Relating agriculture, energy, and water decisions to farm incomes and climate projections using two freeware programs, FEWCalc and DSSAT

Jirapat Phetheet, Mary C. Hill, Robert W. Barron, Benjamin J. Gray, Hongyu Wu, Vincent Amanor-Boadu, Wade Heger, Isaya Kisekka, Bill Golden and Matthew W. Rossi

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 193, issue C

Abstract: The larger scale perspective of Integrated Assessment (IA) and smaller scale perspective of Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability (IAV) need to be bridged to design long-term solutions to agricultural problems that threaten agricultural production, rural economic viability, and global food supplies. FEWCalc (Food-Energy-Water Calculator) is a new freeware, agent-based model with the novel ability to project farm incomes based on crop selection, irrigation practices, groundwater availability, renewable energy investment, and historical and projected environmental conditions. FEWCalc is used to analyze the interrelated food, energy, water, and climate systems of Finney County, Kansas to evaluate consequences of choices currently available to farmers and resource managers.

Keywords: Food, energy, and water; Climate scenarios; Renewable energy; Agent-based model; Integrated assessment (IA); Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability (IAV) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103222

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