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Agricultural Planning Expert: A Model of Farm Enterprise Selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Richard A. Levins
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Applied Economics Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
Winston T. Rego
Affiliation:
Agricultural and Applied Economics Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

Abstract

Agricultural Planning Expert is a software model designed for advising small-scale farmers in southern Maryland. Choosing farm enterprises is modelled as consisting of four activities: suggesting enterprises for consideration, investigating the suitability of enterprises, allocating resources to suitable enterprises, and controlling the overall direction of an advising session.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1990

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