INCORPORATING MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES IN PLANNING MODELS OF LOW-RESOURCE FARMERS

Linear goal programming provides a means of formally incorporating the multiple goals of a household into the analysis of farming systems. Using this approach, the set of plans which come as close as possible to achieving a set of desired goals under conditions of land and cash scarcity are derived for a Filipino tenant farmer. A challenge in making LGP models empirically operational is the accurate definition of the goals of the farm household being modelled.

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Year of publication:	1980
Authors:	Flinn, John C. ; Jayasuriya, Sisira ; Knight, C. Gregory
Published in:	Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics. - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - AARES. - Vol. 24.1980, 01
Publisher:	Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society - AARES
Subject:	Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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