and OECD.

B.Sc. (Hons) Cybernetics and Economic Forecasting, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, 1992
M.Sc. Economic and Management Sciences, CIHEAM, Paris, 1996
Ph.D. Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2006

Selected Publications

  • Toma, L., Mathijs, E., Environmental Risk Perception, Environmental Concern and Propensity to Participate in Organic Farming Programmes, Journal of Environmental Management 83(2), 2007, pp. 145–157. Full Text

  • Toma, L., Environmental Modelling in Rural Areas. In: Florian, V. (ed.) The Sociology of Hope. Case Studies, Terra Nostra Publishing House, Iasi, 2006.

  • Toma, L., Mathijs, E., The Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation on the Environment: A Literature Review, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development 2(8), 2005, pp. 93-104.
  • Toma, L., Mathijs, E., Stated Environmental Preferences in a Romanian Rural Community, Post-Communist Economies 16(2), 2004, pp. 215-227. Full Text
  • Toma, L., Impact of Trade Liberalisation on the Environmental Sustainability of Agriculture in the Countries Applicants to EU Accession. In: Kousnetzoff, N. (ed.) Methodological Tools for SIA. CEPII 2003-19, Centre D’Etudes Prospectives et D’Informations Internationales, Paris, 2003, pp. 117-137.

  • Toma, L., Analysis of Environmental Impact of Farming Systems in Romania. Agri-Environmental Indicators. In: Gatzweiler, F.; Hagedorn, K.; Judis, R. (eds.) Sustainable Agriculture in Central and Eastern European Countries: The Environmental Effects of Transition and Needs for Change. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 2002.