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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Modelling Farm Level Economic Potential for Conversion to Organic Farming
Autores: | Kerselaers,   Eva; Govaerts,   Wim; Lauwers,   Ludwig H.; De Cock,   Lieve; Van Huylenbroeck,   Guido.
Data: | 2005-09-30
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Organic farming; Conversion period; Farm model; Linear programming; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; C61; Q12.
Resumo: | A farm model is developed for simulating the potential income change resulting from conversion to organic farming. The model uses conventional farm data, taken from the Belgian FADN. Given the normative character of the model, and the impossibility of calibration to historical conversion behaviour, two model variants, a rigid and a flexible, are created to broaden the analysis scope. Moreover, extra attention is paid to the verification process and sensitivity analysis. Results reveal that the economic potential for conversion is rather high, if farmers are willing to change their farm management sufficiently. Furthermore, conversion potential depends on the farm type and conventional farm characteristics. The model finally proves to be an interesting tool to analyse policy impact.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

17835

http://purl.umn.edu/24732

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

European Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Formato:

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