Some considerations about the development and implementation process of a new agricultural decision support system (AgriDSS) for site specific fertilization

Precision Agriculture provides important issues toward a more sustainable agriculture. Many farmers have the necessary technology to operate site-specifically, but they do not use it in practice, and available IT systems are not used to their full potential. This paper discusses how to reduce the so-called “implementation problem” in order to improve the ongoing development process of a web-based fertilization project in Sweden. The project has the intention to apply a participatory design approach, and some pitfalls on starting to use this approach in the development and implementation process is identified as well as some suggestions on how to reduce them.