Alfons Balmann

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of a regime switch in agricultural policy on structural change under various framework conditions is investigated using the agent-based model AgriPoliS, and the authors conclude that an isolated analysis of a policy regime switch would have only minor value for policy advice given the ability of simulation models to examine various potential futures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define resilience of a farming system as its ability to ensure the provision of the system functions in the face of increasingly complex and accumulating economic, social, environmental and institutional shocks and stresses, through capacities of robustness, adaptability and transformability.

TL;DR: In this article, a new type of spatial and dynamic model for analysing structural change in agriculture is presented, based on a number of individually acting farms located at different points in an agricultural region.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a spatial allocation model that distributes yearly and subnational sown area statistics to the most agriculturally suitable plots to improve the estimation of tradeoffs involved in reclaiming abandoned croplands and thus in increasing agricultural production in this globally important agricultural region.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the relationship between structural change in agriculture and a policy regime switch at the regional level using the agent-based spatial and dynamic simulation model AgriPoliS.