Showing papers by "Indian Institute of Management Bangalore published in 1979"
01 Apr 1979
TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply Herendeen's methodology for deriving energy costs and energy intensities for the Indian economy and obtain an idea of the part energy plays in the cost structure of various goods and services as well as the intensities of energy requirements in various activities.
Abstract: This paper applies Herendeen's methodology for deriving energy costs and energy intensities for the Indian economy. An idea of the part energy plays in the cost structure of various goods and services as well as the intensities of energy requirements in various activities is obtained from this analysis. The methodology will be helpful for energy planners to project and control energy consumption in the economy.
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01 Jan 1979
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how relative prices can be obtained for various crops such that the farmers acting independently would find it optimal to follow the land use pattern as suggested by the model; the models considered are not equilibrium models that incorporate demand functions explicitly into the model.
Abstract: Publisher Summary Linear programming is effectively utilized for agricultural land use including farm management. This chapter discusses discusses how relative prices can be obtained for various crops such that the farmers acting independently would find it optimal to follow the land use pattern as suggested by the model; the models considered are land allocation models in which minimum levels of production are specified at a given set of market prices. These models are not equilibrium models that incorporate demand functions explicitly into the model. An equilibrium model has not been tested yet because of lack of adequate and appropriate data for the estimation of demand functions. In the future, the land allocation models are intended to expand and include the demand functions, but this would possibly lead to a nonlinear or quadratic programming problem. An advantage of the linear programming formulation is that sensitivity analysis could be performed easily to find the effect on the prices of the change in requirements of the various crops. The rainfall and soil conditions are known to affect agricultural productivity. Particular combination of soil and climate factors are known to be congenial for achieving high productivity for certain crops. This in fact is the underlying principle for developing appropriate cropping patterns that promote agricultural productivity of the regions.