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harvest return below some pre-determined target rate of return, a notion supported by results from financial portfolio theory …
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This paper presents a methodology for the incorporation of poverty related concepts into the goal programming paradigm …. The concepts of poverty line, absolute poverty and relative poverty are discussed in the context of their potential usage … in the field of Operations Research. The synergy between goal programming and poverty lines is examined. Two additional …
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This research investigated the efficiency of the crop enterprise mix farmers formulate to cope with moisture stress risk given the different constraints they are living with. Farmers’ moisture risk coping strategies are mainly explained by the allocation of farm land among the different crop...
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Productivity of rangelands in Kenya is affected by increasing crop farming especially in more fertile range areas. Among the key factors driving the encroachment of crops on rangelands are the changing opportunities brought about by markets. We hypothesize that the existing market inefficiencies...
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Land use and crop production in the Khorezm region in western Uzbekistan, exemplarily for the irrigated low-lands of Central Asia, is adversely affected by the excessive, non-sustainable use of irrigation water on one hand, repeated droughts on the other hand, and by soil degradation by...
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