TY - JOUR
T1 - A Methodology to Assess The Current Situation in Irrigated Agriculture
T2 - An Application to the Village of Tauste (Spain)
AU - Zekri, S. Z.
AU - Romero, C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Córdoba, Spain. Correspondence to Prof. Carlos Romero, E.T.S. Ingenieros de Montes, Unidad de Economía, Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid. S. Zekri's research was funded by the "Instituto de Cooperación con el Mundo Arabe". Both authors acknowledge the financial support of "Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Educatión y Ciencia" as members of the research group 2081.Thanks are given to Prof. Ralph E. Steuer (The University of Georgia) for providing a copy of his multiobjective package, ADBASE, and to Dr Julio Berbel (University of Córdoba) for comments and adaptation of this software package to FORTRAN 77 for use in a minicomputer. Thanks are also extended to the reviewer and the editor for their suggestions and constructive criticisms which have greatly improved the presentation of the paper. The editing by Ms Christine Méndez is appreciated.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - This paper presents a simple weighted goal programming model which can be used to predict the current allocation of agricultural enterprises in a particular geographical area. Moreover, it also shows how the approach proposed can be integrated into a multiobjective framework to measure the opportunity cost of maintaining the current situation in terms of several criteria relevant from a private and a public perspective. In this way, the opportunity cost of sustaining the current allocation of agricultural enterprises in the irrigated lands of Tauste (Spain) is assessed in terms of gross margin, employment, seasonal labour and water consumption.
AB - This paper presents a simple weighted goal programming model which can be used to predict the current allocation of agricultural enterprises in a particular geographical area. Moreover, it also shows how the approach proposed can be integrated into a multiobjective framework to measure the opportunity cost of maintaining the current situation in terms of several criteria relevant from a private and a public perspective. In this way, the opportunity cost of sustaining the current allocation of agricultural enterprises in the irrigated lands of Tauste (Spain) is assessed in terms of gross margin, employment, seasonal labour and water consumption.
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U2 - 10.1080/13600819208424050
DO - 10.1080/13600819208424050
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027045861
SN - 0264-5491
VL - 20
SP - 75
EP - 88
JO - Oxford Agrarian Studies
JF - Oxford Agrarian Studies
IS - 2
ER -