WARNING:
This is a ficticious model.
Our model represents reality in a limited way:
- only some important factors are included (neither "extreme drought" nor "pests" nor "strikes" etc.) - all results are reckoned in Model Currency (not in Euro, and tonnes of yield are transfered into Currency) - varying market prices are ignored - the climate setting is mediterranean with hot and dry summers (and not for example monsoon climate) - and further restrictions
So what can you do with such a model?
- Test your hypotheses concerning growth conditions of different plants. - Test the degree of irrigation needed by various crops. - Optimise your yield.
Exercises:
- Find out which product needs irrigation.
- Which product depends heavily on irrigation?
- Which product could also be planted without irrigation? Under what conditions?
The following table will help you to do different experiments in a systematic way:
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