Open AccessMaximization of Palm Fruit Planted Area Using a Goal Programming Approach
Author(s) -
Nur Jannah Md Zain,
Wan Nurshazelin Wan Shahidan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of computing research and innovation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2600-8793
DOI - 10.24191/jcrinn.v3i3.71
Subject(s) - palm , production (economics) , agricultural engineering , crop , agriculture , agency (philosophy) , agroforestry , agricultural science , business , mathematics , forestry , environmental science , economics , geography , engineering , philosophy , physics , archaeology , epistemology , quantum mechanics , macroeconomics
Malaysia is currently facing low production of palm fruit. The poor palm fruit output will inevitably affectthe economy in Malaysia. Hence, the government related agency needs to find effective ways to increasethe production of palm fruit. Factors that affect the production of palm fruit include palm tree plantedarea and quantity of the crop. This paper proposes the Goal Programming approach to maximize theproduction of palm fruit. The approach maximized the planted area for three rural areas and increasesthe number of palm fruit crop for three rural areas. This approach is used to find optimal solution to thelow palm fruit output. The findings show that all the study objectives have been fully achieved. Theproposed planted area available from the QM Windows 4.0 software can increase up to 75% from theexisting planted area availability for three rural areas in Jengka, Pahang.