This paper investigates the influences of macroeconomic policies on agricultural production and other factors affecting it, based panel data in a global sample for period 2010–2017. Because spatial interactions levels countries are determined, models employed analyses. According to analysis results, countries' financial, fiscal monetary have an important effect production. Besides, determinants...

This paper reviews recent development of China’s agricultural domestic support policy, especially the transition from taxing farmers and agriculture to providing direct subsidies to grain production and purchased inputs. A model-based quantitative analysis on the effects of these policy changes has been conducted. Simulation results suggest that recent policy changes have likely achieved the de...

Introduction At a global scale, human activity has increased the flux of N two-fold (Vitousek et al. 1997), particularly driven by large scale fertiliser manufacturing (Fowler et al. 2013). Additionally, the ability to transport inputs and outputs cheaply and extensively has led to substantial growth in agricultural production over the past 50 years with an accompanying 40% increase in world po...

The structure of U.S. agricultural production changed dramatically during the 20 Century. Major technological innovations transformed the relationship between agricultural inputs and outputs, and contributed to rapid increases in agricultural productivity. However, evidence is mounting that suggests we have entered a new era, with substantially lower rates of productivity growth. In this articl...

There is a need for expanding agricultural lands due to increased demand for food production and security. Some regions can convert available land to agricultural land use. In order to evaluate available land for future agricultural production, multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) methods can be used to identify the land suitability. This study proposes and implements the soft computing logic and Lo...