Bäckman, Stefan and Krumalova, Veronika (2005) Local food options - a linear programming perspective on three organic farms in South Savolax, Finland. In: Sumelius, John (Ed.) Possibilities for and economic consequences of switching to local ecological recycling agriculture. Ekologiskt lantbruk, no. 43. Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet , Centrum för uthålligt lantbruk, chapter II, pp. 23-34.
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The options for three case farms to maintain and increase localized organic food production and circulation were analysed, and a standard linear programming method was used. Several scenarios were developed for each case farm; as a result, possibilities for co-operation between farmers through local markets could be analysed.
| EPrint Type: | Report chapter |
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| Keywords: | local food, organic production, farms |
| Subjects: | Food systems > Policy environments and social economy Farming Systems > Farm economics |
| Research affiliation: | Finland > Univ. Helsinki |
| Related Links: | http://tripunix.mtt.fi/cgi-bin/thw/?%24%7BBASE%7D=arktui&%24%7BHTML%7D=poimvapdocu_eng&%24%7BOOHTML%7D=docu_eng&%24%7BSNHTML%7D=nosyn_eng&%24%7BANDOR%7D=or&%24%7BTRIPSHOW%7D=format%3Dwww_eng&NR=+310-10, http://www.cul.slu.se/information/publik/ekolantbruk43.pdf |
| Deposited By: | Koistinen, Riitta |
| ID Code: | 6170 |
| Deposited On: | 01 Nov 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2010 07:31 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
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