Evolution of the GRAZPLAN decision support tools and adoption by the grazing industry in temperate Australia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-139

  Donnelly, J R ^a   Freer, M ^a   Salmon, L ^a   Moore, A D ^a   Simpson, R J ^a   Dove, H ^a   Bolger, T P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision support tools; GrassGro; GrazFeed; GRAZPLAN; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 0036785382     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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