IFT-BioSim
The question
A national target is one number. The farms that have to meet it are thousands of different businesses, and the same target can cost one of them very little and another a great deal. IFT-BioSim asks how a common national transition objective can create very different economic pressures across heterogeneous farms.
It focuses on who bears adjustment, who responds, and how policy design changes incidence.
What the model represents
The framework links:
- farm structure and livestock adjustment;
- opportunity costs;
- participation decisions;
- income and distributional effects;
- land reallocation; and
- alternative transition-support rules.
Why it matters
A technically feasible national pathway does not reveal how costly the transition may be for particular farms. IFT-BioSim is designed to make that distribution visible and to test whether alternative compensation or incentive designs change the burden.
Status
The framework is under active development. Results are not posted here until they are ready for public release.