Objective
The object of the project was to develop decision support software (DSS) for growing cereals and maize and to test prototypes under farm conditions to assess suitability for use by farmers. Existing models of crop production in the different participating countries have been examined, translated and adapted to enable the DSS to be built up. For new models, a special internal structure has been agreed for easier translation and adaptation. Several models and computer programs have been translated into English and are being used by other participants in the project. Adaptation of models and programs for use under different conditions is proving difficult since weather data and other parameters have to be collected in the same manner as in the country of the program author.
Starting with the translation, adaptation and testing for EC use of crop production information models in Europe a methodology for moving from an information model to a DSS will be built up. Next step is the development of a global information model for arable farms using the Information Engineering Methodology and the Workbench tool. Existing models in the different participating countries can be made accessible and integrated with each other.
The development of a testing methodology for the evaluation of prototype DSS will be based on a review of existing methodology and the needs of the project. Existing and new prototype DSS for wheat and maize will be tested for use under field conditions.
The models for variety choice in wheat as well as for weed control and fertilization will be completed as computer models. Those models will be combined to one wheat DSS (Decision Support System). Also aphid and fungicide control will be part of the model. One special model for variety choice will be built up for maize.
The adaptation of models and programmes to different climatical and soil environments will have a focus on Spain.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences computer and information sciences software
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture agronomy plant protection
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries agriculture grains and oilseeds cereals
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6000 FRANKFURT
Germany
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