Optimization of the cropping pattern in Saudi Arabia using a mathematical programming sector model

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 56-60

  Alabdulkader, Ahmed M ^a   Al Amoud, Ahmed I ^b   Awad, Fawzi S ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Efficient water allocation; LINGO optimizer modelling program; Maximum net return

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857988703     PISSN: 0139570X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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