World Food Model-WFM (FAO) (until 1995)

The WFM was developed and is maintained by FAO, Rome. Both Dr. Klaus Frohberg, a former staff member of the Department, and Dr. Wolfgang Britz have supported the FAO in the development and application of the WFM.

Overview

Recursive dynamic non-spatial world trade model
Some 150 national models and 13 products
Heuristic parameters, e.g. elasticities
Developed and applied by FAO, Rome, for medium-term projection and simulations
Uses software tools developed by the Department for Economics, Agricultural Policy, and Agricultural Information Systems, University of Bonn

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Methodology:

The WFM System is a non-spatial, recursive-dynamic, synthetic, multi-regional, multi-product partial-equilibrium world trade model for basic food products. It provides a framework to forecast supply, demand and net trade for approximately 150 countries. The main features of the systems are the following:

Close co-operation with the country and product experts in FAO in order to ensure plausible base lines
Self-written, simple solution algorithm
Covers tariffs, export quotas and PSE/CSE's as policy instruments

Publications:

FROHBERG, H. & W. BRITZ: The World Food Model and an Assessment of the impact of the GATT agreement on Agriculture, Research report: 1994, Bonn

WFM at FAO (direct link):

Commodity and Trade Division ESC at FAO

Last updated: Wednesday, December 01, 2010

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