BESTMAP: behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy

Integrated modelling tools for agricultural and environmental policy analysis

The food industry in the EU is currently facing an era of changes and farmers need to adapt to the changing patterns induced by the food crisis, the global financial crisis, farm output price volatility, macroeconomic instability, climate change and a new post-2013 CAP. Throughout this unstable period, the impact of these changes on farmers’ incomes will be a key issue to be addressed by EU pol...

Ecological and economic modelling in agricultural land use scenarios

Agricultural production and its associated land use comprise the most important key factor regarding biodiversity and environmental impact within the wider countryside in Denmark. Currently, a number of land use changes are implemented in environmental action plans, such as afforestation, restoring wetlands and protection of drinking water catchments. Growing attention is put on the potential o...

Ecological and Socio-ecological Economic Models

Socio-economic Impacts of Investment Development Policy on the Agricultural Sector

Investment in the agricultural sector is important because this sector greatly affects the realms of providing food independence and security, employment, sustainable development, and environmental preservation. So, this study investigated the socio-economic impacts (direct and indirect effects) of the investment development policy on the agricultural sector and its sub-sectors in Iran in 2011 ...

Area-based socio-economic measures as tools for health disparities research, policy and planning.