Methods of Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Small and Medium Farms

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14
Author(s):  
Dragos Panagoret ◽  
Ioana Panagoret ◽  
Andreea Panagoret
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Technical System ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Small Farmers ◽  
Proper Management ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Correct Analysis ◽  
Profitability Assessment

Abstract Farm profitability assessment is of particular importance, displaying its economic character. There are simple procedures for small farmers to carry out a correct analysis of the mode of land use and exploitation of animals, so that, by reorganizing the holding and proper management, to become profitable. Methodologically, this analysis consists of: identifying the factors influencing the level of yields per hectare; measure the influence of each factor on results achieved; establish critical points of the technical system of production; establishing the measures necessary to eliminate the weak elements of the system and design a new improved technical system for production for each crop; new design of new productions per hectare and of production costs, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of the extra production costs.

THE USE OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE FARM SIZE

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
T. Movchan ◽  
V. Artеmov ◽  
D. Bulysheva
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Linear Programming ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Management Activity ◽  
Economic Zones

It is recommended to implement forecasting management models in the area of land use and protection by applying linear programming methods to optimize the size of farms, which land is located in different natural and economic zones. Analysis and assessment of land use in natural-economic zones is a type of management activity for deep understanding of the dialectic of a managed object development and true assessment of its moving forces. This enables to simulate the situation of land use, to identify a specific goal, to choose the means to achieve it and to obtain the optimum result. The implementation of the proposed forecast models of the optimal farm size is carried out by linear programming in three ways (northwest corner method, minimum cost method and What-If analysis method, that uses Solver, a Microsoft Excel add-in program). The implementation of the above approaches is based on the example of four farms and five natural-economic zones. The obtained solutions show that the best result is attained by using Solver for What-If analysis method, a Microsoft Excel add-in program. The northwest corner method gives the worst result, but this is the simplest solution. The minimum cost method depends on the researcher qualification and produces the result that is most often found between the results obtained by the northwest corner method and the "Solver" procedure. When using the method of the northwest corner a program of consideration of different options for the distribution of land resources and the choice of the optimal solution was developed. This allows to find an optimal result of land allocation according to the result, which is similar to the result of the procedure "Solver", but it is more adapted for the direct participation of the researcher in the process of solving problems. There is an opportunity to improve the result by changing the original data, which simulates the forecast of the distribution of farm land in natural-economic zones, while minimizing production costs. In the absence of access to computers, the solutions obtained by the northwest corner and the minimum cost methods can be improved by the potential method.

Structural Analysis and Optimization Design of Motor Hanging Seat Structural Based on Pro/ENGINEER

2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Shun Xi Gao ◽  
Shu Guo Zhao ◽  
Li Fang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Objective Function ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Optimization Design ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Parametric Model ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Displacement Constraints

This paper establishes a parametric model on the motor hanging seat structure by pro / ENGINEER software, and then optimizes the structure of the hanging seat by the weight of the hanging seat as the objective function. Taking into account the stress and displacement constraints in the optimization process, the weight of the hanging seat is greatly reduced after being optimized. It is practical significance to save a large amount of raw materials for the mass production and to reduce production costs and create higher economic efficiency.

scholarly journals Diversification of Local Tubers through Optimization of Cocoa Farming in Supporting Sustainable Food Security

2021 ◽  
Vol 940 (1) ◽  
pp. 012089
Author(s):  
H Pribadi ◽  
S Jumiyati ◽  
A Muis ◽  
I K Widnyana ◽  
J Mustabi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Sweet Potato ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
World Population ◽  
Sweet Potatoes ◽  
Sustainable Food

