This article describes the structure and dynamic properties of the Food and Agricultural Policy Simulator (FAPSIM), an annual econometric model of the US agricultural sector F APSIM estimates a simultaneous price-quantity equilibrium solution for a set of individual commodity models developed...

Projected growth in population and the general economy suggest larger domestic food requirements in 1980. The major consumption trends of recent years are projected to continue, with per capita consumption rising for beef and poultry but declining for milk. Food use of most crop products may...

A pilot Intensive Agricultural Development Program, popularly known as IADP, or Package Program, was undertaken by India in cooperation with the Ford Foundation in 1960. It was designed for participation by all farmers in selected districts. Assistance in adoption of a locally adapted "package"...

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