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Synergies of information systems in agriculture / Figurek Aleksandra // Ekonomika APK. - 2015. - № 2 - P. 83

Nowdays, more than ever, agricultural activity is required to run under global thinking and local action. Efficient data retrieval, and their accordingly transformation into information and knowledge, are prerequisites for both a consecutive decision-making process and management efficiency. Information and/or knowledge allows farmers to have access to the daily flow of their business activities and policy makers to monitor and evaluate agricultural measures. Nevertheless, the existence of multiple sources of information requires the implementation of integrated approaches. This paper proposes such an approach, the core of which is the accounting information systems. This approach leads to better control of manufacturing processes, as well as enhanced opportunities to achieve greater quality of agricultural products, manufacturing traceability and so on. Integration of databases relating to the agricultural sector at the macro level, on the one hand and data regarding the production capacity and operations of agricultural producers on the other, are the crucial measures that may have influence on the adjustment of agricultural policy and the creation of measures which will result in achieving the expected effects. At the macro level, there are a large amount of diverse information that permanently and intensively circulate in all directions, between agricultural holdings and a number of other users. Economic indicators on the production activities of farmers are the basis for the planning of their future business activities. Adequate control of manufacturing processes enables farmers to achieve significant market share, and to be more flexible when it comes to market needs. In the paper there is presented a conceptual model, which pointed at the possibility of analysis of functional elements that support the adoption of appropriate management decisions, then reporting, as well as application and compliance with the relevant guidelines relating to the management of the farm system and ultimate control of the production activities. Figs.: 2. Refs.: 21.
Key words: agriculture, monitoring and evaluation, information system

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