@article{GomezGomez:6492,
      recid = {6492},
      author = {Gomez Gomez, Carlos Mario and Gutierrez, Carlos},
      title = {The MODERE Model and The Economic Analysis of Farmers’  Decisions},
      address = {2008},
      number = {692-2016-47485},
      series = {Contributed Paper},
      pages = {17},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {The MODERE, the Ministry of the Environment Irrigation  Decision Model, is a simulation tool which
uses  mathematical programming methods to reveal the implicit  multiattribute objective function lying
behind the observed  cropping decision. The model takes different criteria such  as profit maximization,
risk aversion, avoidance of  management complexities and so forth into account. In order  to determine
the feasible combination of attributes of this  objective function the model considers the  production
possibility frontier explicitly as depending on  market prices, policy incentives, availability  of
production factors, water irrigation facilities  agronomic vocation and other constraints.
Once calibrated  the model becomes a powerful tool to assess the impact of  different policy scenarios
such as subsidies decoupling,  water prices modifications, irrigation technique  substitution and so on.
The MODERE is a preference  revelation model purposedly designed to be integrated in  the Decision
Support Platform which is used by the Spanish  Ministry of the Environment to compare the policy
scenarios  which are relevant to assess the effectiveness and economic  impact of the measures
designed to reach the environmental  objectives of the Water Framework Directive.
The model is  supported by a comprehensive data base built on purpose for  its implementation
covering almost all the Spanish  Irrigation Districts with high spatial detail. This model  is currently
one of the important modules of the  information and decision support systems developed by  the
Economic Analysis Unit of the Water Directorate at the  Ministry of the Environment in Spain.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6492},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.6492},
}