Understanding the decision-making in small-scale beef cattle herd management through a mathematical programming model
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41110%2F23%3A95100" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41110/23:95100 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14753995" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14753995</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/itor.13014" target="_blank" >10.1111/itor.13014</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Understanding the decision-making in small-scale beef cattle herd management through a mathematical programming model
Original language description
We address the issue of managing beef herds from the perspective of small-scale farmers and propose an optimization model applicable to the conditions of the Czech Republic. Our research focused on optimization under existing system conditions with established procedures. We present a linear programming model of beef herd development over a 10-year period that considers the limited capacity of small-scale farms. The key decision-making variables represent the acquisition of heifers and the selection of heifers for fattening and breeding. For 102 selected scenarios, we demonstrate the impact of proper heifer acquisition and farmers' profit sensitivity on the key parameters. For the key parameters, we identify thresholds that determine the sustainability of small-scale Czech beef farms. The proposed model demonstrates the crucial impact of subsidies on the profitability of beef farms. A 24% decrease in subsidies is shown to be the threshold at which a farmer's optimal strategy is to leave the market.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TJ01000068" target="_blank" >TJ01000068: Management flight simulator for livestock production - FARMASIM</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
ISSN
0969-6016
e-ISSN
0969-6016
Volume of the periodical
30
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
31
Pages from-to
1955-1985
UT code for WoS article
000658048700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85107194106