Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique

Autores
Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela; Berentsen, Paul; Oude Lansink, Alfons
Año de publicación
2012
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Continuous monocropping of tobacco, excessive tillage and inadequate irrigation management have caused soil degradation in tobacco farms in the Valle de Lerma. Soil degradation due to tobacco monocropping and uncertain economic perspectives for tobacco farming call for diversification strategies for tobacco farmers. The objective of this paper is to develop useful criteria for assessing diversification activities and to provide a ranking of different diversification activities on these criteria. The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique is applied to get consistent assessments of criteria and activities from experts and stakeholders. Next, goal programming methods are used to aggregate individual assessments in order to arrive at the final ranking of farming activities for diversification. The five criteria to judge production activities for tobacco diversification are contribution to income, suitability for biophysical conditions, availability of technical information, market feasibility and contribution to soil improvement. The feasibility to market the products stands out with clearly high relative weight, while the other criteria received similar weights. The obtained weights of farming activities showed that especially livestock activities and spring–summer crops are important alternatives for tobacco production. Livestock activities stand out because they have high scores on all criteria. Livestock activities and spring–summer crops will compete with tobacco for resources because tobacco is a spring–summer crop. Therefore, these activities may be more suitable for tobacco farms that operate large area of land. The results of this research can be used in optimization models for determining the optimal mix of farming activities in combination with tobacco production. Such models can provide further insights into factors determining diversification.
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Fil: Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina
Fil: Berentsen, Paul. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países Bajos
Fil: Oude Lansink,Alfons. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países Bajos
Fil: Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países Bajos
Fuente
Agricultural Systems 111 : 53–62. (September 2012)
Materia
Tabaco
Diversificación
Sistemas de Cultivo
Tobacco
Diversification
Cropping Systems
Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)
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spelling Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) techniqueChavez Clemente, Maria DanielaBerentsen, PaulOude Lansink, AlfonsTabacoDiversificaciónSistemas de CultivoTobaccoDiversificationCropping SystemsAnalytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)Continuous monocropping of tobacco, excessive tillage and inadequate irrigation management have caused soil degradation in tobacco farms in the Valle de Lerma. Soil degradation due to tobacco monocropping and uncertain economic perspectives for tobacco farming call for diversification strategies for tobacco farmers. The objective of this paper is to develop useful criteria for assessing diversification activities and to provide a ranking of different diversification activities on these criteria. The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique is applied to get consistent assessments of criteria and activities from experts and stakeholders. Next, goal programming methods are used to aggregate individual assessments in order to arrive at the final ranking of farming activities for diversification. The five criteria to judge production activities for tobacco diversification are contribution to income, suitability for biophysical conditions, availability of technical information, market feasibility and contribution to soil improvement. The feasibility to market the products stands out with clearly high relative weight, while the other criteria received similar weights. The obtained weights of farming activities showed that especially livestock activities and spring–summer crops are important alternatives for tobacco production. Livestock activities stand out because they have high scores on all criteria. Livestock activities and spring–summer crops will compete with tobacco for resources because tobacco is a spring–summer crop. Therefore, these activities may be more suitable for tobacco farms that operate large area of land. The results of this research can be used in optimization models for determining the optimal mix of farming activities in combination with tobacco production. Such models can provide further insights into factors determining diversification.EEA SaltaFil: Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; ArgentinaFil: Berentsen, Paul. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países BajosFil: Oude Lansink,Alfons. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países BajosFil: Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países Bajos2025-06-10T13:04:41Z2025-06-10T13:04:41Z2012-05-25info:eu-repo/semantics/reviewinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/22607https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X120008440308-521Xhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2012.05.006Agricultural Systems 111 : 53–62. (September 2012)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2025-09-04T09:51:06Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/22607instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-09-04 09:51:06.46INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
title Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
spellingShingle Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela
Tabaco
Diversificación
Sistemas de Cultivo
Tobacco
Diversification
Cropping Systems
Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)
title_short Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
title_full Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
title_fullStr Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
title_sort Assessment of criteria and farming activities for tobacco diversification using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela
Berentsen, Paul
Oude Lansink, Alfons
author Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela
author_facet Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela
Berentsen, Paul
Oude Lansink, Alfons
author_role author
author2 Berentsen, Paul
Oude Lansink, Alfons
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Tabaco
Diversificación
Sistemas de Cultivo
Tobacco
Diversification
Cropping Systems
Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)
topic Tabaco
Diversificación
Sistemas de Cultivo
Tobacco
Diversification
Cropping Systems
Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP)
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Continuous monocropping of tobacco, excessive tillage and inadequate irrigation management have caused soil degradation in tobacco farms in the Valle de Lerma. Soil degradation due to tobacco monocropping and uncertain economic perspectives for tobacco farming call for diversification strategies for tobacco farmers. The objective of this paper is to develop useful criteria for assessing diversification activities and to provide a ranking of different diversification activities on these criteria. The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique is applied to get consistent assessments of criteria and activities from experts and stakeholders. Next, goal programming methods are used to aggregate individual assessments in order to arrive at the final ranking of farming activities for diversification. The five criteria to judge production activities for tobacco diversification are contribution to income, suitability for biophysical conditions, availability of technical information, market feasibility and contribution to soil improvement. The feasibility to market the products stands out with clearly high relative weight, while the other criteria received similar weights. The obtained weights of farming activities showed that especially livestock activities and spring–summer crops are important alternatives for tobacco production. Livestock activities stand out because they have high scores on all criteria. Livestock activities and spring–summer crops will compete with tobacco for resources because tobacco is a spring–summer crop. Therefore, these activities may be more suitable for tobacco farms that operate large area of land. The results of this research can be used in optimization models for determining the optimal mix of farming activities in combination with tobacco production. Such models can provide further insights into factors determining diversification.
EEA Salta
Fil: Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina
Fil: Berentsen, Paul. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países Bajos
Fil: Oude Lansink,Alfons. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países Bajos
Fil: Chavez Clemente, Maria Daniela. Wageningen University. Department of Social Sciences. Business Economics Group; Países Bajos
description Continuous monocropping of tobacco, excessive tillage and inadequate irrigation management have caused soil degradation in tobacco farms in the Valle de Lerma. Soil degradation due to tobacco monocropping and uncertain economic perspectives for tobacco farming call for diversification strategies for tobacco farmers. The objective of this paper is to develop useful criteria for assessing diversification activities and to provide a ranking of different diversification activities on these criteria. The Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) technique is applied to get consistent assessments of criteria and activities from experts and stakeholders. Next, goal programming methods are used to aggregate individual assessments in order to arrive at the final ranking of farming activities for diversification. The five criteria to judge production activities for tobacco diversification are contribution to income, suitability for biophysical conditions, availability of technical information, market feasibility and contribution to soil improvement. The feasibility to market the products stands out with clearly high relative weight, while the other criteria received similar weights. The obtained weights of farming activities showed that especially livestock activities and spring–summer crops are important alternatives for tobacco production. Livestock activities stand out because they have high scores on all criteria. Livestock activities and spring–summer crops will compete with tobacco for resources because tobacco is a spring–summer crop. Therefore, these activities may be more suitable for tobacco farms that operate large area of land. The results of this research can be used in optimization models for determining the optimal mix of farming activities in combination with tobacco production. Such models can provide further insights into factors determining diversification.
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