A Multi-Criteria Analysis of Spelt Food Processing Alternatives on Small Organic Farms

Polar Sport Tester for Cattle Heart Rate Measurements

“…Intensively fed animals have somewhat higher temperature than the cows fed more poorly (Purwanto et al, 1990). According to the digestion increases the body temperature for 0.2 to 1 ºC, followed by an increase in heart frequency (Rozman et al, 2006). Also from the measured heart rates of cow No.…”

Multi-criteria assessment of less favoured areas: A state level

“…A decision model must be able to evaluate all the options when considering those factors influencing the decision. A multi-criteria decision analysis approach was used in this paper to assess different organizational and planning decisions in farm management, such as the DEXi methodology (Bohanec et al 1995;Bohanec, Zupan and Rajkovič 2000;Pažek et al 2006;Rozman et al 2006;Bohanec, Džeroski and Žnidaršič, 2004;Bohanec et al 2007;Pavlovič et al 2011, Pažek, Rozman andIrgolič 2012a). The theoretical background of hierarchical multi-attribute decision models is based on the dissection of a complex decision problem into smaller and less complex subproblems.…”

A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework Tool for the Selection of Farm Business Models on Organic Mountain Farms

“…However, opportunities for improvement to organic farming depend on the competitive position of the rural economy and its comparative advantages for different types of economic activity. Recent organic farm management research has shown that the processing of organic farm products, directly by the farm, can be financially feasible assuming that the products can be sold successfully (Pažek et al, 2006). The potential for a wide-range of possible business alternatives needs to be evaluated in order to determine any obstacles and characteristics and also to highlight the benefits of any corresponding opportunities that might contribute to organic farm systems on mountain farms.…”

“…MCDA is used for decision-making in environmental policy due to the complexity of issues and the inadequacies of conventional tools such as CBA, cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA) for capturing the full range of impacts of capital project (investment/business alternative). For example, some measures only analyze a single parameter or focus on quantifiable data at the expense of qualitative assessment or less tangible impacts (Munda et al, 2006) The application of MCDA in farm management, such as Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) (Tiwari et al, 1999;Hererro et al, 1999;Mazzeto and Bonera, 2003;Pažek et al, 2006;Saaty and Vargas, 2006) and DEX-i methodology (Bohanec et al, 1995;Bohanec et al, 2000;Bohanec and Zupan, 2004;Pažek et al, 2006;Rozman et al, 2006) has been extensively discussed in scientific literature. Based on a study of simulation models and the MCDA method carried out by Klajić et al (2000), we argue that simulation modeling combined with MCDA methods are useful applied for organic farming decision-making.…”

“…In contrast, AHP, developed by Saaty (1980), is a flexible and powerful tool for handling both, qualitative and quantitative multi-criteria problems. There are many applications of AHP in the field of organic agriculture (Pažek et al, 2006a;Rozman et al, 2006;Pažek et al, 2006b;Pažek and Rozman, 2006).…”