GOAL PROGRAMMING AS A METHOD UTILIZED IN PRODUCTION PLANNING AT THE FARM LEVEL

Production programming on an agricultural farm through mathematical methods aims at mapping the available factors of production and analyzing the production planning on the farm in order to achieve the optimal economical results (profit, income) and optimal evaluation of the available factors of production (increase in the employment rate, use of the agricultural machinery etc.). In this article we will be introducing a method that will help us find the optimal production plan of a given farm as well as the optimal distribution of the available factors of production using the multiple-criteria models. The model to be used is designated as ‘goal programming’. The application of the model will be implemented across eight agricultural farms. By applying the method of goal programming we intend to study the role of programming of the agriculture production factors and introduce a method for a smooth organization of the agricultural production across these farms. We intend to prove that the utilization of some goals in the decision-making process leads to better choices concerning the production planning on the farms.