Three New Stochastic Local Search Metaheuristics for the Annual Crop Planning Problem Based on a New Irrigation Scheme

Table 8

Crop statistics of the best solution determined by each heuristic algorithm.

Crops	Methods	ha’s crop^−1	IWR (m^3)	VCP (ZAR)
Lucerne	BPA	17	169,016	120,587
	IBPA	12	123,883	88,386
	LADA	956	9,560,965	6,821,407
	TS	14	138,942	99,130
	SA	18	175,621	125,299
Tomato	BPA	1,465	11,442,080	105,695,864
	IBPA	1,461	11,416,473	105,459,327
	LADA	671	5,242,001	48,422,824
	TS	1,483	11,587,560	107,039,732
	SA	1,463	11,426,259	105,549,719
Pumpkin	BPA	62	318,126	670,872
	IBPA	73	375,268	791,375
	LADA	31	159,882	337,164
	TS	62	319,971	674,763
	SA	67	343,852	725,124
Maize	BPA	75	522,969	339,033
	IBPA	63	443,563	287,555
	LADA	30	211,339	137,008
	TS	63	437,786	283,810
	SA	65	454,319	294,528
Ground Nuts	BPA	69	392,341	378,794
	IBPA	73	416,717	402,328
	LADA	32	184,256	177,894
	TS	64	363,636	351,080
	SA	61	351,911	339,759
Sun; flower	BPA	63	211,220	253,245
	IBPA	67	223,812	268,341
	LADA	30	99,098	118,815
	TS	65	215,246	258,072
	SA	77	255,319	306,118
Barley	BPA	46	216,110	207,935
	IBPA	36	171,475	164,988
	LADA	12	57,471	55,297
	TS	41	195,287	187,899
	SA	59	278,448	267,915
Onion	BPA	499	1,258,048	11,961,592
	IBPA	775	1,952,043	18,560,133
	LADA	276	695,752	6,615,253
	TS	974	2,455,286	23,345,004
	SA	827	2,084,191	19,816,604
Potato	BPA	329	699,027	7,558,257
	IBPA	73	155,092	1,676,941
	LADA	241	512,445	5,540,829
	TS	57	121,629	1,315,123
	SA	211	448,211	4,846,302
Cabbage	BPA	859	1,693,246	20,515,539
	IBPA	854	1,683,210	20,393,942
	LADA	264	521,442	6,317,842
	TS	663	1,307,576	15,842,720
	SA	635	1,252,479	15,175,162