A modelling framework to support farmers in designing agricultural production systems

Gal, P.-Y. Le; Mérot, Anne; Moulin, Charles‐Henri; Navarrete, Mireille; Wéry, Jacques

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.12.013

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“…But it is not sufficient to support stakeholders in enhancing their dynamics of strategic and tactical changes in an uncertain and variable environment. Since designing innovations at farm, scheme or supply area levels cannot be done experimentally in situ because of the risks induced by a trial and error process, modelling is perceived as a useful tool to enhance stakeholders' capacity to think about prospective scenarios (Le Gal et al, 2009). But it has to be integrated in a participatory research process, starting from the stakeholders' demands that were identified during the analytical stage and tackling the issues that they face in order to define possible solutions (David, 2001).…”

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Linking water saving and productivity to agro‐food supply chains: A synthesis from two North African cases

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Kuper

Moulin

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Irrigation and Drainage

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The relationship between irrigated schemes, farms and agro-food processors may provide leeway to improve water saving and water productivity. This study was conducted in the dairy supply area of the Tadla irrigation scheme in Morocco and in the oasis area in southern Tunisia where dates are grown for export. The study was based on (i) a framework conceptualizing the relationship between production/marketing of agricultural raw material and water saving and productivity and (ii) a participatory research method aimed at supporting stakeholders in solving their production problems. Analysis of the organization of the two supply chains revealed the central role of intermediate operators in aggregating raw material and providing services to farmers. A decision support approach for dairy farmers was designed and tested in the Tadla scheme. Its use is illustrated by four scenarios that simulate the impacts of changes in both forage crops and irrigation techniques on farm income and water consumption and productivity. Lessons drawn from this work concern support for stakeholders and the integration of production functions from the irrigated scheme to the agro-processors in the whole supply chain. Copyright la démarche proposée que l'intégration des fonctions de production au sein de la chaîne d'approvisionnement, depuis le gestionnaire du périmètre jusqu'aux opérateurs aval.

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Linking water saving and productivity to agro‐food supply chains: A synthesis from two North African cases

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Kuper

Moulin

et al. 2009

Irrigation and Drainage

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“…To obtain a more comprehensive understanding of these processes, the investigation must be extended to the farm level. This is where growers allocate their resources (land, labor force, equipment and capital) to various tasks and activities according to their natural and economic environment to reach their specific objectives (Le Gal et al, 2010). This farm level understanding is needed to provide tailored support to growers to reduce their pesticide use and respect increasingly strict environmental restrictions.…”

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Factors driving growers’ selection and implementation of an apple crop protection strategy at the farm level

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“…Farming systems are demanding innovative design to increase production, and given the complexity of intervention, their modeling is requiring: the representation of the biophysical, technical, and decision processes involved; and the evaluation ex-ante of the impacts of technical or organizational innovations that are difficult to measure experimentally [1]. Hence, a modeling framework was proposed by Gal et al in [1] that focuses first on the field and herd level where biotechnical models associating biophysical processes with technical interventions are conceived.…”

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“…A possible solution for governmental intervention is a web-based system that supports the interaction between the farming family and the technicians specialized in the innovative design of farming systems. In particular, this work presents such web-based management application focusing on Gal et al in [1] on designing dairy farming systems.…”

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A Web System for Farming Management

Clímaco¹,

Chagas²,

Silva³

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This paper presents a web system for farming management that implements a conceptual framework for modeling the production system at a farm scale. The web system supports the design of the production system, which is logically split in three parts: the decision support sub-system the technical sub-system, and the bio-physical sub-system. Additionally, the web system was designed using interdisciplinary research project management (IRPM) concepts, with an architecture known as Model-View-Controller (MVC), that is, it was developed applying the MVC Evolutionary Acquisition IRPM.

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A modelling framework to support farmers in designing agricultural production systems

Cited by 69 publications

References 54 publications

Linking water saving and productivity to agro‐food supply chains: A synthesis from two North African cases

Linking water saving and productivity to agro‐food supply chains: A synthesis from two North African cases

Factors driving growers’ selection and implementation of an apple crop protection strategy at the farm level

A Web System for Farming Management

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