There is a growing need to assess the effects of policies and global changes on both water
resources and agriculture. Agricultural programming models are adequate to study this topic …

Mathematical programming models have received renewed interest in the area of
agricultural and agri-environmental policy analysis. Their ability to explicitly represent …

Abstract The 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform defines new rules for
farmers including maintenance of the ecological focus area (EFA). Sustainability is also a …

Social distancing and mobility restrictions adopted in Italy to deal with the COVID-19
emergency can also alter the operating conditions of the Italian agricultural labour market …

The disciplinary nature of most existing farm models as well as the issue specific orientation
of most of the studies in agricultural systems research are main reasons for the limited use …

Irrigated agriculture in the European Union (EU) is currently adapting to new conditions
including the principle of the full recovery of water service costs, the reduction of water …

Increased irrigation has been identified as an important potential adaptation to meet growing
world food demand. Yet many of the world's major irrigation regions are in arid and semi …

Climate change and recurrent drought in many of the world's dry places continue to inspire
the search for economically attractive measures to conserve water. This study analyzes …

A holistic model embeds water resources and economic components into a consistent
mathematical programming model, with the objective of maximizing economic profits from …

This paper evaluates economic and environmental effects of two incentive-based water
management policies to address climate change impacts on irrigated agriculture: water …