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One way to do this would be to use the agriculture sector component of =
World3 model and parametrize it for your specific needs. The global model =
parameters and variable relations were mostly derived from regional values, =
and, a fortiori, it (as also the other model components) may be used for =
regional analyses. Reference: Dynamics of growth in a finite world.

Issues such as land development, land fertility, erosion, yield, food =
production, agricultural inputs, etc. are dealt with in this component. You =
can delete, modify, extend parts of the model component to make it more =
"rural" than "urban", though the model was general and addressed =
rural-urban regional problems (at a very aggregate level). You may also =
have to add the issue of ownership, which was not addressed there. It can =
be a good starting point. (I did similar work for North-South analyses - =
essentially parametrizing the World3 model for the specific purpose of =
looking at effects of rapid growth in the South and its effects on the =
North and the world, so what I am suggesting is do-able, though =
nontrivial).

My web site has references
eviews to Dynamics of Growth and other sources.

Regards

Jaideep Mukherjee, Ph. D.
From: j-d <j-d@technologist.com>

You might wish to look at my PhD Dissertation at MIT titled: Rural
Development and Income Distribution, The Case of Pakistan.
A generalized version of the landownership/land use model developed in the
dissertation also appears in:

Saeed, K. 1994. Development Planning and Policy Design: A System Dynamics
Approach. Foreword by Dennis L. Meadows. Aldershot, England:
Ashgate/Avebury Books.

Khalid
From: Khalid Saeed <saeed@WPI.EDU>
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Khalid Saeed
Professor and Department Head
Social Science and Policy Studies
W. P. I., 100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609, USA

Ph: 508-831-5563; fax: 508-831-5896

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