Nutritional Adaptations of Linear Programming for Planning Rural Development

Peter H. Calkins

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1981, vol. 63, issue 2, 247-254

Abstract: Linear programming can help plan rural development if the income-maximization and least-cost diet models are integrated within the resource and management limitations of small-scale representative farms. Seven modifications adapt linear programming to subsistence households. Caveats in this context include risk, level of nutritional awareness, production scale, and result sensitivity. Through six model formulations for a representative Nepalese farm, linear programming identifies the most nutritious and profitable production patterns; trade-offs between nutrition and income; and the costs of constraints relating to levels of credit, market availability, and human capital development.

Date: 1981
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