8242 1 archive 4832 disk0/00/00/82/42 2006-04-28 2009-08-20 14:32:05 2009-08-20 14:32:05 conference_item show 0 en uk uk-cor-2002 uk-other uk-sac 26-28 March 2002 UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR) University of Wales Aberystwyth never 0 TRUE paper Julian C. Smith N Oglethorpe David Wright J pub 2systems 2farming 5transfer integrated modelling; GIS; socio-economics; farming systems; decision support systems; case study; Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR) This paper was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). An Integrated Decision Support System (IDSS) is developed which synthesises current understanding of organic farming by means of a multiple objective framework incorporating GIS, biophysical models and socio-economic models of the farming goals. The IDSS uses a multitiered concept of a farming system as a collection of micro-enterprises at the field level, with individual resource endowments, objectives and activities. Farm-level decision drivers trickle down to affect the micro-level field enterprise selection. Biophysical models describe typical forage, cereal, root and legume output and a user-friendly interfaces permits easy access and output display via a GIS. A prototype of the IDSS framework, being developed as a part of the SAC organic research programme is presented. 2002 published Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth Powell Jane et al. Chadwick L (1998) (ed.) The Farm Management Handbook 1998/99. Edinburgh, Scottish Agricultural College. Gupta A P; Harboe R; Tabucanon M T (2000) Fuzzy multiple-criteria decision making for crop area planning in Narmada river basin, Agricultural Systems, 63, 1-18. Lampkin N; Measures M (1999) (eds.) Organic Farm Management Handbook. Aberystwyth: University of Wales. Rigby D; Caceres D (2001) Organic farming and the sustainability of agricultural systems, Agricultural Systems, 68, 21-40. Sharifi M A; Van Keulen H A (1994) Decision support system for land use planning at farm enterprise level. Agricultural Systems, 45, 239-257. ten Berge H F M; van Ittersum M K; Rossing W A H; van de Ven G W J; Schans J; van de Sanden P A C M (2000) Farming options for The Netherlands explored by multi-objective modelling, European Journal of Agronomy, 13, 263-277. Which? (2000) Organic food: The way to go? Which?online. Food and drink reports. public 161-164 6139 1 8242 1 application/pdf en public

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