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| Author: | Yates, C. M. Rehman, T. |
| Title: | Integration of Markov and linear programming models to assess the farmgate and national consequences of adopting new bovine reproductive technologies in the United Kingdom agriculture |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society
1996 : NOV, VOL. 47:11 |
| Index terms: | AGRICULTURE MARKOV CHAINS LINEAR PROGRAMMING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Despite many advantages in biotechnology being futuristic, in some industries such technological improvements are now becoming generally available for absorption into commercial practice. The new reproductive technologies for bovine animals are such an example. For a regulated industry like agriculture, an ex ante evaluation of the impact of their adoption is the concern of policy makers. This paper describes a modelling strategy devised to assess these impacts , using a sequence of stochastic, financial and linear programming models. A set of individual farm type models were developed and later extended to a national model to simulate the interactions that occur between dairy and beef enterprises and the competition between them for resources on individual farms. |
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