An extended farm site development method
dc.contributor.author | Hanekom, Eugene | |
dc.contributor.author | Liebenberg, Andre | |
dc.contributor.author | De Vries, Marne | |
dc.contributor.email | marne.devries@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-14T04:40:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-14T04:40:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-09 | |
dc.description.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. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Industrial and Systems Engineering | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2016 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Pretoria | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.sajs.co.za | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.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. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 0038-2353 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1996-7489 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.17159/sajs.2016/20150427 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57152 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | AOSIS Open Journals | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2016. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Method engineering | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Farm facilities planning | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Financial planning | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Optimisation | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Strategic planning | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Farm site development method (FSDM) | en_ZA |
dc.title | An extended farm site development method | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |