Multicriteria Analysis in Agriculture

Multi-Scaling Agroclimatic Classification For Decision Support Towards Sustainable Production.- Review of multicriteria methodologies and tools for the evaluation of the provision of Ecosystem Services.- Integrating AHP and GIS techniques for rural landscape and agricultural activities planning.- The use of the Analytic Network Process for the analysis of public goods supply from agricultural systems: Advances and challenges ahead.- Allocating shadow prices in a multi-objective chance constrained problem of biodiesel blending.- Promoting small-scale biofuel production: a qualitative GIS-OWA methodology for land suitability analysis of winter rapeseed.- Multi-criteria decision analysis: Linear and non-linear optimization of aque-ous herbal extracts.- Methodology and criteria for the allocation of reused water in agriculture.- Simulating farmers' decision-making with a Cobb-Douglass MAUF. An application for an ex-ante policy analysis of water pricing.- Perceptions And Attitudes Of Greek Farmers Towards Adopting Precision Agriculture- Case Study Region Of Central Greece.- Multi-criteria optimization methods applied in agricultural touring.- Life Cycle Assessment and Multi-Criteria Analysis in agriculture. Synergies and insights.

Julio Berbel is a full Professor of Agricultural Economics in University of Cordoba where he is the coordinator of various Research project related to environmental management and biotechnology. He holds a PhD Agricultural Engineering (Un. Córdoba) and Master Agricultural Economics (Univ. Manchester).He has published research related to multicriteria decision making applied to agribusiness, environmental management.  He has been consultant and technical assistance to the European Commission (DG ENV-Water), Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (Spain) and other regional governments and Water Authorities for the implementation of Water Framework Directive and River Basin Plans where he has applied economic instruments and MCDM methods. He combines hand-on experience in environmental and agribusiness management sector with academic and scientific quality research. 

Thomas Bournaris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economicsat the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He received his BSc in Agricultural Economics from the School of Agriculture, and MSc in Agricultural Economics both from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He works and has interests in agricultural economics, farm management and regional planning, sustainability in agriculture, and management of agricultural resources. He received his PhD from the Department of Agricultural Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His recent publications include papers in the Journal of Environmental Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Regional Studies, Journal of Policy Modelling, Environmental Impact Assessment Review and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 

Basil Manos is a full Professor of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests are in farm management and regional planning, environmental management, impact