Effect of a participatory approach on the successful development of agricultural decision support systems: The case of
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a r t i c l e i n f o This paper explores how a decision support system (DSS) can be developed that complies with the critical success factors of such systems. A participatory approach is used to develop Pigs2win, a DSS for Flemish pig farms. Pigs2win uses frontier analysis for comparative farm analysis. The participatory approach influences the selection of stakeholders, objective setting and evaluation of Pigs2win. Outcomes of the participatory approach result in features of Pigs2win that positively influence its compliance with critical success factors. Based on our experience with Pigs2win, we put forward points that need attention when a participatory approach is organized. Today's decision makers need to find good solutions to increasingly complex problems [49,65]. Farm decision making is no exception. Due to the intensification of agricultural production and concerns relating to environmental impacts, farmers are now required to deal with a wider range of issues [19,32,80]. As the complexity of decisions increases, managers increasingly lack the necessary expertise to make decisions that integrate the range of issues involved [80]. Decision support systems (DSSs) aim to help managers with their decision-making by offering information access, model analysis and supporting tools [27]. Multiple agricultural DSSs have been developed , addressing a variety of issues. These issues include measuring Reasons for the low adoption rate include that the DSS is too complex, uses a terminology and logic unfamiliar to farmers, is not frequently updated, requires tedious data input, is irrelevant, unreliable and/or inflexible and is not easily accessible for users. The gap between science and practice is also often mentioned as a reason why DSSs are not implemented. The objective of this paper is to explore how a DSS can be developed that complies with the critical success factors of such tools. Multiple authors emphasize the positive impact of participatory processes involving stakeholders on DSS' success (e. In this paper, a participatory approach is used to develop Pigs2win, a DSS for Flemish farrow-to-finish farms. Decision making in pig farming can be considered as a typical case of simultaneously trying to improve productivity and reduce environmental pressure, mainly caused by nutrient emissions. Advice in pig farming is mainly based on the use of traditional key performance indicators (KPIs). Popular KPIs are feed conversion (kg feed per kg live weight gain), production costs (euro per kg produced live weight) and labor income (expressed per delivered pig, average finisher present, …
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