User needs for decision support functionalities in future crop protection software

Jussi Nikander; Suvi Hara; Liisa Pesonen; Marja Jalli; Patrik Erlund; Anne Nissinen

doi:10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_121

User needs for decision support functionalities in future crop protection software

Jussi Nikander
, Suvi Hara
, Liisa Pesonen
, Marja Jalli
, Patrik Erlund
, Anne Nissinen

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Abstract

Farmer needs for decision support systems (DSS) were investigated using four focus group interviews, including a total of 15 Finnish farmers. The interviews were analyzed using grounded theory, which produced a selective coding describing the phenomena that influence decision making. The four main coding categories were the effects of profitability, the social network, the plant production- related factors and the operational environment. The results included farmers’ opinions on existing DSS as well as the needs that they have to improve the use of DSS software in farm management. A set of preliminary software requirements were drawn from the results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Precision agriculture ’19
Subtitle of host publication	- Papers Presented at the 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2019
Editors	John Stafford
Publisher	Wageningen Academic Publishers
Pages	985 - 991
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-90-8686-888-9
ISBN (Print)	978-90-8686-337-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_121
Publication status	Published - 8 Jul 2019
MoE publication type	A3 Book section, Chapters in research books
Event	European Conference on Precision Agriculture - Montpellier, France Duration: 8 Jul 2019 → 11 Jul 2019 Conference number: 12

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Conference	European Conference on Precision Agriculture
Abbreviated title	ECPA
Country/Territory	France
City	Montpellier
Period	08/07/2019 → 11/07/2019

Keywords

farmer needs
decisions support systems
plant protection
requirements

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Nikander, J., Hara, S., Pesonen, L., Jalli, M., Erlund, P., & Nissinen, A. (2019). User needs for decision support functionalities in future crop protection software. In J. Stafford (Ed.), Precision agriculture ’19: - Papers Presented at the 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2019 (pp. 985 - 991). Wageningen Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_121

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User needs for decision support functionalities in future crop protection software. / Nikander, Jussi; Hara, Suvi; Pesonen, Liisa et al.
Precision agriculture ’19: - Papers Presented at the 12th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, ECPA 2019. ed. / John Stafford. Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2019. p. 985 - 991.

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