Utilization of Optimization Model for Agricultural Machinery Management in Binna .(Scheme ACase study. (Dongola area

Abstract

The developed optimization model aimed to aid decision-maker and farm manager in determining the number of tractors, scheduling agricultural operations efficiently and minimizing machinery total costs. Model verification was made by comparing the numbers of tractors of Rahad irrigated scheme for season 2008/2009 with those estimated by the model. The applied model in Binna agricultural scheme was succeeded in reducing number of tractors and operations total costs by 29.4%. 9 ‫‪a single parameter for each of cultivated area and operation total cost‬‬ ‫:‪showing that‬‬ ‫‪Increasing the cultivated area by 20%, increased the total number of tractor‬‬ ‫-‬ ‫‪after optimization from 12 to 16 tractors and total fuel cost was also increased‬‬ ‫.‪from 66857.6 SDG to 79760 SDG‬‬ ‫‪Increasing the operation total cost by 20%, increased the total number of tractor‬‬ ‫-‬ ‫.%7.61 ‪after optimization by 29.4%, and total fuel cost was also increased by‬‬ ‫‪Changing both area cultivated and operation total cost increased the fuel total cost‬‬ ‫.%2.61 ‪by‬‬