Investigating Impacts of Alternative Crop Market Scenarios on Land Use Change with an Agent-Based Model
We developed an agent-based model (ABM) to simulate farmers’ decisions on crop type and fertilizer application in response to commodity and biofuel crop prices. Farm profit maximization constrained by farmers’ profit expectations for land committed to biofuel crop production was used as the decision...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-11-01
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| Series: | Land |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/4/4/1110 |