Farm management information system for fruit orchards

Abstract

Fruticulture faces increasing market pressures that threaten its long-term viability. In the light of the real need to practically improve the environmental performance, to increase yield and to optimize product quality of fruticulture, the overall aim of this study was to develop a farm management information system (FMIS) for real time data recording, analysis and incorporating decision rules for specific field operations. The FMIS was composed of 3 major components: The system geodatabase, the web application and the Android application. Through Android application, spatial data storage in terms of field boundaries, tree positions and individual tree and area variables was possible, while access to the data and reports was available using the web interface.