Presentation and Application of the Method to Set Delivery Charges of Agricultural Production Materials: Targeting for Compost Delivery

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the method to set delivery charges of agricultural production materials for distance bands by utilizing integer programming and applying it to set them for compost delivery. This method can set the delivery charge for each pre-set distance band in such a way that the charge shows a clear integer value such as 2,000yen, 3,000yen, and so on. It has become clear that this method has the possibility to reduce the gap between needed cost and delivery charge for distance bands. This method is applicable for setting delivery charges also targeted for districts such as municipalities.