Modelo multicritério para estratégia de plantio sustentável em propriedades rurais.

Abstract

In small farms, farmers usually have financial and space restrictions, which brings the need to optimize resources for the best use of the crop. Moreover, traditional agriculture promotes several problems, such as degradation and decreased productivity. In this sense, sustainable planting, which encompasses the three pillars of sustainability (social, financial, and environmental), reconciles the care for the environment with the concern for productivity, becoming a way to promote monetary improvements with environmental protection policies for farmers. Thus, the present research proposes a multicriteria decision support model that employs PROMETHEE II to determine sustainable planting strategy on farms. The proposed model defines which planting strategy the farmer should use, considering several criteria related to the pillars of sustainability. In this context, the main advantages of the system are: structured and objective decision making, considering several criteria, which can be qualitative or quantitative, the facilitation of planting management and the increase of productivity and profitability of rural properties, respecting the pillars of sustainability.