Adaptive optimization of crop production and nitrogen leaching abatement under yield uncertainty

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 634-644

  Hyytiäinen, Kari ^a   Niemi, Jarkko K ^a   Koikkalainen, Kauko ^a   Palosuo, Taru ^a   Salo, Tapio ^b  

^a MTT   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Leaching; Nitrogen; Pollution tax; Stochastic dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BARLEY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; LANDOWNER; LEACHING; NITROGEN; POLLUTION TAX; SOWING; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

FINLAND;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 80052284109     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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