Optimal Farm Planning and Assessment of Conventional Agricultural Practices under Alternative Scenarios Integrating Life Cycle Analysis

Agricultural production and farm management are inextricable, since managerial aspects for safe of high-quality food products have led to the development successful plans but multifaceted controversies as well. These arise from focus policymakers, especially in EU, environmental agricultural production, creating conflicting objectives farmers. Energy biomass derivatives could play a significant role dispute economic sustainability agriculture, along with formulation agro-energy districts. In this context, an MCDM model was developed integrating LCA data assessment economic, energy regarding thirteen major crops Region Central Macedonia Greece. The model's consist maximization farmers' gross income, minimization emissions coming farming practices potentially biomass. Furthermore, three different scenario-based directions allocate weights respective objectives, strategies. optimal plan scenario which were allocated by goal programming. proposes cultivation expansion crops, tree alfalfa hard wheat higher degree. Moreover, reduction cultivated areas tobacco, rice, barley soft lead viable plan.