The study groups households in North Eastern Thailand according their income and grade of specialisation in crop production to derive representative household types. For these household types a linear optimization model is run to calculate net incomes under four scenarios. These are certified...

More than half of the EU's population lives in rural areas. Regional GDP rates differ substantially between rural and urban areas as well between rural areas themselves. One of the main objectives of the EU regional funds is achieving cohesion between regions. In the current programme period,...