The purpose of this agent-based model is to explore the potential impacts of pesticide use and inter-row management of European winegrowers in response to policy designs and climate change. Pesticides considered in this study include insecticides, pheromone dispensers (as an alternative to insecticides), fungicides (both the synthetic type and copper-sulphur based). Inter-row management concerns the arrangement of vegetation in the inter-rows and the type of vegetation. Users can simulate potential impacts of policies for a generic European viticultural region, for Leithaberg in Austria, Tarnave in Romania or Palatinate in Germany.

Date Submitted: 2023-03-15