GAP-A-Farm: A Tool to Support GAP Compliance and Information Based Decision Making in Horticulture

Alejandro Fernandez; Andres Marconi; Mariana del Pino; Francis Baumont de Oliveira; Jorge Hernández

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70745-2_18

GAP-A-Farm: A Tool to Support GAP Compliance and Information Based Decision Making in Horticulture

Alejandro Fernandez
, Andres Marconi
, Mariana del Pino
, Francis Baumont de Oliveira
, Jorge Hernández

Business School

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

Adoption of information technology in horticulture is low, especially in developing countries. Governments across the world issue new regulation to govern the application of good agricultural practices affecting production, storage and selling activities, while certification program require that farmers keep detailed records of farm events, for auditing purposes. These changes in the context of horticultural practices, represent an opportunity to test whether a compliance and decision support systems can shift farmers processes to utilize technology incorporating data and expert advice. GAP-a-Farm is a tool to ease record keeping, and to turn recorded data into alerts and advice. This chapter documents the key aspects of the system’s design, and reports on preliminary discussions with end-users that take part in a pilot study in Argentina.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	283-294
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70745-2_18
State	Published - 2025

Publication series

Name	Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
Volume	557
ISSN (Print)	2198-4182
ISSN (Electronic)	2198-4190

Keywords

Decision support system
GAP compliance
Horticulture
Technology adoption

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Fernandez, A., Marconi, A., del Pino, M., de Oliveira, F. B., & Hernández, J. (2025). GAP-A-Farm: A Tool to Support GAP Compliance and Information Based Decision Making in Horticulture. In Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (pp. 283-294). (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control; Vol. 557). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70745-2_18

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GAP-A-Farm: A Tool to Support GAP Compliance and Information Based Decision Making in Horticulture. / Fernandez, Alejandro; Marconi, Andres; del Pino, Mariana et al.
Studies in Systems, Decision and Control. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 283-294 (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control; Vol. 557).

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