Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institut
Farm Economics
In a recent article published in the Journal of Economic Systems Research, Mary et al. (2018) introduced an interesting approach to systematic sensitivity analysis applied in a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling framework.... more
So far uncertainty of input parameters has not often been systematically analyzed in computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. Especially this is true when it comes to climate uncertainty. Instead, CGE models are mostly applied in a... more
Several environmental changes have encountered the Sudan in the past; several are ongoing and others are projected to happen in the future. The Sudan has witnessed increases in temperature, various floods, rainfall variability and... more
Economic simulation models (ESMs) are often deterministic in nature making the results highly dependent on point estimates of key exogenous variables. One way to deal with uncertainty is the application of stochastics in ESMs. However,... more
The agricultural sector has the potential to contribute to reaching both global and national climate targets. Lately, frequent discussions emerge among academics as well as policymakers regarding whether the agricultural sector should be... more