Publication Date
1993
Description
In Tasmania, the Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries needed to find a more effective method of informing farmers obout the best pasture and forage species. PASTURBPAK, an expert system, was designed to meet this need. The program offers advice on mixtures of species and lists cultivars that are adapted to the environment, and the need of the farmer and livestock type. Seed merchants have installed the software to make the information available when farmers buy seed. Sales starf can now instantly access the corporate expertise of DPIF, and offer customers printed advice specific to their need. The relevance of this technology for use by international organisations to identify pasture species in the developing world is discussed.
Citation
Gillard, Peter, "An Expert System to Advise Tasmanian Farmers on Pasture Mixtures and Fodder Crops" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 19.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1993/session19/19
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An Expert System to Advise Tasmanian Farmers on Pasture Mixtures and Fodder Crops
In Tasmania, the Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries needed to find a more effective method of informing farmers obout the best pasture and forage species. PASTURBPAK, an expert system, was designed to meet this need. The program offers advice on mixtures of species and lists cultivars that are adapted to the environment, and the need of the farmer and livestock type. Seed merchants have installed the software to make the information available when farmers buy seed. Sales starf can now instantly access the corporate expertise of DPIF, and offer customers printed advice specific to their need. The relevance of this technology for use by international organisations to identify pasture species in the developing world is discussed.
