A bioeconomic model was developed to analyze relationship between economically optimal and ecologically sustainable grazing practices for semi-arid wind-erosive rangelands (semi-arid perennial grasslands). The object of the model was to maximize social welfare, which they considered to consist of two aspects: 1) economic profit from livestock production and 2) loss from wind erosion. This was an expanse upon a previous model by adding dynamic interactions between grass growth and soil erosion then applied this model to Bashang province, China, to determine relationships between economically optimal and ecologically sustainable practices on these rangelands.
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