Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system
Intensification is a key strategy for smallholder farmers in Central America, and improved forages can play a significant role. To facilitate adoption of forages a spatial decision support system (SDSS) is under development to target forage species to particular biophysical, socio-economic and manag...
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| author | O'Brien, R. Peters, Michael Cook, Simon E. Corner, Robert J. |
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| description | Intensification is a key strategy for smallholder farmers in Central America, and improved forages can play a significant role. To facilitate adoption of forages a spatial decision support system (SDSS) is under development to target forage species to particular biophysical, socio-economic and management niches. This paper discusses the role of improved forages in smallholder systems, and the potential for a SDSS to provide information and recommendations to farmers and their advisors. The potential pitfalls of designing and implementing a SDSS for developing world agriculture are discussed and addressed, and the SDSS under development is described. |
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| spelling | CGSpace435312025-11-12T05:57:26Z Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system O'Brien, R. Peters, Michael Cook, Simon E. Corner, Robert J. feed crops pasture improvement small farms plantas forrajeras mejora de pastizales explotación en pequeña escala Intensification is a key strategy for smallholder farmers in Central America, and improved forages can play a significant role. To facilitate adoption of forages a spatial decision support system (SDSS) is under development to target forage species to particular biophysical, socio-economic and management niches. This paper discusses the role of improved forages in smallholder systems, and the potential for a SDSS to provide information and recommendations to farmers and their advisors. The potential pitfalls of designing and implementing a SDSS for developing world agriculture are discussed and addressed, and the SDSS under development is described. 2003 2014-09-24T08:42:16Z 2014-09-24T08:42:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43531 en Open Access application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | feed crops pasture improvement small farms plantas forrajeras mejora de pastizales explotación en pequeña escala O'Brien, R. Peters, Michael Cook, Simon E. Corner, Robert J. Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system |
| title | Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system |
| title_full | Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system |
| title_fullStr | Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system |
| title_short | Helping farmers select forage species in Central America: The case for a decision support system |
| title_sort | helping farmers select forage species in central america the case for a decision support system |
| topic | feed crops pasture improvement small farms plantas forrajeras mejora de pastizales explotación en pequeña escala |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43531 |
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