A new multi-crop cultivation planning approach is introduced for the Sri Lankan rural farming communities using 24 crops and it will be useful for agricultural planners as well. The objectives of this research are to maximize the profit of cultivation and maximize the harvest. The fuzzy goal programming (FGP) approach was used to allocate land and other resources optimally under uncertain conditions, to optimize profit, production, labor, water use, fertilizer costs and land allocation. The proposed model suggested statistically significant increments of 11% and 10.6% for the net return and harvest amount, respectively, for the 24 crops compared to existing cultivation techniques. 

N.M. Hakmanage, N.V. Chandrasekara, M. Jayasundara

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Abstract :- https://doi.org/10.34044/j.anres.2021.56.1.18