| Article ID: | iaor1989530 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 70 |
| End Page Number: | 77 |
| Publication Date: | May 1989 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Clarke Harry R. |
| Keywords: | combinatorial analysis |
This paper selects cropping patterns which maximise the return from agricultural land using mathematical programming. The approach provides a new rationalisation for phenomena such as crop rotation and diversification. The results are applied to a crop selection problem in Bangladesh.