Discussions on Eco-Economic Decision-Making in Farmland Management

Abstract:

This paper examines the possibility of green fertilizer fallowing supporting eco (logical)-economic decision-making in farmland management. Using scenario analysis and linear programming as research methods, this paper examines farmland allocations and fertilizer use in Taiwan under different economics perspectives and fallow subsidy rates. It is concluded that in agriculture development, reconciliation between the pursuit of profit and environmental sustainability is possible. However, it is not suggested that this reconciliation be achieved via high-level fallow subsidies. Rather, it is critical that the ecological economics view of decision-making be employed in farmland management.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 807-809)
• Pages: 741-745
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.807-809.741
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Hsiao Wei Chen, Yen Lan Liu
• Keywords: Decision-Making in Farmland Management, Ecological Economics, Fallowing Subsidy, Linear Programming, Scenario Analysis

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