DecisionSciRN: Decision Making in Agriculture (Topic)最新文献

{"title":"Integrative Use of Neural Networks and Internet of Things for Smart Agriculture","authors":"Jayashree S. Awatia, S. Patil, Mahesh Kumbhar","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3735862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3735862","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculture is a wide developing area in India. A lot of research is going on in the agriculture sector for supporting the farmers. Neural Networks and the Internet of Things, Wireless sensor technology have been used in the agriculture sector. Integration of neural networks with the internet of things implemented for smart management of agriculture. Wireless sensor networks collect the information from agriculture fields and have provided these collected data to IoT clouds. The neural network analyses the data and takes proper controlling and management actions of agriculture activities. The integrated system of neural networks with IoT supports for increasing the yield in the agriculture field. The paper provides the experimental results of the integrative use of neural networks and the internet of things for smart agriculture.","PeriodicalId":231642,"journal":{"name":"DecisionSciRN: Decision Making in Agriculture (Topic)","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131529244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Innovating Down the Cost Curve by Trial and Adoption of Successive Innovations on a Large Scale, Specialist Grain Enterprise in Western Australia","authors":"Brad Plunkett","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3474142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3474142","url":null,"abstract":"A study by Kingwell et al (2014) identified that while scale economies underpin Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth, farm performance was also critically important. Farm performance was driven only by ‘the farm manager’s preparedness and ability to use cropping innovations and their skill in organisation and time management’. This paper uses the Jones’ property in Tammin to provide a case study of how a farm can achieve improved TFP through adoption of cropping innovations, organisation and time management. The Jones’ dominant business philosophy for their 10,000 ha grain enterprise is to achieve target returns with secure cashflow. To secure cashflow, they seek to avoid negative event outcomes that have unknown probabilities. Secure cashflow implies that they can use comparatively small amounts of that cashflow to de-risk innovations designed to lift returns by lowering costs and securing market opportunities. The outcomes from selected innovations are trialed, measured and assessed and are subsequently adopted across the farm if target returns are met. Their approach is the detailed subject of this paper, with specific exploration of the efficiencies they plan through logistical efficiencies via the adoption of WiMesh intra farm connectivity coupled with sensors across the farm (trial, 20% of farm: 2018/full adoption: 2019) in boom operation. Similarly, their connectivity is also employed to deliver a range of other benefits, particularly related to weather event decision making. Cumulatively, these changes are designed to drive all in per hectare costs to comparatively low levels and increased TFP across the farm. The Jones’ report that IT integration has resulted in a definite improvement to the farm’s modus operandi, as it compliments other means to reduce management complexity. The Jones’ won the ‘2016 Cropper of the Year award maximising technology and science, (that works) on an impressive 15 per cent return on investment – more than three times that achieved by the average WA grain farm’ (Wagstaff, 2017). Importantly, the Jones’ have sufficient management depth and financial resources to devote to the adoption of on-farm AgTech; indeed, it is integral to their business success.<br><br>However, ongoing competitive pressure from emerging competitors imply that further efficiency gains at farm level and along supply chains, in addition to innovations to deliver a greater array of value to customers (i.e. value chain formation), will be needed for the industry to remain competitive. From a public policy perspective, at issue is the best means to affect the greatest industry wide gains through adoption of an objective of TFP growth. Opportunities to create and encourage the adoption of low cost options for smaller, more capital constrained farms to access the benefits of digital agriculture, defined as ‘having the right farm data at the right time to make a better decision’ will be essential to reduce costs. To this may be added securing t","PeriodicalId":231642,"journal":{"name":"DecisionSciRN: Decision Making in Agriculture (Topic)","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115711402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stochastic Technology, Risk Preferences, and Adoption of Site‐Specific Technologies","authors":"Murat Işık","doi":"10.1111/1467-8276.00121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8276.00121","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops a model of farmer decision-making to examine the extent to which uncertainties about the performance of site-specific technologies (SSTs) and about the weather impact the value of these technologies. The model uses the jointly estimated risk and technology parameters to examine the impacts of SSTs on returns and nitrogen pollution. The availability of uncertain soil information and production uncertainty can lead risk-averse farmers to apply more fertilizers and generate more pollution. Ignoring the impact of uncertainty and risk preferences of farmers leads to a significant overestimation of the economic and environmental benefits of SSTs and underestimation of the required subsidy for inducing adoption of SSTs. The model that accounts for uncertainties about soil conditions and production as well as risk preferences of farmers provides an explanation for the low observed adoption rates of SSTs. Improvements in the accuracy of SSTs have the potential to increase the incentives for adoption.","PeriodicalId":231642,"journal":{"name":"DecisionSciRN: Decision Making in Agriculture (Topic)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"119236321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Marketing Dairy Products and Its Economic Importance: The Role of Pastoralist in Kaduna State","authors":"Aliyu Dawobe","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3791761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3791761","url":null,"abstract":"This paper tries to identify the role of pastoralists in the production of dairy products, its economic values and how its helps in sustaining the livelihood of the Pastoralist and at the same time the farmer communities in terms of provision of butter, milk and manure, to say that list.","PeriodicalId":231642,"journal":{"name":"DecisionSciRN: Decision Making in Agriculture (Topic)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114769630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}