Mechanization level determination by linear programming on the village scale in Korea | |
| Author | Park, Joon Gul |
| Call Number | AIT SSPR no. AE-82-01 |
| Subject(s) | Farm mechanization--Linear programming Farm mechanization--Korea |
| Note | A special study submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Lack of sufficient labour and high wages, especially in labour-peak season, are believed to be the main factors which have been stimulating the agricultural mechanization in Korea. However, there is not sufficient custom work to cover the machinery cost and to be economically feasible. The farm holding size is 1.0 ha on the average. Therefore a village is considered to be a desirable agricultural machinery utilizing block. In this study, an attempt has been made to determine the optimal cropping plan and the optimal level of mechanization on the village level. Linear programming technique is applied for this purpose and sensitivity analysis has been undertaken under the conditions that the farm labour decreases by 3.5 % annually and wages change from $0.5/ hour to $1.0/hour. When wages is $0.5/hour, land preparation by power tiller is economic only for barley cultivated on paddy field, and cropping intensity gradually decreases as the available labour force decreases. Once wages increase to $1.0/hour all the paddy fields should be planted only once a year with H.Y. V. type rice, a land pre-paration, transplanting, and harvesting for all paddy fields should be done by power tiller, rice- transplanter, and reaper- binder, respectively |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Special Study Project Report (SSPR) |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development |
| Department | Department of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (Former title: Department of Food Agriculture, and BioResources (DFAB)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Agricultural and Food Engineering (AE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Singh, Gajendra |
| Examination Committee(s) | Gee-Clough, D. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | International Development Research Center, Canada |
| Degree | Special Studies Project Report (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1982 |