Dr. Xiuhao Quan


Research interests/ Forschungsschwerpunkte


  • Agricultural technology adoption and diffusion
  • Agricultural extension
  • Organic agriculture
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Agri-food policy impact analysis


Research Projects / Forschungsprojekt



Academic Career / Akademischer Werdegang


Since 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Agriculture and Food Business Management Group, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
2019-2023 Research assistant at the Department of Management in Agribusiness, University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Academic Education / Akademischer Bildungsweg


2019 – 2023 Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Dr.sc.agr.), University of Hohenheim, Germany. Major: Agricultural Economics.
2017 – 2019 Master of Science, University of Hohenheim, Germany. Major: Organic Agriculture and Food Systems.
2013– 2017 Bachelor of Science, Jilin University, China. Major: Agricultural Resources and Environmental Science.

Selected Publications and Conferences / Ausgewählte Publikationen und Vorträge


2024:
Quan, X., Wang, Z., Daum, T., He, X., & Doluschitz, R. (2024). The determinants of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) adoption and status quo of UAV-based pattern management in Chinese agriculture: insights from expert interviews. Agricultural engineering.Eu, 79(3) Link
2023:
Quan, X., Guo, Q., Ma, J., Doluschitz, R. (2023) The economic effects of unmanned aerial vehicles in pesticide application: evidence from Chinese grain farmers. Precision Agriculture. Link
2021:
Quan, X., Doluschitz, R. (2021) Factors Influencing the Adoption of Agricultural Machinery by Chinese Maize Farmers. Agriculture. ; 11(11):1090. Link
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technical applications, standard workflow, and future developments in maize production – water stress detection, weed mapping, nutritional status monitoring and yield prediction. LANDTECHNIK, 76(1). Link