Implementation of fertilizer policy in Bangladesh under alternative scenarios: An application of multicriteria analysis modeling

Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 765-787

  Begum, Moss Anjuman Ara ^a   Manos, Basil ^a   Manikas, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fertilizer policy; Fertilizer intensive agriculture; Multicriteria model; Scenario analysis; Weighted goal programming

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

FERTILIZER POLICY; FERTILIZER-INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MULTICRITERIA MODEL; WEIGHTED GOAL PROGRAMMING;

FERTILIZERS;

EID: 38549148325     PISSN: 02175959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217595907001528     Document Type: Article

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