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A Decision Support System for Enhancing Crop Productivity of Smallholder Farmers in Semi-Arid Agriculture

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dc.creator Casmir, Respickius
dc.creator Churi, Ayubu J.
dc.creator Mlozi, Malongo R. S.
dc.creator Mahoo, Henry
dc.creator Tumbo, Siza D.
dc.date 2019-06-25T07:17:26Z
dc.date 2019-06-25T07:17:26Z
dc.date 2013-08
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-05T12:58:48Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-05T12:58:48Z
dc.identifier 2223-4985
dc.identifier http://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/242
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/73922
dc.description This study aimed at investigative decision support systems for assisting strategic and tactical decision making of smallholder farmers to reduce climate risks and increase crop productivity of semi-arid areas. Specifically, the study assessed farm-level decisions used by the farmers for reducing climate risks; examined information communication and knowledge sharing strategies for enhancing decision making and designed a system for assisting the farmers in selecting appropriate options for improving crop productivity. Development of DSS was governed by design science where prototyping approach was used to allow complete participation of endusers. The proposed architecture allows difference agricultural actors participate in communicating agricultural information and sharing of knowledge with smallholder farmers. The DSS was implemented and assessed by farmers as a useful tool for accessing information and advisories in agricultural systems. More research is recommended to enable simple and affordable mobile phones be used by farmers to access wealth of agricultural knowledge and policies from research centres and government resources.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en
dc.publisher College of Business Education
dc.relation Volume 5;Issue No: 7
dc.subject decision support system, strategic and tactical decisions, crop productivity, mobile phone, agriculture
dc.title A Decision Support System for Enhancing Crop Productivity of Smallholder Farmers in Semi-Arid Agriculture
dc.type Article


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