Conference paper

Appeared in: Modelling agricultural and rural development policies. Proceedings of the 107th EAAE Seminar: selected papers

Editor list: Bartová, L.; Gil, J.M.; M'barek, R.; Ratinger, T.

Publication year: 2008

Pages: 257-271

ISBN: 978-92-79-08068-5

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.2791/86949

Conference: 107th EAAE Seminar

Abstract: 
As objectives influence behaviour, economists have to pay appropriate attention on stating objective functions. A question is, is there an alternative to income maximization? It is the aim of this paper to get a deeper insight into deliberations on objective functions. We show how an approach on lifestyles may deliver better insights than pure profit maximization. We suggest the use of different objectives as associated with different lifestyles and their probabilities if humans do not know their status (lifestyle). Labour intensive and nature providing farming is contrasted with eco-system service extracting farming. For this, a dynamic bio-economic approach is used and we depict behavioural equations of lifestyles. Then, we discuss how farmers, by help of eco-system service planners, learn and change probabilities.

Harvard Citation style: Nuppenau, E. (2008) On Nature Inclusion in Farmers’ Objective Functions and Eco-System-Provision in Bio-economic Modelling, in Bartová, L., Gil, J., M'barek, R. and Ratinger, T. (eds.) Modelling agricultural and rural development policies. Proceedings of the 107th EAAE Seminar: selected papers. Luxembourg: European Communities. pp. 257-271. https://doi.org/10.2791/86949

APA Citation style: Nuppenau, E. (2008). On Nature Inclusion in Farmers’ Objective Functions and Eco-System-Provision in Bio-economic Modelling. In Bartová, L., Gil, J., M'barek, R., & Ratinger, T. (Eds.), Modelling agricultural and rural development policies. Proceedings of the 107th EAAE Seminar: selected papers. (pp. 257-271). European Communities. https://doi.org/10.2791/86949