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1 Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.; Meuwissen, M. P. M.; Lansink, A. G. J. M. O. 2014. A multiple criteria decision making approach to manure management systems in the Netherlands. European Journal of Operational Research, 232(3):643-653. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.006]
Organic fertilizers ; Technology ; Decision making ; Environmental effects ; Models ; Case studies / Netherlands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046144)
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The intensification of livestock operations in the last few decades has resulted in an increased social concern over the environmental impacts of livestock operations and thus making appropriate manure management decisions increasingly important. A socially acceptable manure management system that simultaneously achieves the pressing environmental objectives while balancing the socio-economic welfare of farmers and society at large is needed. Manure management decisions involve a number of decision makers with different and conflicting views of what is acceptable in the context of sustainable development. This paper developed a decision-making tool based on a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) approach to address the manure management problems in the Netherlands. This paper has demonstrated the application of compromise programming and goal programming to evaluate key trade-offs between socio-economic benefits and environmental sustainability of manure management systems while taking decision makers’ conflicting views of the different criteria into account. The proposed methodology is a useful tool in assisting decision makers and policy makers in designing policies that enhance the introduction of economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manure management systems.
2 Aboah, J.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Meuwissen, M. P. M.. 2014. Financial feasibility analysis of the fortifer business model in the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana. Paper presented at the 14th EAAE [European Association of Agricultural Economists] International Congress on Agri-Food and Rural Innovations for Healthier Societies, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 26-29 August 2014. 6p.
Financing ; Feasibility studies ; Waste management ; Excreta ; Sewage sludge ; Cost analysis ; Models ; Public-private cooperation ; Investment / Ghana / Cape Coast
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046892)
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046892.pdf
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This study seeks to analyse the financial feasibility of upscaling the fortifer business model in Ghana. Data originate from the pilot project in Accra, extended with expert elicitation. The NPV and IRR were used as decision criteria for Public Private Partnership (PPP) and Private Scenarios. The Spearman rank correlation coefficient was used to identify input parameters which had most impact on NPV. Economic and simulation results reveal higher probability of financial feasibility in the PPP Scenario. Outcomes are useful for policy makers to jointly steer urban waste management and farmers’ needs in the area of sustainable soil management.
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