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Computer Technology Adoption by Agricultural Producers in Southern Alberta
Author(s) -
Walburger Allan,
Davidson Jeff
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
canadian journal of agricultural economics/revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.505
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1744-7976
pISSN - 0008-3976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7976.1999.tb00444.x
Subject(s) - pentium , agriculture , the internet , agricultural economics , business , agricultural science , marketing , computer science , database , geography , world wide web , economics , archaeology , environmental science , operating system
A survey of farmers in Southern Alberta was developed to determine the importance of computer decision‐making tools in the region. The survey provided approximately 300 useable responses. The results indicated that 78% of Southern Alberta farmers owned computers and 50% owned Pentium or Pentium II computers. The largest farm related uses for these computers were: 1) maintaining general farm account records, 2) tax preparation, 3) word processing, and 4) maintaining inventory records. Sixtyfour percent of respondents use computers for record‐keeping and 58% use them for accounting. About 40% of respondents use the Internet to obtain price and weather information. Only 15% have ever used decision‐making models .