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Title:

Assessing Crop Rotation Sustainability Using Analytical Hierarchy Process

Authors:

Saturnina Fabian Nisperos, Frederic D. McKenzie

Published in:

 

 

 

(2018). ECMS 2018 Proceedings Edited by: Lars Nolle, Alexandra Burger, Christoph Tholen, Jens Werner, Jens Wellhausen European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2018-0005

 

ISSN: 2522-2422 (ONLINE)

ISSN: 2522-2414 (PRINT)

ISSN: 2522-2430 (CD-ROM)

 

32nd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Wilhelmshaven, Germany, May 22nd – May 265h, 2018

 

 

Citation format:

Saturnina Fabian Nisperos, Frederic D. McKenzie (2018). Assessing Crop Rotation Sustainability Using Analytical Hierarchy Process, ECMS 2018 Proceedings Edited by: Lars Nolle, Alexandra Burger, Christoph Tholen, Jens Werner, Jens Wellhausen European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi: 10.7148/2018-0336

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7148/2018-0336

Abstract:

With the food security challenge faced by nations globally, agriculture sustainability has been a significant consideration for concerned agencies. Sustainability assessments are significant tools in providing  support to stakeholders in their crop production planning. Agricultural sustainability assessment, however, is complex and it involves numerous criteria that can be conflicting. In this study we investigated the use Analytical Hierarchy Process, a multi-criteria decision analysis method, in assessing the sustainability of crop rotation alternatives and its applicability to address the multiple criteria of sustainability and the diverse preferences of stakeholders. The comparable results  of the model  with a sustainability assessment of cropping systems reported in the literature, validates AHP as an apt method for sustainability assessment of crop rotation alternatives and  handling the complex criteria  of sustainability and preferences of stakeholders. The model results, when well presented, can be utilized to support stakeholders in their decision making and in evaluating their crop rotation choices.

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