Least-cost feed rations for sheep by linear programming
Part of : Σπουδαί : journal of economics and business ; Vol.33, No.1-2, 1983, pages 58-68
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Mathematically, there are two main procedures to examine potential adjustments for improving the present economic, efficiency of the sheep as a single enterprise: (a) by marginal analysis of the productivity of resources used, and (b) by least-cost feed rations. This paper concerns the second one. In fact, an attempt is made here to specify the optimum combination of various foodstuffs for sheep by using the linear programming technique, which minimises the cost of the ration. The data have been derived from a representative sample of 70 sheep farms in the Epirus region of Greece, in three areas of that region: the plain, semimountainous and mountainous, with 23, 24, 23 farms respectively.
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Περιέχει παράρτημα, πίνακες και βιβλιογραφία, This paper is based on a Ph.D. thesis submitted to Wye College-University of London in 1981.
