Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.

Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.

Linear programming was used to analyse the land use alternatives in the Debre Birhan Fuelwood Plantation area, in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The region represents a rural, high-altitude area, where the main land uses are grazing and cultivation of barley, wheat and pulses. To alle...

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Main Authors: Pukkala, Timo, Pohjonen, Veli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 1990-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5424
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spelling doaj-18597c1dab204ebf80e1001266d9e73e2020-11-25T02:17:31ZengFinnish Society of Forest ScienceSilva Fennica2242-40751990-01-0124210.14214/sf.a15578Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.Pukkala, TimoPohjonen, Veli Linear programming was used to analyse the land use alternatives in the Debre Birhan Fuelwood Plantation area, in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The region represents a rural, high-altitude area, where the main land uses are grazing and cultivation of barley, wheat and pulses. To alleviate fuelwood shortage, large plantations of Labill. have been established. Livestock has traditionally used the major part of the production capacity of the sites. A decrease in the number of cattle would facilitate a considerable increase in the production of cereals, pulses, fuelwood and construction timber. The optimal share of the land for arable crops, grazing and tree plantations would be about 40, 45 and 15% respectively.Eucalyptus globulushttps://www.silvafennica.fi/article/5424
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Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.
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title Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.
title_short Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.
title_full Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.
title_fullStr Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.
title_full_unstemmed Use of linear programming in land use planning in the Ethiopian highlands.
title_sort use of linear programming in land use planning in the ethiopian highlands.
publisher Finnish Society of Forest Science
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description Linear programming was used to analyse the land use alternatives in the Debre Birhan Fuelwood Plantation area, in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The region represents a rural, high-altitude area, where the main land uses are grazing and cultivation of barley, wheat and pulses. To alleviate fuelwood shortage, large plantations of Labill. have been established. Livestock has traditionally used the major part of the production capacity of the sites. A decrease in the number of cattle would facilitate a considerable increase in the production of cereals, pulses, fuelwood and construction timber. The optimal share of the land for arable crops, grazing and tree plantations would be about 40, 45 and 15% respectively.Eucalyptus globulus
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