Farm-level modelling : techniques, applications and policy / edited by Shailesh Shrestha (Agricultural Economist, SRUC 'Scotland's Rural College', Edinburgh, UK), Andrew Barnes (Reader in Innovation and Behavioural Change, SRUC, Edinburgh, UK), and Bouda Vosough Ahmadi (Agricultural Economis, SRUC, Edinburgh, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shrestha, S. (Shailesh), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Mathematical models.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

xvii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : CABI, [2016]

Contents:

Policy impact assessment

Positive mathematical programming

Modelling farm level adaptations under external shocks

Farm level modelling, risk and uncertainty

Modelling farm-level biosecurity management

Modelling farm efficiency

Quantifying agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and identifying cost-effective mitigation measures

Moving beyond the farm: representing farms in regional modelling

Farm level microsimulation models

Scaling up and out: agent based modelling to include farmer regimes

Catchment-level modelling

Modelling food supply chains

Linkage of a farm group model to a partial equilibrium model

Conclusions: the state-of-the-art of farm modelling and promising directions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780644288

1780644280

OCLC:

936257010