Federal Institute
Agricultural Economics and Data Management

B.Sc. Richard MARIA

Agricultural Economics and Data Management
Dietrichgasse 27
1030 Vienna
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Research associate at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics und Rural Areas, Vienna/AT (since 2019)
Research associate at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Vienna/AT (2015-2018)
Webdeveloper, Vienna/AT (2012-2016)
Assistant / Tutor at the University of Vienna/AT (2009-2012)
Studies of Media Computer Science at the University of Vienna/AT (B.Sc. 2011)

Main fields of work:

  • Datapool
  • IDB

BAB 094/26: Conversations with Data Systems

Graph-Based Retrieval-Augmented Generation for SQL Querying of Longitudinal Databases Many scientific institutions rely on large, historically grown databases that span multiple decades,...

BAB 091/26: Wine online

The Austrian wine sector faces economic challenges due to changing socio-economic conditions (e.g. digitalisation, changes in consumer behaviour, availability of active substances in plant...

BAB 090/26: Fundamentals and infrastructure for model-based analyses

Various measures within the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and beyond pursue objectives such as increasing the competitiveness of agricultural holdings or promoting...

BAB 089/26: Austrian Reporting Pilot study for Sustainability Agriculture (AREPSA)

Austria currently lacks methods and procedures for calculating sustainability indicators at the farm level that are consistent with established indicators (e.g. national greenhouse gas inventory,...

BAB 085/25: Innovation Lab

At the BAB, ‘innovation’ and ‘digitalisation’ are already identified as cross-cutting issues. Nevertheless, there is still no central, institutionalised unit that systematically...

BAB 073/24: Data modelling, management and consulting for the GAP Datapool

The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) plays a central role in shaping agricultural policies that affect agriculture, the environment and rural communities. The evaluation of these...

BAB 071/24: DBZ – webbased dashboard for operational analysis

A constantly growing amount of data with an increased need for availability and user-friendliness also poses growing challenges for the BAB. Numerous interfaces to the population (e.g....

BAB 070/24: Transparency of agricultural value chains

The crises of the recent past (war in Ukraine, SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, inflation rates) have once again highlighted the need for information and data on material flows within the value chains...

BAB 069/24: Open Source Data Pipeline & Database for HyDaMS (Hydrographisches Daten Management System)

As part of the co-operation between the federal and provincial governments required by the Water Act, a monitoring network is operated to determine the water balance in Austria. This data...

BAB 060/22: Converting Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) into Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)

The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) has been collecting economic data from agricultural holdings at European level for decades. Due to the increased focus of EU agricultural policy...

BAB 059/22: Regional agricultural value chains

Robust Food Supply Chains in Austria The reliable supply of high-quality food to the Austrian population has become the focus of public debate in recent years, not least due to the large number of...

BAB 045/20: COVID-19 Lessons learnt

Context With the beginning of the Covi9-19 crisis in March 2020, weaknesses of the Austrian and global economic system became visible. The initiative for the research project was already taken in...
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