Participatory agent-based modeling and simulation of rice production and labor migrations in Northeast Thailand

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1345-1358

  Naivinit, W ^a,b,c   Le Page, C ^a,d   Trebuil G ^d   Gajaseni, N ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c Department of Mathematics   (Thailand)

^d CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Co learning; Companion modeling; Rainfed lowland rice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATIC PROCESS; CO-LEARNING; COMPANION MODELING; DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ECONOMIC CONDITION; FARMING ACTIVITIES; FARMING PRACTICES; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NORTHEAST THAILAND; RAINFED; RICE CROPS; RICE FARMERS; RICE HARVESTING; RICE PRODUCTION; RULE BASED; SOIL CONDITIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER USE; WATERBODIES;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INVESTMENTS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROECOLOGY; CAPACITY BUILDING; CROP PRODUCTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INVESTMENT; LABOR MIGRATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOSEQUENCE; WATER USE;

THAILAND;

EID: 77957736623     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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