Title:	Optimising land use and water allocation in intercropping systems.
Authors:	DETOMINI, E. R. FIGUEIREDO, M. G. de
Date Issued:	2012
Citation:	Revista de Política Agrícola, Brasília, DF, ano 21 , n. 1, p. 92-102, jan./mar. 2012.
Description:	The main purpose of this study is to identify the optimum allocation of limited amount of land and irrigation water across a number of alternative farm enterprises, maximising the whole-farm profitability by considering present relative prices, changes in river water availability, irrigation system efficiency and a highly variable climate. It was developed an optimisation model by using linear programming language to maximise the whole-farm profit of farm located in Wee Waa (NSW, Australia), for three different scenarios (dry, average and wet years) over two seasons. The whole-farm profit is highly sensitive to climate variability and also to prices and yields variability, especially in relation to cotton.
Thesagro:	Rotação de cultura Sistema de cultivo Programação linear
NAL Thesaurus:	Crop rotation Linear programming Profit maximization
Keywords:	Maximização de lucro
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado / Embrapa Unidades Centrais (AI-SEDE)