A Systematic Review of Optimal Resource Allocation Techniques in Agriculture
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https://doi.org/10.62054/ijdm/0201.20Keywords:
Linear Programming Problems (LPP), Optimal Allocation, Water Resources, Land Resources, Agriculture, Resource ManagementAbstract
Linear Programming has a widely multifaceted application to practical, real life, as well theoretical Problems. As the name suggest Programming here mean planning how to optimize and objective function subject to constraints which are all linear in terms of a non-negative decision variables. Articles from 2020-2025 in the area of agriculture and optimal Land and Water allocation were reviewed. Research achieves were access base on the keywords: Agriculture, Land, Allocation and Linear Programming Problems were filtered. Model formulation of solution, Practical implementation of the most finding were analyzed. Finding shows that agricultural Practices were Linear Programming (formulation and solution) was applied to optimal of water and land resources turn out to provide optimal turnover of yields and curtail losses.
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