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An integrated PMP model to assess the development of agro-energy crops and the effect on water requirements

Bio-based and Applied Economics

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Title An integrated PMP model to assess the development of agro-energy crops and the effect on water requirements
 
Creator Donati, Michele; Dipartimento di Economia
Università degli Studi di Parma
Bodini, Diego; Dipartimento di Economia
Università degli Studi di Parma
Arfini, Filippo; Dipartimento di Economia
Università degli Studi di Parma
Zezza, Annalisa; Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria
 
Subject agroenergy economics; positive mathematical programming; water demand; AquaCrop
C61; Q42; Q24; Q25; Q51
 
Description This paper presents an integrated model for the economic and environmental assessment of the use of natural resources when new activities (i.e. biomass crops for energy production) are introduced into the farm production plan. The methodology is based on the integration of positive mathematical programming (PMP) with the AquaCrop model developed by FAO. PMP represents farmer decision processes and evaluates how farms react to the biomass-sorghum activity option at different price levels. AquaCrop evaluates the relationship between water needs and biomass production and assesses the effect of the land allocation on water requirements at regional level. The integration of these two models assists global policy evaluation at regional level as it makes it possible to identify the economic threshold for biomass crops, the change in land allocation and total water requirement. The model can help policy makers to evaluate the impacts of variations in crop profitability and market innovations on farm profitability, land use and water consumption and the sustainability of the market scenario.
 
Publisher Bio-based and Applied Economics
Bio-based and Applied Economics
 
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Date 2013-10-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/view/12987
http://www.fupress.net/index.php/bae/article/download/12987/12834
10.13128/BAE-12987
 
Source Bio-based and Applied Economics; Vol 2, No 3 (2013): Between Crisis and Development: Which Role for the Bio-Economy; 301-321
Bio-based and Applied Economics; Vol 2, No 3 (2013): Between Crisis and Development: Which Role for the Bio-Economy; 301-321
2280-6172
2280-6180
 
Language eng
 
Relation 10.13128/BAE-12987