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A Forecasting Method for Fertilizers Consumption in Brazil

A Forecasting Method for Fertilizers Consumption in Brazil

Eduardo Ogasawara, Daniel de Oliveira, Fabio Paschoal Junior, Rafael Castaneda, Myrna Amorim, Renato Mauro, Jorge Soares, João Quadros, Eduardo Bezerra
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1947-3192|EISSN: 1947-3206|EISBN13: 9781466634527|DOI: 10.4018/jaeis.2013040103
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Ogasawara, Eduardo, et al. "A Forecasting Method for Fertilizers Consumption in Brazil." IJAEIS vol.4, no.2 2013: pp.23-36. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaeis.2013040103

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Ogasawara, E., de Oliveira, D., Junior, F. P., Castaneda, R., Amorim, M., Mauro, R., Soares, J., Quadros, J., & Bezerra, E. (2013). A Forecasting Method for Fertilizers Consumption in Brazil. International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS), 4(2), 23-36. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaeis.2013040103

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Ogasawara, Eduardo, et al. "A Forecasting Method for Fertilizers Consumption in Brazil," International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) 4, no.2: 23-36. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaeis.2013040103

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Abstract

Tracking information about fertilizers consumption in the world is very important since they are used to produce agriculture commodities. Brazil consumes a large amount of fertilizers due to its large-scale agriculture fields. Most of these fertilizers are currently imported. The analysis of consumption of major fertilizers, such as Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (NPK), Sulfur, Phosphate Rock, Potash, and Nitrogen become critical for long-term government decisions. In this paper we present a method for fertilizers consumption forecasting based on both Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) and logistic function models. Our method was used to forecast fertilizers consumption in Brazil for the next 20 years considering different economic growth for the entire country.

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