Application of Goal Programming to Determination of Optimum Cropping Pattern Emphasizing on Virtual Water in Kurdistan Province

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

mostafa baghbanyan ¹ (Phd scholar of economic Department, Islamic Azad University, Tehran center)
Hamed Ghaderzadeh ² (Dept. of agricultural economic, University of Kurdistan)
Ghodratollah Emamverdi ³ (Dept of Economic. Islamic Azad University. Tehran Center)
Marjan Damankeshideh ⁴ (Faculty of Economics Department Faculty of Economics and Accounting ،Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch. Tehran,Iran)
Narciss Amin Rashti, ⁵ (Dept of Economic, Islamic Azad University, Tehran center.)

Received: 2020-07-07 Accepted : 2020-07-27 Published : 2020-09-13

Keywords: "Virtual water", "Kurdistan province", "goal programming, " optimum cropping pattern", ",

Abstract :

Nowadays, production of economic production is one of the most important of policymaker’s tensions. Address to this. It is necessary to merge the farmer’s aims along policy makers as well as their necessities. Therefore, the current study attempted to investigate on optimum cropping pattern of agricultural crops in Kurdistan province respect to each county emphasizing on minimize virtual water. To follow research aim the necessary data were collected for the agricultural year 2015-6 using goal programming. The results showed that, the current cropping pattern does not has no comparative advantage and it has to experience significant change. In other words, the current cropping pattern willing must to change from mixed form to specialized one according to comparative advantage according to resource possibilities of each district. The range of change showed that, there are significant decrease and increase in some crops compare to current situation. The results showed that, irrigated wheat did not get permission to enter optimum model. In addition, the most of current crop due to low return as well as disadvantage of study area omitted in recommended pattern.

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