INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR CROP MANAGEMENT: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Vol. 41 (2) , 172-183
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.1990.tb00633.x
Abstract
The use of simulation models and expert systems in the provision of management information is considered with respect to cereal variety selection, together with the advantages and disadvantages that these can bring over more traditional methods of providing farmers with timely information. The integration of the tools of simulation and expert systems can help to overcome their respective limitations. However, considerable emphasis needs to be placed by researchers on the problem of adoption of such software by farmers and advisers if the benefits of such tools are to be even partially realised in the long term.Keywords
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