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A Generic Farming System Simulator

2009
The aim of this chapter is to present a bio-economic modelling framework established to provide insight into the complex nature of agricultural systems and to assess the impacts of agricultural and environmental policies and technological innovations. This framework consists of a Farm System Simulator (FSSIM) using mathematical programming that can be ...
Louhichi, K., Janssen, S.J.C., Kanellopoulos, A., Li, H., Borkowski, N., Flichman, G., Hengsdijk, H., Zander, P., Blanco, M., Stokstad, G., Athanasiadis, I.N., Rizzoli, A.E., Huber, D., Heckelei, T., van Ittersum, M.K.   +14 more
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Optimization of Farming Systems on Tribal Farms in Uttarakhand

Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 2015
The linear programming technique was used to examine the potentiality to increase the farm income. Across the farming systems, potential to increase Return Over Variable Cost (ROVC) over existing plan was highest in Farming System (FS)-IV (Livestock) followed by FS-I (Crop+Livestock) and FS-II (Crop).
Shalini Raghav, Sanjay Kumar Srivastava
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The Farming System

2021
There are two millet varieties cultivated in Kala, a long-cycle bush field, and a short-cycle village field variety, covering more than 90% of farmed land. The characteristics, scale and access to land, labour and capital are presented, showing the very high reliance on household-owned resources.
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Farming System

2019
The Nigerian Field, 57 (1-2), 29 ...
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X-farm: Modelling Sustainable Farming Systems

2012
The aim of this chapter is to illustrate the structure of X-farm, a model to manage farming systems under energetic, economical and ecological perspectives, using the dynamic simulation approach. The structure of X-farm is composed by some integrated modules representing the main centres of farming costs and production: soil management, crop production
ROCCA, Alvaro Enrique, DANUSO, Francesco, ROSA, Franco, BULFONI, Elena   +3 more
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Farm business management: analysis of farming systems

2011
This book discusses the methods to determine optimal systems in farm business management. The methods are all about problem solving, as any decision situation implies choice and, therefore, requires a method for deciding which alternative maximizes the objectives. The book is not, however, about carrying out the optimal plans.
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Farming systems

2023
Cezary A. Kwiatkowski, Elżbieta Harasim, Lucjan Pawłowski, Artur Pawłowski, Małgorzata Pawłowska, Barbara Kołodziej   +5 more
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Concept and Classifications of Farming Systems

2019
Better understanding and classification of different farming systems enables improved targeting of rural development investments and policies. The term farming system refers to a farm population characterized by similar production and livelihood patterns and broadly similar development needs.
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Wearable Internet of Things enabled precision livestock farming in smart farms: A review of technical solutions for precise perception, biocompatibility, and sustainability monitoring

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021
Xiaoshuan Zhang, Xinqing Xiao, Huanhuan Feng   +2 more
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Enclosure and Farming Systems: II

1977
Although the changes in output brought about by parliamentary enclosure were similar in kind, if not in degree, to those that earlier enclosures had produced, its effects are none the less worthy of separate and more detailed study. This last main wave of enclosure produced more informative contemporary comment than its predecessors had done.
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