LEADER 02342nam 2200397z- 450 001 9910298161203321 005 20240912175658.0 010 $a3-319-06635-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000125808 035 $a(VLeBooks)9783319066356 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1782956 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000125808 100 $a20240129c2014uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aAgricultural cooperative management and policy: new robust, reliable and coherent modelling tools 205 $a2014 210 $cSpringer International Publishing$aWashington, D.C.? 215 $a1 online resource (421 p.) 225 $aCooperative management 311 $a1-322-13566-5 311 $a3-319-06634-X 330 $aThis book focuses on the use of farm level, micro- and macro-data of cooperative systems and networks in developing new robust, reliable and coherent modeling tools for agricultural and environmental policy analysis. The efficacy of public intervention on agriculture is largely determined by the existence of reliable information on the effects of policy options and market developments on farmers' production decisions and in particular, on key issues such as levels of agricultural and non-agricultural output, land use and incomes, use of natural resources, sustainable-centric management, structural change and the viability of family farms. Over the last years, several methods and analytical tools have been developed for policy analysis using various sets of data. Such methods have been based on integrated approaches in an effort to investigate the above key issues and have thus attempted to offer a powerful environment for decision making, particularly in an era of radical change for both agriculture and the wider economy. 606 $aAgriculture and state 606 $aAgriculture, Cooperative 615 0$aAgriculture and state 615 0$aAgriculture, Cooperative 676 $a334.683 701 $aZopounidis$b Constantin$0732748 701 $aKalogeras$b Nikos$01588402 701 $aMattas$b Konstadinos$01730691 701 $aDijk$b Gert van$0312606 701 $aBaourakis$b George$01631263 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298161203321 996 $aAgricultural cooperative management and policy: new robust, reliable and coherent modelling tools$94174201 997 $aUNINA