Research Article

Multicriteria Methodology for the Efficient Programming of Agricultural Cultivation Activities in a Colombian Region

Table 4

Identification and selection of criteria.

VariablesPreliminary criteriaSelected criteria

(i) Relative humidity-Hibert
(ii) Temperature-Hibert
(iii) Andean weevil, Premnotrypes vorax (Hustache)
(iv) Guatemalan moth (Tecia solanivora)
(v) Precipitation-Hibert
(vi) Precipitation-moth
(vii) Hibert (Phytophthora infestans)
(i) Exposure to pests and diseases
(ii) Transmission of pests and diseases
Soils

(i) Soil type
(ii) Soil depth
(iii) Soil texture
(iv) Soil fertility
(v) Temperature control
(vi) Lighting control
(vii) Control of hygrometric degree
(viii) Stony
(ix) Natural drainage
(x) Elevation
(i) Pending
(ii) Precipitation
(iii) Altitude
(iv) Soil organic carbon
(v) Total soil nitrogen
(vi) Acidity-pH
(vii) Salinity and sodicity
(viii) Cation exchange capacity
(ix) Base saturation
(x) Aluminium saturation
(i) Land erosion
(ii) Nutrient conservation
Plant health risk

(i) Financial capacity of the family
(ii) Accessibility to agricultural equipment
(iii) Working income
(iv) Ability to sell the product
(v) Poverty rate
(vi) Availability of labour force
(i) Access to information
(ii) Agricultural skills
(iii) Seed
(iv) Use of plant regulators and special substances
(v) Fertilisers
(vi) Fuel
(i) Inputs
(ii) Workmanship
(iii) Machinery
Cost of implementation

(i) Price of municipal rural land
(ii) Size of the rural land
(iii) Districts of land adaptation
(iv) Crop existence
(v) Distance between seeds
(vi) Distance between grooves
(i) Amount of land used
(ii) Quantity of potatoes harvested
The yield of the crop
(i) Resistance to climatic conditions
(ii) Nutrient absorption
(iii) Tuberculous shape
(iv) Tuberculous size
(v) Tuberculous colour
(vi) Tuberculous weight
(i) Potato quality
(ii) Plant quality
Quality of the crop

(i) Consumption use
(ii) Index of water use
(iii) Water accessibility
(iv) Number of nearby water sources
(v) Use of chemicals
(i) Water consumption
(ii) Water pollution
Water resource