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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Method engineering, Farm facilities planning, Financial planning, Optimisation, Strategic planning, Farm site development method (FSDM)

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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.