Table 4.3- Model Results with the Area-Yield Crop Insurance Program
|
Description |
Farm |
Farm |
Farm |
Farm |
Farm |
Farm |
Farm |
Farm |
Farm |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 | |
|
Crop Activities | |||||||||
|
Barley |
154.8 |
43.8 |
19.8 |
66.6 |
82.3 |
67.8 |
99.7 | ||
|
Oats | |||||||||
|
Sunflower |
99.3 |
2.6 |
67.5 | ||||||
|
Oats/Vicia |
123.3 |
64.6 |
44.1 |
2.7 |
150.7 | ||||
|
Pastures |
754.4 |
442.0 |
113.9 |
270.0 |
120.0 |
758.1 | |||
|
Set-aside________ |
68.2 |
107.0 |
2.2 |
233.4 |
395.0 |
200.0 |
260.0 |
43.4 |
382.8 |
|
Total area_______ |
1200.0 |
660.0 |
180.0 |
570.0 |
600.0 |
200.0 |
260.0 |
1020.0 |
550.0 |
|
Livestock Activities | |||||||||
|
Beef cattle |
400 |
150 |
82 |
450 | |||||
|
Sheep__________ |
182 |
_____87 | |||||||
|
Farm Income | |||||||||
|
State of Nature 1 |
28 273 |
36 371 |
6 228 |
27 367 |
15 405 |
9 926 |
17 319 |
25 520 |
4 562 |
|
State of Nature 2 |
61 867 |
42 216 |
12 661 |
28 132 |
16 480 |
9 926 |
17 319 |
61 423 |
10 353 |
|
State of Nature 3 |
74 408 |
47 448 |
15 568 |
29 889 |
18 714 |
9 926 |
17 319 |
72 888 |
15 007 |
|
State of Nature 4 |
91 548 |
53 294 |
18 339 |
35 019 |
25 072 |
9 926 |
17 319 |
84 600 |
25 701 |
|
State of Nature 5 |
101 837 |
55 240 |
19 631 |
35 277 |
25 427 |
9 926 |
17 319 |
89 370 |
31 963 |
|
Indemnities | |||||||||
|
State of Nature 1 |
14 332 |
4 094 |
1 527 |
5 126 |
6 340 |
0 |
0 |
5 222 |
10 958 |
|
State of Nature 2 |
11 918 |
4 032 |
1 527 |
5 126 |
6 340 |
______0 |
______0 |
5 222 |
9 317 |
Notes: Crop activities in hectares, livestock activities in animal units and monetary values in Euros.
Source: Model Results for the Area-Yield Crop Insurance with Full Decoupling Payments
This model also analyzed other agricultural alternatives associated with the decrease of
the premium rate, assuming that the Portuguese government contribution would increase.
Model results show that crop production increases, while forage production and set-aside
area decrease.
Table 4.4 - Objective Function Values for Alternatives Agricultural Policies
|
Description |
Farm 1 |
Farm 2 |
Farm 3 |
Farm 4 |
Farm 5 |
Farm 6 |
Farm 7 |
Farm 8 |
Farm 9 |
|
Full Decoupling |
5.2916 |
5.6272 |
6.5627 |
4.2536 |
3.3402 |
4.8515 |
5.5393 |
5.7417 |
4.9544 |
|
Partial Decoupling |
5.2916 |
5.6272 |
6.5584 |
3.7267 |
2.9452 |
4.8515 |
5.5393 |
5.7417 |
4.9544 |
|
Insurance Program |
5.3333 |
5.6289 |
6.5736 |
4.2669 |
3.3810 |
4.8515 |
5.5393 |
5.7577 |
5.1393 |
Source: Model Results.
This paper ends with the analysis of the values of the objective function obtained for each
one of the studied agricultural policies. The analysis of the table 4.4 displays that the
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