Pepijn Schreinemachers

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied levels and trends in agricultural pesticide use for a large cross-section of countries using FAO data for the period 1990-2009, and showed that a 1% increase in crop output per hectare is associated with a 1.8% increase of pesticide use per hectares, but that the growth in intensity of pesticides use levels off as countries reach a higher level of economic development.

TL;DR: This paper reviews five approaches to informing ABMs, provides a corresponding case study describing the model usage of these approaches, the types of data each approach produces, thetypes of questions those data can answer, and an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of those data for use in an ABM.

TL;DR: In this paper, an agent-based software package, called Mathematical Programming-based Multi Agent Systems (MP-MAS), which builds on a tradition of using constrained optimization to simulate farm decision-making in agricultural systems is described.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the potential of a participatory modeling approach in which stakeholders are directly confronted with the model by assessing its assumptions, interpreting simulation results, and suggesting scenarios.

TL;DR: To fully tap the economic and nutritional power of vegetables, governments and donors will need to give vegetables much greater priority than they currently receive.