An extended farm site development method
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Hanekom, Eugene
Liebenberg, Andre
De Vries, Marne
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AOSIS Open Journals
Abstract
The inefficient and ineffective use of arable land in South Africa is one of the numerous challenges within
its agricultural sector. Previous research has indicated that a method, the Farm Site Development Method
(FSDM), could increase the effective and efficient use of arable land by providing a roadmap to the farm
owner for incrementally transforming the current state facilities and resources of a farm towards a future
saturation state. The FSDM was then demonstrated at a crop-producing farm and several opportunities
existed to extend its utility. Here we suggest its extension for application to a livestock farm, and also
include optimisation techniques, demand planning and financial planning.
SIGNIFICANCE :
• Extension of the Farm Site Development Method, and its demonstration at a livestock farm, for facilities
and financial planning within the agricultural sector.
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Keywords
Method engineering, Farm facilities planning, Financial planning, Optimisation, Strategic planning, Farm site development method (FSDM)
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Hanekom E, Liebenberg A,
De Vries M. An extended Farm
Site Development Method.
S Afr J Sci. 2016;112(9/10),
Art. #2015-0427, 11 pages.
http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.17159/sajs.2016/20150427.