"Improving smallholder farmer's income through intercropping rubber and black pepper: A case study of Jhapa, Nepal"
A decision analysis whether smallholder farmes in Nepal should intercrop their rubber monocultures with black pepper. A contribution of the online-team to the module "Desicion Analysis and Forecasting for Agricultural Development" at University Bonn. The full report of this work can be accessed on our simple html file (http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/modhd/actual_NEPAL_pepper_AF/blob/main/agroforestry_project.html)
The file agroforestry_project.Rmd is a submission report that includes a thematic introduction, the methodology used in the analysis, as well as results and a brief discussion. It can be knitted into a html file by default.
In the folder data, the input table input_table.csvis stored.
We set the r-project NEPAL_pepper_AF.rproj as working directory.
In the folder results, an image of the conceptual model conceptual_model.jpg as well as results from the Monte Carlo simulation mc_simulation_results.csv and EVPI calculation 2_evpi_results.csvare stored.
The file issues_to_tackle.Rmd contains ideas and adjustments we would tackle in further steps after submission.
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