Keyword: agriculture & food

Found 571 papers in total
Selecting Agricultural Best Management Practices for Water Conservation and Quality Improvements Using Atanassov's Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets
Selecting Agricultural Best Management Practices for Water Conservation and Quality Improvements Using Atanassov's Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets
2010,
Improper agricultural practices can affect ground water through leaching, surface...
Water Resources Sustainability and Optimal Cropping Pattern in Farming Systems; A Multi‐Objective Fractional Goal Programming Approach
Water Resources Sustainability and Optimal Cropping Pattern in Farming Systems; A Multi‐Objective Fractional Goal Programming Approach
2010,
Water resources sustainability has the main contribution to the existence and...
Simulation of Agricultural Management Alternatives for Watershed Protection
Simulation of Agricultural Management Alternatives for Watershed Protection
2010,
The Bosque River Watershed in Texas is facing a suite of water quality issues...
Deregulation and dairy production systems: a Bayesian distance function approach
Deregulation and dairy production systems: a Bayesian distance function approach
2010,
Milk quota trading rules differ across EU member countries. In Denmark a biannual milk...
Modelling agricultural expansion in Kenya’s Eastern Arc Mountains biodiversity hotspot
Modelling agricultural expansion in Kenya’s Eastern Arc Mountains biodiversity hotspot
2010,
The Taita Hills are the northernmost part of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and...
How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030?
How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030?
2010,
Growing global population figures and per-capita incomes imply an increase in food...
Development of a dynamic long-term water allocation model for agriculture and industry later demands
Development of a dynamic long-term water allocation model for agriculture and industry later demands
2010,
Demands growth and water resources limitation, enforce water sector policy makers to...
Environment and human resources
Environment and human resources
2009
Job evaluation;functional regions;wood fuel supply model;private forestry...
Multiobjective linear model to optimize water distribution in the Mexican Valley
Multiobjective linear model to optimize water distribution in the Mexican Valley
2010,
A multiobjective optimization model is developed for the Mexican Valley to find...
Manufacturing costs in serial production systems with rework
Manufacturing costs in serial production systems with rework
2010,
In this paper, we present a Markovian modelling framework that can describe any serial...
Robust optimisation for inexact water quality management under uncertainty
Robust optimisation for inexact water quality management under uncertainty
2008,
An inexact fuzzy water management model is proposed and applied to a case study of...
On a mixed zero-one separable non-linear approach for water irrigation scheduling
On a mixed zero-one separable non-linear approach for water irrigation scheduling
2008,
We present a mixed zero-one separable non-linear approach to the optimization of the...
Integrated indicators for performance assessment of traditional agroforestry systems in South West Cameroon
Integrated indicators for performance assessment of traditional agroforestry systems in South West Cameroon
2009,
Farming Systems developed in Humid Tropical Zones are frequently characterized by a...
Enhancing inflow forecasting model at Aswan High Dam utilizing radial basis neural network and upstream monitoring station measurements
Enhancing inflow forecasting model at Aswan High Dam utilizing radial basis neural network and upstream monitoring station measurements
2009,
The Nile River is considered the main life artery for so many African countries...
Multinational supermarket chains in developing countries: does local agriculture benefit?
Multinational supermarket chains in developing countries: does local agriculture benefit?
2009,
There is no consensus in the empirical literature on how entry of multinational...
Modeling the public health system response to a terrorist event in the food supply
Modeling the public health system response to a terrorist event in the food supply
2009,
We have developed a simulation model to quantify and characterize the response of the...
The geometric combination of Bayesian forecasting models
The geometric combination of Bayesian forecasting models
2008,
A nonlinear geometric combination of statistical models is proposed as an alternative...
Using simulation modelling to support decisions in hail suppression programmes with airborne means
Using simulation modelling to support decisions in hail suppression programmes with airborne means
2009,
This article presents the development and implementation of a stochastic discrete...
Groundwater Depletion in the Jordan Highlands: Can Pricing Policies Regulate Irrigation Water Use?
Groundwater Depletion in the Jordan Highlands: Can Pricing Policies Regulate Irrigation Water Use?
2008,
Jordan is one of the countries with the scarcest water resources in the world. The...
The effect of competitive advertising interference on sales for packaged goods
The effect of competitive advertising interference on sales for packaged goods
2008,
Competitive advertising interference can occur when viewers of advertising for a focal...
Coca-Cola Enterprises optimizes vehicle routes for efficient product delivery
Coca-Cola Enterprises optimizes vehicle routes for efficient product delivery
2008,
In 2004 and 2005, Coca–Cola Enterprises (CCE)—the world's largest bottler...
Assessment of different irrigation models in Vietnam
Assessment of different irrigation models in Vietnam
2005,
An assessment of three institutional models for irrigation management in Vietnam is...
Decision modelling for environmental protection: The contingent valuation method applied to greenhouse waste management
Decision modelling for environmental protection: The contingent valuation method applied to greenhouse waste management
2008,
Over 380 000 tonnes of vegetable waste are produced annually in the ‘Campo de...
Exchange rates and cash flows in differentiated product industries: a simulation approach
Exchange rates and cash flows in differentiated product industries: a simulation approach
2007,
How do exchange rate changes impact firms' cash flows? We extend a simulation method...
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