Abstract

HANEKOM, Eugene; LIEBENBERG, Andre  and  DE VRIES, Marné. An extended farm site development method. S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2016, vol.112, n.9-10, pp.1-11. ISSN 1996-7489.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/20150427.

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

Keywords : method engineering; farm facilities planning; financial planning; optimisation; strategic planning.

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