Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 1 Hanne Marie Jespersen Inger-Marie Kirketerp Mikael Strandbygaard Morten Hendriksen Sannah Thorndahl Evald DENMARK Copenhagen University Faculty of LIFE Science

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 2 Danish Education and Copenhagen University

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 3 Danish education system Free enrollment at any level Financed by tax payers Education support for everyone 650 euros a month in education support Studets are living by them self and independent of financial support from their parents Relevant study jobs Danish Government Private Company University

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 4 Copenhagen University – Faculty of LIFE Science students (10 % international students) 400 ph.d. students employees 50 % of courses are tought in english Source:

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 5 Copenhagen University – Faculty of LIFE Science Main areas Food and health Energy and environment Politics, economics and developing countries Animals, ethics and welfare Biotechnology Forests, land and urban development Plants and natural ressources

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 6 Copenhagen University – Faculty of LIFE Science Bachelor programs Bsc in Agricultural Economics Master programs Msc in Agricultural Economics Msc in Environmental and Natural Ressources Economics

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 7 Copenhagen University – Faculty of LIFE Science Msc in Agricultural Economics Influence of the economics and politics of the rich countries on the poor countries How changes in the EU and world trade influence the everyday life of e.g. poor farmers. Financial incentives and regulations of the consumtion and production of food Source:

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 8 Copenhagen University – Faculty of LIFE Science Msc in Environmental and Natural Ressources Economics Green duties to limit pollution Most value for money in nature restoration Meeting international undertakings concerning CO 2 -emissions in the least expensive way Economic valuation of the environment Division of oil and natural gas exploitation between the present and the future Source:

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 9 Facts and figures of Danish Agriculture

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 10 This is a typical Danish farmer. His name is Joachim, Jokke among friends.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 11 The average Danish full time farmer like Jokke cultivates 135 ha of land (EU-average=13 ha.). On this he grows; 5,7 tonnes of grain pr. ha A lot of this grain he use to feed his pigs and cows.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 12 He needs a lot of grain, since the average pig producing Jokke has 1089 slaughter pigs on his farm. His colleague, average cow producing Jokke, has 101 milking cows. These cows each produce nearly 9000kg milk pr year.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 13 There are part and full time farmers in Denmark Together all the farmers of Denmark produce: 8.2 mill. tonnes of grain. 2 mill tonnes pigmeat. 4.7 mill. tonnes of milk

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 14 The most important Danish agricultural product is pigmeat.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 15 In fact, Denmark is the only country in EU27 where the number of pigs is higher than the number of citizens. We can’t eat all these pigs our selves, so Denmark is also the biggest exporter of pigmeat in the world. Each year Denmark exports for 8 billion euros.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 16 Political organization of the Danish agricultural sector When Jokke is unsatisfied, he will turn to his representatives in Axelborg.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 17 At Axelborg, Jokke can meet with the people he have elected to represent his interests.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 18 Danish farmers have a long tradition of joining associations and organisations designed to handle their professional and political interests. Recently all Danish agricultural NGOs have merged into one organization. The Danish Agriculture and Food Council represents Denmark’s largest business and innovation cluster employing some 150,000 people and exporting agricultural products, food and equipment to the value of about 15 billion Euros a year.

Place, date, unit, occasion etc. Slide 19 Any questions?