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Farm-level modelling : techniques, applications and policy / edited by Shailesh Shrestha, Andrew Barnes, and Bouda Vosough Ahmadi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--Mathematical models.
- Agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxfordshire, England ; Boston, Massachusetts : CABI, [2016]
- Summary:
- This book describes the application of a wide variety of mathematical modelling techniques used to help carry out crucial tasks and decision making in farm management.
- Contents:
- Policy impact assessment
- Positive mathematical programming
- Modelling farm level adaptations under external shocks
- Farm level modelling, risk and uncertainty
- Modelling farm level bio-security 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:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781786390387
- 1786390388
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