During the past decade, the application of agricultural production systems modelling has
rapidly expanded while there has been less emphasis on model improvement. Cropping …

Farm models are potentially relevant tools for policy impact assessment. Governments and
international organizations use impact assessment (IA) as an ex-ante policy process and …

Agricultural modeling has long suffered from fragmentation in model implementation. Many
models are developed, there is much redundancy, models are often poorly coupled, model …

This paper presents ideas for a new generation of agricultural system models that could
meet the needs of a growing community of end-users exemplified by a set of Use Cases. We …

Abstract The 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform defines new rules for
farmers including maintenance of the ecological focus area (EFA). Sustainability is also a …

This simulation study explored the agricultural household effects of changes in the price of
inorganic nitrogen fertilizer for farmers in central Malawi. We selected the Dedza district to …

A large variety of models has been developed to explore the multidimensional, and
sometimes conflicting, sustainability consequences of innovations and policies for European …

Context Past reviews of policy impact assessment studies using bio-economic farm models
(BEFM) called for the development of a generic and modular implementation that can be …

This review critically looks at the theoretical and empirical foundations of positive
mathematical programming and its evolution in the past decade or so. We show how the …

This paper presents results of a case study in Middle Saxony, Germany, where the impact of
conversion, afforestation and alternatively introduction of short rotation coppice areas on the …