TY  - SER
AU  - Lecamwasam,A.
AU  - Waibel,Hermann
AU  - Gartner,Joseph A.
AU  - Upasena,Selawa H.
TI  - An economic study of a small scale integrated crop/livestock/fish farming system
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 1989///
CY  - Bangkok
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Agricultural systems
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989
N2  - An economic study of the Asian Institute of Technology  teaching farm for integrated farming system was carried out. The  objective was to assess the existing farming system to find out  whether a hypothetic al farm family could make a living consistent  with the contemporary standard of life.  The study first concentrated on assessing the past  performance of the farm by using income and cash flow measures,  then linear programming as a tool to search for an optimal plan  subject to satisfy the farmer's objectives. Three models have  been designed in order to evaluate the present farm organization  and to derive recommendations for a more efficient use of  resources. Model 1 searched for the performance of the present  farm organization. Model 2 suggested a solution without the  subjective restrictions of the farmer in terms of enterprises to  be implemented and selected the optimal combination of available  enterprises together with their optimal level . Possible new  technologies were considered in the model 3.  The results of the study suggested that  livestock and fish enterprises are not economical.  increase in income can be realized by changing  extent and combination of enterprises.  the present  A substantial  the present  The essence of the study is that it provides a readily  accessible insight into main interactions of a small scale  integrated crop/livestock/fish farming system.
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