A fuzzy goal programming approach for regional rural development planning

This paper presents a fuzzy goal programming (FGP) model for handling fuzzy goals such as production and income of farmers in rural development planning. The model is applied to assess employment opportunity in rural area by way of minimizing operational cost and increasing economic activities of the rural farmers. An attempt has been made to apply the model at the Balagarh Block of Hooghly District of West Bengal in India for increasing economic activities of rural farmers and generating local employment opportunities. The data for the model has been taken from the government statistical publication for the Hooghly District of West Bengal. A comparison of the result has been made with the result obtained from the lexicographic goal programming (LGP).