Achieving Cost Balance in Wheat Production: A Strategy for Cost Reduction
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The study focused on maximizing the amalgamation of production cost elements to achieve production equilibrium as a cost-reduction technique for wheat farming. A mathematical model utilizing the mixed-number equation was employed to reduce total costs, including production quantity and expenses, through the application of the Lagrange multiplier equation pertaining to production equilibrium. This technique can address the challenge of determining the appropriate production quantity for agricultural regions and the inability to identify the best production parameters that create equilibrium and reduce costs. The outcomes attained production equilibrium via the optimal amalgamation of production elements, considered a cost-reduction strategy for wheat farming in Iraq.
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