Farmland management involves several planning and decision making tasks including seed selection and irrigation management. A farm-level precision farmland management model based on mixed integer linear programming is proposed in this study. Optimal decisions are designed for pre-season planning of crops and irrigation water allocation. The model captures the effect of size and shape of decisio...

Many businesses still put too much focus on manufacturing, marketing and sales without considering the inter-linkages amongst these elements. This paper shows the importance of including packaging logistics and supply chain management in strategic planning. By integrating these aspects, retailers and suppliers may reduce costs, environmental impact and increase profits. A case study at IKEA is ...

Frequency of irrigation to the crops is the key factor for proper growth and economic yield. Therefore, in the current study growth of broccoli plants was investigated under different irrigation levels in pot culture condition. Five levels of irrigation schedules were applied including I0 [Non-irrigation control], I1 [Irrigation up to 15 days after transplanting (DAT)], I2 [Irrigation up to 30 ...

The domestic and foreign research in the field of rice cultivation carried out over past 10-15 years has identified four main promising technologies that can reduce cost produced: 1 - intermittent flooding; 2 periodic moistening without creating a layer water; 3 sprinkling, including surface irrigation; 4 drip irrigation. Drip irrigation is most priority area research, since it significantly ra...

This study examines the effect of quantity sold (sales volume) on profitability market participating smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. Market participation has been shown to be important for increasing incomes and improving production efficiency farm households but still remains low SSA. While agribusiness development experts generally advocate more intensive participation, it is not clear...

Many water management problems have arisen in past Asian irrigation projects. They have been characterized as a vicious cycle involving the lack of maintenance, poor irrigation service, low rates of fee collection, inadequate institutional arrangements, and lack of user participation. This article argues that we have generally agreed on a strategy to address these problems and asks whether or n...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether the nationwide smoking ban, imposed in 2007, had an impact on the profitability of Belgian restaurants. DATA AND METHODS Objective financial reporting data on 1613 restaurants were analysed with return on assets as the outcome measure. The data were collected from the Belfirst database and cover the period 2004-2009. To assess the impact of the smoking ban, a diff...

Conceptual Frame As a vital resource in agriculture, irrigation water contributes to many productive and livelihood activities. With the common belief on the important role of irrigation in agricultural growth, many developing Asian countries have promoted irrigation development over the last five decades to achieve such broad objectives as economic growth, rural and agricultural development, f...