Promoting sustainable intensification in precision agriculture: review of decision support systems development and strategies

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 309-331

  Lindblom, Jessica ^a   Lundström, Christina ^b   Ljung, Magnus ^b   Jonsson, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural decision support system; Co learning; Problem of implementation; Sustainability; Transdisciplinarity; User centered design

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DESIGN METHOD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85006925636     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: 15731618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-016-9491-4     Document Type: Article

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