Skip to main content

DoaneX: Agricultural Economic Modeling Tools

Learn how to utilize Agriculture Modeling tools to achieve economic and sustainability outcomes.

Agricultural Economic Modeling Tools
8 weeks
10–15 hours per week
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
Free
Optional upgrade available

There is one session available:

After a course session ends, it will be archivedOpens in a new tab.
Starts Mar 29
Ends Jun 27

About this course

Skip About this course

Agricultural system models play increasingly important roles in creating sustainable agriculture businesses across diverse agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions. Agricultural system models are being used for various types of landscape-scale, national, and global modeling and analysis. Models provide information to land managers, policymakers, and the general public that inform management practices, public policy design, research and development, and investment decisions in order to maximize sustainability goals.

Learners will use models as "thinking tools" to inform strategy by looking at how different variables in different magnitudes and times affect outcomes in specific contexts. Understanding and using models are preferred versus field and farm experiments that require large amounts of resources and may still not provide sufficient information to identify appropriate and effective management practices.

This course will explain how manipulation of a sustainable agriculture model helps learners focus onagriculturalsystems as a whole and understand the multiple variables that interact within that system to achieve economic and sustainability outcomes

At a glance

  • Institution: DoaneX
  • Subject: Business & Management
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Prerequisites:
    • Bachelor's degree or
    • 5 years experience in a related field
  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated programs:
  • Associated skills:Sustainable Agriculture, Design Research, Agriculture, Economic Modeling, Economics, Land Management, Public Policies, Investment Decisions

What you'll learn

Skip What you'll learn
  • Discern how variables impact outcomes within specific contexts
  • Articulate how models can be used to maximize sustainability
  • Utilize sustainable agricultural models to achieve economic and sustainability outcomes

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

This course is part of Sustainable Agribusiness MicroMasters Program

Learn more 
Expert instruction
7 graduate-level courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
1 year 2 months
10 - 15 hours per week

Interested in this course for your business or team?

Train your employees in the most in-demand topics, with edX For Business.