Comprehensive multi-criteria multi-objective economic analysis tool for growing crops

A method of determining the economic feasibility of growing one or more crops, said method comprising:

• entering data related to a plurality of risk factors associated with the growing into a software, wherein the plurality of risk factors comprise location, scale of production, type of crop, the feed of the crop, the watering routine of the crop, expected profit, cost of production, cost appeal, potential for environmental harm from growing the crop, regional insurance rate, regional subsidy rate, and combinations thereof;
• entering data related to stake holder preferences for growing into the software, wherein the stake holder preferences data comprise land required, water consumption, energy required, man hour required, and combinations thereof;
• entering data related to alternative locations into the software, wherein the data related to alternative locations comprise regional energy price, regional crop price, regional water price, regional land price, regional labor rate, and combinations thereof;
• wherein the software utilizes a decision support system to compare the entered data with existing data and generate a report related to the economic feasibility of the growing based on the comparison, wherein the generated report comprises:
• a ranking of location alternatives for growing the one or more crops in one or more different regions,
• the relative location appeal of growing the one or more crops in one or more different regions,
• the production costs of growing the one or more crops in one or more different regions, and
• the economic appeal of growing the one or more crops in one or more different regions through the utilization of one or more different growing practices;
• growing the one or more crops in at least one selected location through at least one selected growing practice based on the determination of the economic feasibility of the growing.