Keyword: agriculture & food

Found 571 papers in total
Agricultural countermeasures in nuclear emergency management: a stakeholders' survey for multi-criteria model development
Agricultural countermeasures in nuclear emergency management: a stakeholders' survey for multi-criteria model development
2008,
In order to accommodate the use of multi-criteria decision-aid tools for nuclear...
A decision support model for travelling gun irrigation machines
A decision support model for travelling gun irrigation machines
2008,
A computer model, TRAVGUN, was developed to simulate the irrigation applications by...
A dynamic bio-economic model for analyzing deforestation and degradation: An application to woodlands in Uganda
A dynamic bio-economic model for analyzing deforestation and degradation: An application to woodlands in Uganda
2007,
This study is an effort at developing a dynamic non-linear programming bio-economic...
Scheduling periodic customer visits for a traveling salesperson
Scheduling periodic customer visits for a traveling salesperson
2007,
The problem considered in this paper deals with determining daily routes for a...
A flexible adaptive memory-based algorithm for real-life transportation operations: Two case studies from dairy and construction sector
A flexible adaptive memory-based algorithm for real-life transportation operations: Two case studies from dairy and construction sector
2007,
Effective routing of vehicles remains a focal goal of all modern enterprises, thriving...
Optimal spatial distribution of the fishing effort in a multi fishing zone model
Optimal spatial distribution of the fishing effort in a multi fishing zone model
2006,
This work presents a stock-effort dynamical model of a fishery subdivided on several...
Sizing on-farm reservoirs for crop-fish integration in rainfed farming systems in Eastern India
Sizing on-farm reservoirs for crop-fish integration in rainfed farming systems in Eastern India
2006,
For natural resource management and sustainable development of rainfed farming...
Modelling for improved irrigation water management in a temperate region of Northern Spain
Modelling for improved irrigation water management in a temperate region of Northern Spain
2006,
This study refers to a region with temperate climate due to Atlantic influence and...
Reservoir level forecasting using neural networks: Lake Naivasha
Reservoir level forecasting using neural networks: Lake Naivasha
2007,
Six feature groups comprising of water levels, rainfall, evaporation rate, discharges...
Linear regressions and neural approaches to water demand forecasting in irrigation districts with telemetry systems
Linear regressions and neural approaches to water demand forecasting in irrigation districts with telemetry systems
2007,
Information regarding water demand is key to managing consumption in irrigation...
Development of an optimised irrigation system selection model using analytical hierarchy process
Development of an optimised irrigation system selection model using analytical hierarchy process
2007,
A model for selecting an optimised irrigation method was developed by considering the...
A tool for assessing the results of various optimization models for diets
A tool for assessing the results of various optimization models for diets
2004,
This paper presents an interactive tool which allows the comparison of different...
A simple time variant method for fuzzy time series forecasting
A simple time variant method for fuzzy time series forecasting
2007,
Forecasting using fuzzy time series models needs computations of fuzzy relations in...
The bread-making machine: tacit knowledge and two types of action
The bread-making machine: tacit knowledge and two types of action
2007,
We analyse Nonaka and Takeuchi's claim that a master baker's tacit knowledge was made...
Multi-criteria modelling of irrigation water market at basin level: A Spanish case study
Multi-criteria modelling of irrigation water market at basin level: A Spanish case study
2006,
This paper develops a multi-criteria methodology to simulate irrigation water markets...
Optimization of irrigation with photovoltaic pumping system
Optimization of irrigation with photovoltaic pumping system
2007,
The usual methods for optimal sizing of photovoltaic (PV) irrigation water pumping...
Food security problems in sub-Saharan Africa: Operations Research as a tool of analysis
Food security problems in sub-Saharan Africa: Operations Research as a tool of analysis
2008,
For many years, the author has been involved in teaching and research in the use of...
A real-time vehicle-dispatching system for consolidating milk runs
A real-time vehicle-dispatching system for consolidating milk runs
2007,
This study investigates the parameter settings of a real-time vehicle-dispatching...
Chaotic dynamics in agricultural markets
Chaotic dynamics in agricultural markets
1992,
In a recent article, Chiarella used a nonlinear supply curve with exactly one...
Modeling farmers' decisions on child labor and schooling in the cocoa sector: a multinomial logit analysis in Côte d'Ivoire
Modeling farmers' decisions on child labor and schooling in the cocoa sector: a multinomial logit analysis in Côte d'Ivoire
2006,
Since 2000, children working in the cocoa sector of Côte d'Ivoire have found...
Forest diversity, tobacco production and resource management in Tanzania
Forest diversity, tobacco production and resource management in Tanzania
2007,
This paper aims to deliver empirical evidence on the links between production...
Linear and nonlinear programming to optimize the nutrient density of a population's diet: an example based on diets of preschool children in rural Malawi
Linear and nonlinear programming to optimize the nutrient density of a population's diet: an example based on diets of preschool children in rural Malawi
2002,
Food consumption surveys are often used to detect inadequate nutrient intakes but not...
Two-stage inference using data envelopment analysis efficiency measurements in univariate production models
Two-stage inference using data envelopment analysis efficiency measurements in univariate production models
2007,
This article addresses the problem of modeling data envelopment analysis (DEA)...
A trait-based model of the potential demand for a genetically engineered food crop in a developing economy
A trait-based model of the potential demand for a genetically engineered food crop in a developing economy
2006,
We predict the potential demand of smallholder farmers for genetically transformed...
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