Crop Selection and Scheduling for Green Production with Intercropping and Rotation

Part 7: Regular Session: Green Production and Circularity Concepts ; International audience ; In this study, we address a crop selection and scheduling problem employing two cropping systems, crop rotation and intercropping, simultaneously on a given parcel of land. Moreover, we also consider other ecological practices such as the use of fallow and green manure. We propose a 0–1 linear programming model to maximize revenue by determining the optimal combinations of crops in space (crops to be planted as neighbors) and in time (crop rotation schedule) while meeting the yearly demand of each crop. A realistic numerical example is presented to demonstrate the performance of the model.