By Isabel Vanslembrouck
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To be able to address the questions as formulated in the analytical framework, we need to have a good insight in both the supply and demand aspects of the noncommodity goods. Many of the multifunctional outputs of agriculture, however, do not show up in the form of immediate monetary gain: the benefits are to be found more in the quality of life than in any increment to a nation's economic output. Therefore economic valuation has to be considered, in order to demonstrate the need and importance of policy interference.
VANSLEMBROUCK & G. VAN HUYLENBROECK change in price of x1. 1, given the original prices, the individual could reach utility level u1 at point D with an income increase equal to EV. EV is the income change equivalent to the welfare gain due to the price change. The EV measure has also been described as the minimum lump sum payment the individual would have to receive to induce that person to voluntarily forgo the opportunity to purchase at a new price set. For a price increase, EV is the maximum amount the individual would be willing to avoid the change in price.
VAN HUYLENBROECK The first step in any exploration of multifunctionality f is to establish the degree of jointness with commodity production. Therefore the proposed framework begins by examining whether a non-commodity output is jointly produced with a commodity, and if so, whether it can be released from this jointness. If production is non-joint, the non-commodity outputs can be supplied independently. Similarly, if production of a non-commodity output can be separated from the production of a commodity output without any cost, the non-commodity output can be supplied independently.