Abstract The rate of world population growth gets faster every year, while on the other hand the land available for food production activities is increasingly limited. Efforts to increase income and food crop production by using cocoa farming to support national food security can be done by optimizing of land through crop diversification patterns by planting local tubers under cocoa farming. This research aims to analyze the optimization of land use, revenue and production costs. In addition, analyzing the nutritional content contained in each type of local tubers, namely sweet potato, cassava and taro. The research was conducted in the the buffer zone of Lore Lindu National Park (TNLL), Palolo District, Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The results showed that the optimization of land use and revenue was obtained through the diversification pattern of sweet potato and cocoa. Optimization of the costs use occurs in the use of fertilizer production inputs. In addition, sweet potatoes have a higher calorific value, protein and fat compared to cassava and taro. However, the carbohydrate content of cassava is higher than that of sweet potato and taro.

scholarly journals Institutional levers of maintenance of ecological-economic efficiency of agricultural land-use

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
O. Butrym ◽  
V. Doroschuk ◽  
N. Komarova ◽  
Ju. Tereschenko
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Ecological Economic

scholarly journals Comparative Study on the Economic Efficiency of Rapeseed Culture in Conventional and Organic Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Elena ȘURCĂ
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Economic Point ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Revenue Structure ◽  
Crop System

From an economic point of view, efficiency implies the use of resources, of any kind, at maximum efficiency, or else the relation between effect and effort is over unit. In any kind of activity economic efficiency is the basis for its start. In the present paper, the level of economic efficiency for rape crops will be determined, according to two technological systems: conventional and organic. The revenue structure, and especially the expenditure, will be found in the income and expenditure budget of the culture. We will compare the value of production, production costs, but also yield or rate of return. In the continuation of the study, a set of indicators of economic efficiency will be calculated for each crop system, which will be subjected to a mirror analysis, to determine the feasibility of rapeseed crops as accurately as possible. Finally, the results will be presented, the profitability of the crop according to the system, the level of the profit and the recommendations regarding the future way of growing the rapeseed.

scholarly journals Environmental factors influencing the distribution of agricultural terraces: Case study of Horný Tisovník, Slovakia

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Slámová ◽  
Jana Krčmářová ◽  
Pavel Hronček ◽  
Mariana Kaštierová
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental History ◽  
Agricultural Landscape ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Agricultural Terraces ◽  
Factors Influencing

Abstract The cadastral district of Horný Tisovník represents a traditionally managed Carpathian mountain agricultural landscape with extensive terraces. It was historically governed by two counties with different feudal economic systems - agricultural and industrial. This paper aims to enrich traditional methods in environmental history. We applied geospatial statistics and multivariate data analysis for the assessment of environmental factors influencing the distribution of agricultural terraces. Using linear models, the hypothesis was tested that the terrace distribution is functionally related to selected factors (affiliation to the historic counties; average altitude and slope; distance from water, buildings and settlements; units of natural potential vegetation; and current land use). Significantly greater amounts of terraces were located in the agricultural county compared to the industrial county. A principal component analysis showed the coincidence between the current agricultural land use and higher concentrations of terraces occurring in lower altitudes, closer to settlements and buildings, and within the unit of Carpathian oak-hornbeam forests. These findings regarding the most significant factors influencing the distribution of terraces are used in proposals for incentives to improve the management of the traditional agricultural landscape.

STRUCTURE TOPOLOGICAL MODEL OF SEWAGE SYSTEMS SETTLEMENT AND ITS FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. SHUVALOV
Keyword(s):  
Technical System ◽  
Topological Model ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Knowledge Space ◽  
Sewerage System ◽  
Functional Description ◽  
Construction Design ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Many ◽  
Internal And External Factors

A topological model of the structure of the technical system of sewage settlement, which is displayed using graphs, is proposed. The functional description of the settlement technical system is verbally executed and reflects a multilevel hierarchy of sewer system functions. The proposed topological model of a technical system and its functional description allow the analysis of the real sewerage system of a settlement and modeling to solve its modernization problems and determine the direction of its prospective development, taking into account the many internal and external factors and relations with the surrounding knowledge space and technology complexes. The factors influencing the improvement of all complexes of the settlement sewerage system, as well as the choice of technological solutions at the stage of architectural and construction design of these technical systems are described in detail.

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