Yann de Mey

Yann de Mey is an Associate Professor in Business Economics at Wageningen University & Research, specializing in agricultural economics, risk management, and machine learning applications. His work focuses on smallholder farming, value chain finance, and farm resilience across Europe and Asia.

• Active in 8 projects including RADIANT and EU farming systems resilience
• Co-supervised 15+ PhD candidates in agricultural economics and risk management
• Developed 2 major datasets on farm risk perception and resilience

Research interests span Risk Management, Farm Productivity, and Digital Agriculture. Recent work compares machine learning with classical econometric methods in policy evaluation.

Key collaborations include:

• European agricultural programs analysis
• Shrimp aquaculture risk studies in Vietnam
• ICT impacts on Chinese farming economics