INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management
National agricultural research systems were comparatively well funded in the 1960s and early 1970s. In the 1980s and early 1990s, however, they have faced a more difficult economic climate. With the limited resources now available it has become increasingly important to raise the efficiency of agric...
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International Service for National Agricultural Research
1995
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136885 |
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| description | National agricultural research systems were comparatively well funded in the 1960s and early 1970s. In the 1980s and early 1990s, however, they have faced a more difficult economic climate. With the limited resources now available it has become increasingly important to raise the efficiency of agricultural research in order to maximize the output of enhanced technology to farmers. This challenge is the responsibility of research managers. To meet it they need good information about the research systems they manage: information about inputs to research (people, finance, and physical resources), the research program (experiments), and finally, research outputs (improved technologies and reports on experiments and impact). Such information should be available in aggregate form so that managers are not overburdened by detail. It should be timely, reasonably accurate, and available in various forms to serve particular management issues. A tool to provide managers with this information is called a management information system. ISNAR, in collaboration with a number of countries' national agricultural research systems (NARS), has developed such a system, called INFORM (Information for Agricultural Research Managers). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1368852025-01-09T06:04:00Z INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management Vernon, Richard information systems agriculture research management National agricultural research systems were comparatively well funded in the 1960s and early 1970s. In the 1980s and early 1990s, however, they have faced a more difficult economic climate. With the limited resources now available it has become increasingly important to raise the efficiency of agricultural research in order to maximize the output of enhanced technology to farmers. This challenge is the responsibility of research managers. To meet it they need good information about the research systems they manage: information about inputs to research (people, finance, and physical resources), the research program (experiments), and finally, research outputs (improved technologies and reports on experiments and impact). Such information should be available in aggregate form so that managers are not overburdened by detail. It should be timely, reasonably accurate, and available in various forms to serve particular management issues. A tool to provide managers with this information is called a management information system. ISNAR, in collaboration with a number of countries' national agricultural research systems (NARS), has developed such a system, called INFORM (Information for Agricultural Research Managers). 1995 2024-01-04T07:54:01Z 2024-01-04T07:54:01Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136885 en Open Access application/pdf International Service for National Agricultural Research Vernon, Richard. 1995. INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management. International Service for National Agricultural Research |
| spellingShingle | information systems agriculture research management Vernon, Richard INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management |
| title | INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management |
| title_full | INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management |
| title_fullStr | INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management |
| title_short | INFORM: An Information System for Agricultural Research Management |
| title_sort | inform an information system for agricultural research management |
| topic | information systems agriculture research management |
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