Review of the economic-mathematical analysis for the management of irrigation water and other crop production parameters

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Department of Water Science and Engineering, College of Agricultural Science, Fasa University, Fasa, I. R. Iran

2 Irrigation Department, & Drought Research Center, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, I. R. Iran

3 Department of Range and Watershed Management (Nature Engineering), College of Agricultural Science, Fasa University, Fasa, I. R. Iran

Abstract

Plant growth and yield are influenced by many production parameters such as the amount of irrigation water, fertilization, plant density, etc. Due to the limitation of resources and agricultural inputs, increased production costs, food demand, population growth, and environmental problems, the development of scheduling approaches to use production parameters is necessary. In this study, firstly, crop yield and net benefit responses to variation of production parameters and secondly, economic-mathematical analysis of production parameters such as irrigation water were reviewed. Presented analyses in this study were categorized into four cases including 1) constant or variable crop price, 2) single, two, or multiple variables production functions, 3) limited land area and water or not limited, and 4) variable water price. The economic-mathematical analysis presented about deficit irrigation in this study was extended to determine the optimum value of other production parameters such as fertilizer rate, plant density, seed density, corm planting intensity, etc.

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Article Title [Persian]

مروری بر تحلیل اقتصادی - ریاضی برای مدیریت آب آبیاری و سایر پارامترهای تولیدمحصول

Authors [Persian]

  • علی شعبانی 1
  • علیرضا سپاسخواه 2
  • محمد مهدی مقیمی 1
  • عبدالرسول زارعی 3
1 بخش علوم و مهندسی آب، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه فسا، فسا، ج. ا. ایران
2 بخش مهندسی آب و مرکز مطالعات خشکسالی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه شیراز، شیراز، ج.ا. ایران
3 بخش مهندسی مرتع و آبخیزداری (مهندسی طبیعت)، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه فسا، فسا، ج. ا. ایران
Abstract [Persian]

رشد و عملکرد گیاه تحت تأثیر بسیاری از پارامترهای تولید مانند میزان آب آبیاری، کوددهی، تراکم بوته و غیره است. با توجه به محدودیت منابع و نهاده های کشاورزی، افزایش هزینه های تولید، تقاضای غذا، رشد جمعیت و مشکلات زیست محیطی، توسعه رویکردهای زمانبندی برای استفاده از پارامترهای تولید ضروری است. در این مطالعه ابتدا عملکرد محصول و پاسخ سود خالص به تغییرات پارامترهای تولید مورد بحث قرار می گیرد، دوم تحلیل اقتصادی-ریاضی پارامتر های تولید مانند آب آبیاری مورد بررسی ‌قرار گرفت. تحلیل های ارائه شده در این مطالعه در چهار مورد شامل 1) قیمت محصول، ثابت یا متغیر، 2) تابع های تولید تک، دو یا چند متغیره، 3) سطح زمین و آب محدود یا نامحدود و 4) قیمت آب متغییر طبقه بندی شدند. تجزیه و تحلیل اقتصادی-ریاضی ارائه شده در مورد کم آبیاری در این مطالعه برای تعیین مقدار بهینه سایر پارامترهای تولید مانند میزان کود، تراکم بوته، تراکم بذر، شدت کاشت بنه و غیره گسترش یافت.

Keywords [Persian]

  • قیمت محصول
  • محدودیت زمین
  • تابع تولید
  • محدودیت آب
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