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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />""'''5'''1'l <br />U~J~' J.J <br /> <br />The NIRAP system has been used in a number of studies requiring agri- <br /> <br /> <br />cultural projections information. Examples of these studies are: <br /> <br />. production capacity of U.S. agriculture <br />. population and resources (for Resources for the Future, Inc.) <br />. long range policy alternatives <br />. alternative Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service programs aimed at <br />eradicating Brucellosis <br />. agricul tural productivity potential <br />. impact of infl ation on the farming sector <br />. farm credit needs in the intermediate term (for the Farm Credit Admin- <br />istration) <br />. demand for grazi ng roughages for the Forest Service <br /> <br />Each time the NIRAP system is used for analysis, the expertise gained <br />is, to the extent possible, incorporated into the computerized NIRAP model <br />to serve as a reservoir of information to aid in the process of making <br />research additive. Major examples of this are as follows: <br /> <br />The supporting research since 1973 has resulted in a model of aggre- <br />gate farm output being incorporated into the computerized model. Ori- <br />ginally developed by Tweeten and Quance, this NIRAP component was later <br />updated by Chung-Jeh Yeh as described in the November 1976 issue of the <br /> <br />11-2 <br />