Application of fuzzy goal programming technique to land use planning in agricultural system

Animesh Biswas and Bijay Baran Pal

Omega, 2005, vol. 33, issue 5, 391-398

Abstract: This paper presents how fuzzy goal programming can be efficiently used for modelling and solving land-use planning problems in agricultural systems for optimal production of several seasonal crops in a planning year. In the model formulation of the problem, utilization of total cultivable land, supply of productive resources, aspiration levels of various production of crops as well as the total expected profit from the farm are fuzzily described. In the decision-making situation, minimization of the under-deviational variables of the membership goals with highest membership value (unity) as their achievement levels defined for the membership functions of the fuzzy goals of the problem on the basis of the priorities of importance of achieving the aspired levels of the fuzzy goals to the extent possible is considered. As a study region, the District Nadia, West Bengal, India is taken into account. To expound the potential use of the approach, the model solution is compared with the existing cropping plan of the District as well as a solution of the problem obtained by using the additive fuzzy goal programming model studied by Tiwari et al. (Fuzzy sets and systems 24(1987)27.) previously.

Keywords: Linear; programming; Fuzzy; linear; programming; Goal; programming; Fuzzy; goal; programming; Land-use; planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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