Farm-level Modelling: Techniques, Applications and Policy - Couverture rigide

 
9781780644288: Farm-level Modelling: Techniques, Applications and Policy

Synopsis

Farm level models have been widely used in agricultural economic studies. This book provides an in-depth description of different methodologies and techniques currently used in farm level modelling. Whilst chapters will give an overview of the theoretical grounding behind the models, it will take an applied stance; more specifically using cases from the application of modelling to policy reforms and the subsequent impacts on rural communities and food supply. This book also provide descriptions on using farm level models in much wider field such as aggregation and linking with sectoral models.

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À propos des auteurs

is an agricultural economist in the Land Economy, Environment and Society (LEES) Research Group of Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). His main research interests are in policy impact assessments, mathematical modelling, farming system analysis, farm-level adaptations and climate change.

is an agricultural economist and Reader in Innovation and Behavioural Change within the Land Economy, Environment and Society (LEES) Research Group of Scotland's Rural College (SRUC). His main research focus is on capturing the impacts of policy change and farmer behaviour at the farm and catchment level within a modelling framework. He currently leads the Policy, Innovation and Behaviours Team at SRUC

Dr Bouda Vosough Ahmadi is a veterinarian and animal-health and welfare economist currently working at the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. His main research focus is on agricultural policies and economics and policies of animal-health and animal welfare. He currently leads socioeconomic impact assessment studies of livestock diseases at EuFMD/FAO.

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