Simulating soil fertility and poverty dynamics in Uganda: A bio-economic multi-agent systems approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-401

  Schreinemachers, Pepijn ^a   Berger, Thomas ^a   Aune, Jens B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Agriculture; Integrated modeling; MP MAS; Technology diffusion; Tropical soil productivity calculator

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; POLICY STRATEGY; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SOFTWARE; SOIL FERTILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36549032107     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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