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Schader, C.; Sanders, J.; Offermann, F.; Lampkin, N.H.; Stolze, M.. |
Abstract This paper focuses on non-linear programming models and their suitability for ex-ante evaluations of agri-environmental policies on sector level. An approach is presented to compare organic farming payments as a multi-objective policy, with other, more targeted agri-environmental policies in Switzerland. The Swiss version of the comparative static sector-consistent farm group model FARMIS is able to group the sector’s farms into organic and non-organic farms and optimise them separately. CH-FARMIS is expanded with three modules particularly for this study: a) allowing for the simulation of uptake; b) integrating life cycle assessment data for energy use, eutrophication and biodiversity; and c) estimating the policy and farm-group-specific public... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Policy environments and social economy. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/20332/1/cp08sc18.pdf |
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