FARMIND AgroCO2ncept: Replication Package for the Application of the Agent-Based "Farm Interaction and Decision Model" in the context of climate change mitigation

Abstract

The research project AgroCO2ncept evaluated the effectiveness and efficiency of policy programs supporting the adoption of greenhouse gas mitigation measures in agriculture. To do so, we applied the agent-based modelling framework FARMIND (FARM INteraction and Decision Model). This framework was developed by the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group at ETH Zurich (www.aecp.ethz.ch) to simulate farm level decision-making in the context of sustainable farming practices. FARMIND was applied to two different research questions in the context of the AgroCO2ncept project. First, we assessed overall governmental spending and farm-level marginal abatement cost of Swiss dairy and beef cattle farms under action- and results-based policy designs. Second, we assessed the effect of social networks on overall greenhouse gas reduction and marginal abatement costs. The here provided packages allow for the replication of all the results in the articles Action‐ versus results‐based policy designs for agricultural climate change.