Open AccessFinding the right connection: what makes a successful decision support system?
Author(s) -
Rose David C.,
Bruce Toby J. A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
food and energy security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 2048-3694
DOI - 10.1002/fes3.123
Subject(s) - agriculture , commodity , business , production (economics) , computer science , operations research , marketing , economics , engineering , finance , microeconomics , ecology , biology
Farmers require evidence‐based guidance to make optimal decisions, enabling them to reduce costs by increasing the efficiency of input use. We discuss how decision support systems could be improved and made more useful for the farmer.