The Economic Optimization of Harvesting and Ploughing Sugar Cane Fields

Fernando C. Peres and Marcelo Q.F. Barata

No 346204, 9th Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 1993 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: Management of large areas of sugar cane plantations require decisions on which areas should be ploughed out, which sugar cane variety should be planted in the ploughed areas, and which field should be harvested first. To answer these questions in an optimal way a linear programming (LP) model has been developed and a software written to generate the LP matrix. Model results for an hypothetical case are in good agreement with generally accepted management practice.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346204

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