Bio-Economic Models applied to Agricultural Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Part I

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. Part 1

   1. Modelling the Relationship Between Agriculture and the Environment Using Bio-Economic Models: Some Conceptual Issues

      • G. Flichman, K. Louhichi, J. M. Boisson

      Pages 3-14

   2. Bio Physical Models as Detailed Engineering Production Functions

      • J. M. Boussard

      Pages 15-28

   3. Dynamic Optimisation Problems: Different Resolution Methods Regarding Agriculture and Natural Resource Economics

      • M. Blanco-Fonseca, G. Flichman, H. Belhouchette

      Pages 29-57

   4. Biophysical Models for Cropping System Simulation

      • M. Donatelli, R. Confalonieri

      Pages 59-86

4. Part II

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87

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5. Part 2

   1. Incorporating Yield Information from a Biogeochemical Model into an Agricultural Production Model to Infer Adoption of a New Bioenergy Crop

      • P. Mérel, F. Yi, S. Bucaram, J. Lee, R. Howitt, J. Six

      Pages 89-108

   2. Agri-Environmental Nitrogen Indicators for EU27

      • A. Leip, F. Weiss, W. Britz

      Pages 109-123

   3. Modelling Nitrogen Balance for a Regional Scale Livestock-Pasture System as a Discussion Support Tool

      • U. B. Nidumolu, M. Lubbers, V. Alary, P. Lecomte, H. van Keulen

      Pages 125-136

   4. On-Farm Weather Risk Management in Suckler Cow Farms: A Recursive Discrete Stochastic Programming Approach

      • C. Mosnier, J. Agabriel, M. Lherm, A. Reynaud

      Pages 137-154

   5. Using a Bio-Economic Model to Assess the Cost-Effectiveness of Measures Against Nitrogen Pollution

      • I. Mouratiadou, D. Tarsitano, C. Topp, D. Moran, G. Russell

      Pages 155-184

   6. Integrated Bio-Economic Farm Modeling for Biodiversity Assessment at Landscape Level

      • M. Schönhart, T. Schauppenlehner, E. Schmid

      Pages 185-213

6. Back Matter

   Pages 215-220

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This book has the purpose of providing the "state of the arts" concerning bio-economic modelling dealing with agricultural systems. In most cases, the contributions use a methodology combining the use of biophysical and economic models, in all cases, an engineering production function approach is totally or partially applied. This practice is being developed in the last years as a response to concrete policy matters: agricultural policies are increasingly combined with environmental and natural resources policies, and this reality involves the need of an integrated assessment, that current economic models are not able to provide.

• Agricultural Policies
• Bio-economic modelling
• Bio-physical modelling
• Environmental Policies
• Integrated Assessment

From the reviews:

“This book is a collection of articles by European and American researchers on the use of bio-economic models applied to agricultural systems. The objective is ambitious: ‘providing the state of the art’ regarding bio-economic models. … It will be indispensable for researchers in the field of mathematical programming applied to the agricultural sector.” (Filippo Arfini, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 39 (5), December, 2012)

• , IAMM, CIHEAM, Montpellier, France

  Guillermo Flichman

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