A generic bio-economic farm model for environmental and economic assessment of agricultural systems

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 862-877

  Janssen, Sander ^a   Louhichi, Kamel ^b,c   Kanellopoulos, Argyris ^a   Zander, Peter ^d   Flichman, Guillermo ^b   Hengsdijk, Huib ^a   Meuter, Eelco ^a   Andersen, Erling ^e   Belhouchette, Hatem ^b,f   Blanco, Maria ^g   Borkowski, Nina ^d,h   Heckelei, Thomas ^h   Hecker, Martin ^d   Li, Hongtao ⁱ   Oude Lansink, Alfons ^a   Stokstad, Grete ^j   Thorne, Peter ^k   Van Keulen, Herman ^a   Van Ittersum, Martin K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CIHEAM Institute Agronomique Mediterraneen de Montpellier (IAMM)   (France)

^c INRA ALISS   (France)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement   (France)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁱ DALLE MOLLE INSTITUTE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IDSIA   (Switzerland)

^j NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Bio economic modelling; Farming systems; Integrated assessment; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; BIO-ECONOMIC MODELLING; FARMING SYSTEM; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

FARMS; INNOVATION;

RATING;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MODELING; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLICY; SIMULATOR;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 79151479573     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9588-x     Document Type: Article

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