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Bioeconomic Models of Crop Production Systems: Design, Development, and Use
Author(s) -
King Robert P.,
Lybecker Donald W.,
Regmi Anita,
Swinton Scott M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.2307/1349457
Subject(s) - production (economics) , crop production , agricultural engineering , crop , agricultural economics , economics , environmental science , natural resource economics , engineering , agronomy , agriculture , microeconomics , ecology , biology
Abstract Bioeconomic models describe biological processes and predict the effects management decisions have on those processes. Bioeconomic models are used to improve understanding of complex production systems, to assess the effects of policies and new technologies, and to support farm‐level decisions. This article examines design objectives for bioeconomic models of crop production and the implications of design objectives for model structure and function, technical challenges associated with bioeconomic model development, and problems and opportunities related to the use of bioeconomic models for direct support of crop production management decisions.