Planning for Sustainable Watershed Soil Use: A Goal Programming Approach

Fernando Curi Peres, Luis Alberto Ambrosio and Pedro Donzelli

No 346553, 12th Congress, Durban, South Africa, July 18-24, 1999 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: The Sao Paulo State Watershed Program was drawn with multiple objectives to be optimized through planning of sustainable agricultural activities. Important dimensions that must be considered in implementing this program are farmer’s specific objectives and farm restrictions. This work presents a method for planning land use in a sustainable way, using Lexicographic Goal Programming to plan the mix of activities for each farm. These objectives are: minimization of runoff effects, pesticide use, seasonal income variability, and seasonal demand for labor; and maximization of farm gross margin, basic staple production, and resident labor use. The optimization process pointed to activities that affected the farm system (crop layout, labor, machinery, and pesticides use, gross margins, staple production, and soil conservation) in different ways. More acceptable solutions to farmers ’ multiple objectives were suggested through the planning land use.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346553

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