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The Application of Operations Research in the Optimization of Agricultural Production

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  • Zhao Qingzhen

    (Qufu Teachers University, Qufu, Shandong, P. R. China)

  • Wang Changyu

    (Qufu Teachers University, Qufu, Shandong, P. R. China)

  • Zhang Zhimin

    (Qufu Teachers University, Qufu, Shandong, P. R. China)

  • Zhang Yunxiang

    (Agricultural Division of Jinan City, Shandong, P. R. China)

  • Wang Chuanjiang

    (Agricultural Division of Jinan City, Shandong, P. R. China)

Abstract

This paper describes a project to develop on optimal production plan for crops and livestock in Chang Qing County, People's Republic of China. The production plan was to increase net profit without adverse effects on the environment. We set up four large-scale linear programming models, each having more than 3,000 variables and 100 constraints, for different weather conditions and combinations of crops and livestock production. We obtained optimal solutions using computers. We used game theory to work out an optimal plan least sensitive to weather variations. We used sensitivity analysis to obtain the information for production planning as a function of market prices. The project took 1 year; 20 people were involved. More than 3 million data items were used in the development of the models. The optimal production plan involved a 2-year cycle that began in September 1983. By September 1985, the net profit from crops in the county increased by 12.33% and that from livestock by 53.77%. This success opened up the study of production planning and control of the macroscopic economy in agriculture in China. Optimal production plans are being developed and improved in many parts of China.

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  • Zhao Qingzhen & Wang Changyu & Zhang Zhimin & Zhang Yunxiang & Wang Chuanjiang, 1991. "The Application of Operations Research in the Optimization of Agricultural Production," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 39(2), pages 194-205, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:39:y:1991:i:2:p:194-205
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.39.2.194
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    1. A J Higgins & C J Miller & A A Archer & T Ton & C S Fletcher & R R J McAllister, 2010. "Challenges of operations research practice in agricultural value chains," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 61(6), pages 964-973, June.
    2. El-Gayar, Omar F. & Leung, PingSun, 2001. "A multiple criteria decision making framework for regional aquaculture development," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 133(3), pages 462-482, September.
    3. Sounderpandian, Jayavel & Prasad, Sameer & Madan, Manu, 2008. "Supplies from developing countries: Optimal order quantities under loss risks," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 122-130, February.
    4. Drago Cvijanovic & Zeljko Vojinovic & Otilija Sedlak & Zoran Ciric, 2016. "Arranging Alternatives for the Sowing Structure by Ranking Method and Fuzzy Sets," International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 5, pages 45-52.

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