A model of crop diversification under labor shocks
| Autor: | Zhengfei Guan, Allegra Argent Beal Cohen, Jasmeet Judge, Rachata Muneepeerakul, Anand Rangarajan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Natural resource economics
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| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 3, p e0229774 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | As demands on agriculture increase, food producers will need to employ management strategies that not only increase yields but reduce environmental impacts. Modeling is a powerful tool for informing decision-making about current and future practices. We present a model to evaluate the effects of crop diversification on the robustness of simulated farms under labor shocks. We use an example inspired by the Florida production system of high-value, labor-intensive fruits. We find that crop diversification to high-value crops is a robust strategy when labor shocks are mild, and that crop diversification becomes less valuable as more simulated farms practice it. Based on our results, we suggest that crop diversification is a useful management strategy under specific conditions, but that policies designed to encourage crop diversification must consider broad effects as well as farm-level benefits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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