%0 Generic %A Shalander, K %D 2019 %F icrisat:11434 %K Value Chains,Modeling %T Dynamic modelling to help improve farm output %U http://oar.icrisat.org/11434/ %X A small group of scientists are working to support policy makers in ways not attempted before in Indian agriculture, through an approach called System Dynamics Modelling (SDM). The computer-based models of agricultural value chains built through this approach can simulate scenarios in complex socio-economic systems. An agricultural value chain is simply a set of all entities involved in all the activities and processes from crop production to consumption.