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Sustainable cropping pattern in North Iran : application of fuzzy goal programming
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Abstract
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| Due to the important role that the application of mathematical programming models have in determining optimal cropping patterns, this research presents a sustainable cropping pattern that considers selected economic, environmental, and social goals together. Using a random sampling method, a sample size of 168 farmers was selected in the Sari County, Iran. Our results showed that economic, self-sufficiency, environmental, and social goals have a distinctly different impact on cropping pattern performance. Compared to the current cropping pattern, the gross margins for economic and social goals increased by nearly 11 and 2 %, respectively, and the gross margins for self-sufficiency and environmental goals decreased by nearly 2 and 36 %. Interestingly, it has been found that the performance of the current cropping pattern has an average positive impact of 6 % if economic, self-sufficiency, environmental, and social (employment) goals are realized simultaneously. |
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Language
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English
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Environment, development and sustainability. - London, 1999, currens
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Publication
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London
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2017
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ISSN
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1387-585X
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1573-2975
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DOI
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10.1007/S10668-016-9849-9
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19
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(2017)
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000414459300004
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