Support for the commercial management of small-scale agricultural producers supported by a low-tech application
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This article describes a research project that provides support in the management and control of small-scale farm panel farmer’s business and input control through a low-tech mobile application, whose methodology is oriented towards an adoption strategy, and its development follows the unified rational methodology known as RUP by its English acronym Rational Unified Process. The research was carried out using the case study modality with an exploratory-descriptive scope, framed in the use of information technologies (IT), and was based on two conditions of the agricultural producer who is engaged in the extraction and processing of pan cane juice in a small-scale rural productive environment: (1) the need to manage their agricultural activity and (2) no access to the internet. The application does not require installation from the Appstore, works asynchronously (it does not require server access except for backup), and has been used by producers who are looking to replace the traditional notebook with the app, bringing with it the benefits such as finding the required information faster and generating discipline of using IT in users who previously resisted its use.
- Small agricultural producer
- Mobile application
- Commercial management
Urbano Eliécer Gómez-Prada, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Bucaramanga, Colombia
Doctor in Educational Technology. Systems engineer.Marco Antonio Villamizar-Araque, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. Piedecuesta, Colombia
Doctor in Administration. Industrial Engineer.Ariel René Carreño-Oléjua, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA). Piedecuesta, Colombia
Doctor in Mechatronics. Mechanical Engineer.Brayan Danilo Ortiz-Hernández, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA). Piedecuesta, Colombia.
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