Farm Management Information Systems in Practice: A Case Study of Data Entry Burden Across a Season

Authors

  • Kristina Liaudanskas Centre for Rural Digital Services, Zemaitija Institute of Agro-Informatics, Telsiai, Lithuania Author
  • Emanuel Machacek Department of Data Engineering, Podyji Institute of Agro-Informatics, Znojmo, Czech Republic Author
  • Izaak Bouwmeester Department of Rural Sociology, Flevoland Institute of Agro-Informatics, Lelystad, Netherlands Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664451

Keywords:

Farm Management Information Systems in Practice; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

Farm Management Information Systems in Practice has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm can
actually use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for farm management
information systems in practice, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where
practice has genuinely settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective,
context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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Published

2022-04-16