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Optimal Selection Of Crops A Casestudy Of Small Scale Farms In Fanteakwa District Ghana.

Journal: International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research (Vol.4, No. 5)

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Page : 142-146

Keywords : Index Terms Linear Programming Cropping Patterns Small Scale Farms Net Returns Optimal Solution.;

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Abstract

Abstract The main purpose of this study was to present a formulated Linear ProgrammingLP Model for 16 selected small scale farmers from 32 operational areas of Fanteakwa District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study considered ten 10 crops namely garden eggs water melon cabbage onion tomato cucumber okra pepper cocoa nursery and plantain. The formulated LP Model for this study assumed profit maximizing behavior a single-period planning and a certain environment. The formulated LP Model suggested no production of sole crop enterprises like cabbage onion cocoa nursery pepper grown on raised bed pepper and garden egg grown on raised bed irrigation. The model also prescribed no production for crop mixtures like garden eggokra and cabbagecucumberpepper. The formulated LP Model prescribed production of 1 acre of garden egg 3 acres of watermelon 4 acres of tomato 2 acres of cucumber 1 acre of plantain 2 acres of garden egg irrigation 1 acre of okragarden eggpepper and 1 acre of peppergarden egg. Comparison of results obtained by using existing farming plan and the LP Model indicate that results obtained from the LP Model were significant improvements of the existing farming plan. The LP Model saved 0.2 and 0.6 of available capital and labor requirement respectively. A 16.25 significant increment of the net returns was obtained by the LP Model. This was as result of net returns increasing from GH77848.00 to GH88177.00. These results suggest the essence of application of formulated mathematical models like the LP Model to planning and management of limited resources.

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