Korean Agricultural Simulation Advisory Services. [1976 – 1977] - Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Korean Agricultural Simulation Advisory Services. [1976 – 1977]

Non-AFRE Co-Principle Investigators: Michael Abkin, (System Science and Agricultural Economics - MSU)

Project Name:           Korean Agricultural Simulation Advisory Services
Donor:                       Agency for International Development
Contract No:              AID/TA-C-1322
Account No:               Not available
Location:                   Korea
Duration:                   June 1976 - December 1977
Budget:                      $98,379

Key MSU Faculty: Michael Abkin (Systems Science and Agricultural Economics, MSU)

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Project Goals: To advise and assist Korean staff in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the National Agricultural Economics Research Institute on computer model operation, up-dating of data, testing various policy alternatives, and evaluating results and use of the model tested and adapted under contract AID/csd-2975.

Project Plans/Objectives:

To further model development to keep results current and relevant to the needs of Government of Korea decision makers.
To ensure that new information is entered into the model in a timely and regularly scheduled manner.
To advise on procedural techniques and routines.
To advise on organizational arrangements for accomplishing required functions.
To review the results obtained in terms of logical expectations.
To continue in-service training to refine model operation.
To evaluate model results and utilization of output.

Cooperating Institutions: Korean Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries, Science and Technology, and the Bureau of Statistics

Project Summary: The services provided by M. Abkin under the terms of this contract constitute the final inputs of MSU during a transition period as the Koreans assumed control and responsibility for these activities. A final report by M. Abkin provides an overview of the project and information on his activities in Korea.

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