Studying the pattern of cultivation and the shadow price of virtual water using the Mutad model with the aim of the mean consumption scenario (case study: Miankaleh region)
Subject Areas : Financial EconomicsAtena Ataee 1 , Zahra Abedi 2 * , Masoomeh Shojaee 3 , Mostafa Panahi 4
1 - Ph.D. Department of Environmental Management-Environmental Economics, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Islamic Azad University, Parand Branch, Parand, Iran
4 - Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Islamic Azad University, Science andResearch Branch, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: cultivation pattern, shadow price, virtual water, Target MOTAD model, average consumption,
Abstract :
Goal: This research investigates the cultivation pattern and shadow price of virtual water using the Target MOTAD model of the average consumption scenario. Method: This research was an applied study. The statistical population of this research was the Miankaleh region. Five products, which accounted for higher areas under cultivation in this region, were regarded as selected products. Findings: Results suggested that while with the increase of expected deviation from the target income, the optimal area under cultivation of soybeans and forage corn decreased, the area under cultivation of flint corn, rice paddy, and canola increased. Conclusion: Considering the shadow value of land in most scenarios, land can be regarded as the most limiting factor of production. The input of workforce (summer season) in states one to three indicates the increased level of gross return in the farmland for an increase in one single-day worker in the workforce 0 0 0