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Options for sustainable agricultural systems can be evaluated at regional level making use of scenario analysis. Two different approaches for the design and appraisal of regional development scenarios are presented: (a) comprehensive resource based planning, using multiple goal linear programming techniques, and (b) supply response analysis using econometric techniques and continuous homogeneous production function. Both modelling approaches, appropriately modified, are combined into an integrated framework for interactive evaluation of trade-offs between agro-ecological goals at regional level and the attainable socio-economic options at farm household level.
To gain insight in the effectiveness of different instruments of agrarian policy, microeconomic analysis of farm level response follows a household modelling approach based on production and consumption criteria. Farm types are distinguished according to their objective functions, and land use adjustments are calculated as induced by price changes. Response multipliers appeared to be highly dependent on the level of development of factor and product markets.
Selection of feasible policy instruments to influence resource allocation decisions by farmers should also take into account transaction costs related to the adjustment process of farming systems, and procedures for regional aggregation.
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Kuyvenhoven, A., Ruben, R., Kruseman, G. (1995). Options for sustainable agricultural systems and policy instruments to reach them. In: Bouma, J., Kuyvenhoven, A., Bouman, B.A.M., Luyten, J.C., Zandstra, H.G. (eds) Eco-regional approaches for sustainable land use and food production. Systems Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0121-9_11
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